Frederick Frelinghuysen

Gubernatorial candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1820

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Frelinghuysen17,583

Opponents398,649

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1820, Frederick Frelinghuysen ran in 6 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), losing all 6. Frelinghuysen's biggest single-election total was 16,697 votes, in the 1814 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Frederick Frelinghuysen received?

Frederick Frelinghuysen has received 17,583 popular votes across 6 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–6.

Election history

Frederick Frelinghuysen’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5001.1%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn James Matlack Lewis Condict (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) John Rutherford (head-to-head) Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton (head-to-head) A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit James Wilson
1814	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	16,697	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) Ezra Baker Benjamin Bennet Thomas Ward Henry Southard (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) James Giles Cornelius Harrison John N Cumming Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head)
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3550.42%	James Mott Ebenezer Elmer William Helms Henry Southard (head-to-head) James Sloan Adam Boyd Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) William Coxe James H Imlay Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport Abraham Kitchell (head-to-head)
1793	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	1429.17%	Richard Howell John Rutherford (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	80.02%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton Samuel Dick Abraham Clark Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Aaron Kitchell James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard John Harring John Armstrong (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	90.01%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Stevens James Linn (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell (head-to-head) James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard John Rutherford (head-to-head) William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong (head-to-head) John Neilson

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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.