James Parker

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: prohibition
On the ballot: 1789–1914

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Parker113,691

Opponents1.2M

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1914, James Parker ran in 17 U.S. House elections, losing all 17. Parker's biggest single-election total was 22,003 votes, in the 1828 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has James Parker received?

James Parker has received 113,691 popular votes across 17 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–17.

Election history

James Parker’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1914	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1900.73%	James Hamill (head-to-head) Higginbotham Jr. Anderson Power
1912	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	4211.58%	James Hamill (head-to-head) Record Mead
1910	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	17,75643.68%	Edward Townsend Ashton Theodore N Logan
1902	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1470.5%	Allan Benny Robert Carey A R Hopkins George Herrschaft
1892	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	20,28447.81%	Thomas English Downs James Buchanan
1888	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,1192.52%	Jacob Geissenhainer John Kean (head-to-head)
1886	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2,9808.9%	John Kean (head-to-head) McMahon
1884	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	6201.61%	John Kean (head-to-head) Stout
1882	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,53547.8%	John Brewer Howland
1830	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,3618.28%	Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Thomas Hughes (head-to-head) Richard Cooper (head-to-head) Isaac Southard Silas Condit James Randolph (head-to-head) Wurts Mickle Samuel Fowler (head-to-head) Travers William N Jeffers (head-to-head)
1828	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	22,0038.03%	Clement Condit Richard Cooper (head-to-head) Isaac Pierson (head-to-head) Samuel Swan (head-to-head) James Randolph (head-to-head) Thomas Hughes (head-to-head) William N Jeffers (head-to-head) Peter D Vroom (head-to-head) George Cassedy Samuel Fowler (head-to-head)
1826	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	6370.43%	Ebenezer Tucker George Holcombe (head-to-head) Lewis Condiet Samuel Swan (head-to-head) Isaac Pierson (head-to-head) Hedge Thompson Daniel Garrison George Cassedy (head-to-head) Isaac G Farlee Samuel Cooper Kennedy Ephraim Bateman Peter D Vroom (head-to-head) Caleb Newbold (head-to-head)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	4171.43%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe (head-to-head) George Cassedy (head-to-head) Samuel Swan (head-to-head) John Linn James Matlack Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (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 (head-to-head) Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit James Wilson
1814	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	16,666	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) Ezra Baker Benjamin Bennet Thomas Ward Henry Southard (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Giles Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) John N Cumming Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head)
1810	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	580.07%	Jacob Hufty Adam Boyd Lewis Condict (head-to-head) George Maxwell Thomas Newbold James Morgan Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) William Coxe John Neilson (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) John Doughty Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) William Campfield
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	210.06%	Abraham Clark Jonathan Dayton Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) John Sheppard (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman John Harring Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick Bayard Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Batoman Lloyd Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1,4762.21%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Stevens James Linn (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell 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 (head-to-head) John Rutherford (head-to-head) William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong John Neilson (head-to-head)

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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.