James Cadwalader

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1804

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cadwalader2,380

Opponents109,565

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1804, James Cadwalader ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Cadwalader's biggest single-election total was 2,279 votes, in the 1791 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has James Cadwalader received?

James Cadwalader has received 2,380 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

James Cadwalader’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	101	Henry Southard Ebenezer Elmer John Lambert William Helms James Sloan Ezra Darby Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay William Colefax Richard Stockton Job Smith (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2,2790.01%	Abraham Clark Jonathan Dayton Elias Boudinot Aaron Kitchell James Linn Thomas Sinnickson Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson John Witherspoon John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman John Harring Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Robert Hooper Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield 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.