Bernard Smith

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 5, 1776
Died: July 16, 1835
Age at death: 59
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1818–1820

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith12,877

Opponents98,650

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1820, Bernard Smith ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 1. Smith's biggest single-election total was 12,868 votes, in the 1818 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Bernard Smith received?

Bernard Smith has received 12,877 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–1.

Election history

Bernard Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	90.03%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn (head-to-head) James Matlack Lewis Condict Frederick Frelinghuysen James Parker John Rutherford Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower Charles Kinsey (head-to-head) Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson John Condit (head-to-head) James Wilson
1818	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	12,86815.61%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) John Linn (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Henry Southard (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000518) and Wikidata (Q822712). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.