Franklin Davenport

★ U.S. Representative

Born: September 1, 1755
Died: July 27, 1832
Age at death: 76
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1813

Career timeline

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1-5

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Davenport15,845

Opponents337,074

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1813, Franklin Davenport ran in 6 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 5. Davenport's biggest single-election total was 14,037 votes, in the 1800 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district. Davenport's closest win came in the 1798 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 4, decided by 378 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 3, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's at-large district, or every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 4.

How many votes has Franklin Davenport received?

Franklin Davenport has received 15,845 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–5.

Election history

Franklin Davenport’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1813	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	20.02%	William Coxe Jacob Hufty Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Thomas Hendry Isaiah Shinn Lee Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) John F Hall Robert Hooper (head-to-head) James Sloan
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	108	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Lambert William Helms (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Ezra Darby Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) James Cadwalader (head-to-head) William Colefax Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head)
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	10%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Adam Boyd Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen William Coxe (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell
1800	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,0379.78%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Condit William Helms (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	1,64456.49%	Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	530.16%	Abraham Clark Jonathan Dayton Elias Boudinot Aaron Kitchell James Cadwalader (head-to-head) James Linn Thomas Sinnickson Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson John Witherspoon John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Batoman Lloyd James Parker Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q376701). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Franklin Davenport: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/franklin-davenport. Accessed [date].

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.