James Schureman

U.S. House candidate

Born: February 12, 1756
Died: January 22, 1824
Age at death: 67
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1803

Career timeline

1791Rep 1792Rep 1798Rep 1803Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Schureman3,556

Opponents166,824

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1803, James Schureman ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Schureman's biggest single-election total was 3,054 votes, in the 1798 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 1.

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How many votes has James Schureman received?

James Schureman has received 3,556 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

James Schureman’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	110.01%	James Mott Ebenezer Elmer William Helms Henry Southard James Sloan Adam Boyd Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) William Coxe James H Imlay Richard Stockton Peter Studiford Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell
1798	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3,05447.48%	John Condit
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	20%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Linn (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 Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jamos Kinsey
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	4891.51%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis 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 (head-to-head) Robert Hooper Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) 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.