James Linn

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1862

Career timeline

1789Rep 1791Rep 1792Rep 1798Rep 1862Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Linn16,177

Opponents155,911

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1862, James Linn ran in 5 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 4. Linn's biggest single-election total was 10,024 votes, in the 1862 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 4. Linn's closest win came in the 1798 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 5, decided by 634 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 4, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 5, or every U.S. House race in New Jersey's at-large district.

How many votes has James Linn received?

James Linn has received 16,177 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–4.

Election history

James Linn’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1862	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	10,02443.94%	Andrew Rogers
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	1,61351.27%	Thomas C Stewart (head-to-head) Archibald Mercer
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2,2224.74%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (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 (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,7735.48%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) 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) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Batoman Lloyd James Parker (head-to-head) Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5450.81%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Josiah Hornblower Stevens Abraham Kitchell James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart (head-to-head) Benjamin Thomson Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard (head-to-head) John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) 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.