Charles Kinsey

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 1, 1773
Died: June 25, 1849
Age at death: 76
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1816–1820

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Kinsey12,948

Opponents131,807

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1820, Charles Kinsey ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 2. Kinsey's biggest single-election total was 7,236 votes, in the 1818 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Charles Kinsey received?

Charles Kinsey has received 12,948 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–2.

Election history

Charles Kinsey’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1230.42%	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 Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett (head-to-head) Jesse Upson Bernard Smith (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) James Wilson
1818	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	7,2368.78%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) John Linn (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Bernard Smith (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	5,58916.82%	John Linn (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Benjamin Bennett (head-to-head) Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q1065174). 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.