Ebenezer Elmer

U.S. House candidate

Born: August 23, 1752
Died: October 18, 1843
Age at death: 91
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1813

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Elmer3,338

Opponents88,570

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1813, Ebenezer Elmer ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Elmer's biggest single-election total was 1,881 votes, in the 1792 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Ebenezer Elmer received?

Ebenezer Elmer has received 3,338 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Ebenezer Elmer’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1813	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	340.24%	William Coxe Jacob Hufty Thomas Hendry Isaiah Shinn Lee Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) John F Hall Robert Hooper (head-to-head) James Sloan
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,26643.51%	Franklin Davenport (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,8814.01%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) John Armstrong Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1570.49%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Batoman Lloyd James Parker Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus

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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.