James Schureman

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 12, 1756
Died: January 22, 1824
Age at death: 67
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1813

Career timeline

1789Rep 1797Rep 1813Rep

3-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Schureman19,558

Opponents71,763

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1813, James Schureman ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning all 3. Schureman's biggest single-election total was 12,706 votes, in the 1789 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district. Schureman's closest win came in the 1813 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 2, decided by 26 votes.

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How many votes has James Schureman received?

James Schureman has received 19,558 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–0.

Election history

James Schureman’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1813	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	6,85228.05%	Richard Stockton Henry Southard Morgan
1797	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	—	James Imlay Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton Mark Thomson
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	12,70619%	Elias Boudinot Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker Thomas Henderson Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower Stevens James Linn Abraham Kitchell James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Benjamin Thomson Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong John Neilson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000150) and Wikidata (Q930576). 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 July 28, 2026.