Henry Southard

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 7, 1747
Died: May 22, 1842
Age at death: 94
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
Years in office: 14 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1800–1820

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Southard108,212

Opponents837,054

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1820, Henry Southard ran in 9 U.S. House elections, winning 8 and losing 1. Southard's biggest single-election total was 18,705 votes, in the 1808 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Henry Southard received?

Henry Southard has received 108,212 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 8–1.

Election history

Henry Southard’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3961.36%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn (head-to-head) James Matlack Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) John Rutherford Joseph McIlvaine Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower Charles Kinsey (head-to-head) Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton (head-to-head) A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) 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	Won	12,76915.49%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) John Linn (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Bernard Smith (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	5,54416.68%	John Linn (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Benjamin Bennett (head-to-head) Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head)
1814	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	17,059	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) Ezra Baker Benjamin Bennet Thomas Ward Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) James Giles Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) John N Cumming Benjamin Thomson
1808	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	18,7059.36%	Adam Boyd (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Cox Jacob Hufty John Beatty (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) William Campfield John Neilson Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head)
1806	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	12,131	William Helms (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) George C Maxwell John Beatty (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton Richard Stockton (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	13,228	Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) James Cadwalader William Colefax Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Job Smith Bayard
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	13,83316.33%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell
1800	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	14,54710.13%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000685) and Wikidata (Q203326). 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 September 25, 2026.