Job Smith

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1789–1962

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith145,633

Opponents1.3M

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1962, Job Smith ran in 18 U.S. House elections, losing all 18. Smith's biggest single-election total was 53,136 votes, in the 1944 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 8.

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How many votes has Job Smith received?

Job Smith has received 145,633 popular votes across 18 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–18.

Election history

Job Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1962	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5440.5%	George Wallhauser Robert R Peacock Harry Press Ruth F Shiminsky
1952	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1290.06%	Peter Frelinghuysen Aldona L Appleton
1944	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	53,13641.15%	Gordon Canfield Benjamin S Dormida Harry Santhouse
1944	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3,0030.44%	Robert Kean (head-to-head) John W Suling
1942	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2550.35%	Robert Kean (head-to-head) Joseph Siegler John F Norman John P Wagner (head-to-head) Salvatore Decarlo
1940	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1220.1%	Robert Kean (head-to-head) Thomas J Halleran Stephan J Stein Harry Samuel Neiwirth Rose Risk John P Wagner (head-to-head) Ike Diamond
1938	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	4600.52%	Robert Kean (head-to-head) Frank W Towey Jr. Irving Rosenberg Morris Friedal
1934	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	35,26146.39%	Fred Hartley Andrew P Wittel John Johnson
1920	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1700.22%	Ernest Ackerman Clement Furber Conlin Wood
1914	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3680.99%	John Capstick William Tuttle May Seeholzor
1912	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	6,66628.15%	Robert Bremner Marelli Luthringer Katz Rowland
1880	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	16,53646.64%	John Brewer Dobbins
1876	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	15,48549.16%	John Pugh
1874	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	13,01148.21%	Samuel Dobbins
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5	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 James Cadwalader (head-to-head) William Colefax Richard Stockton Bayard (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3230.69%	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) James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (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	1580.49%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader (head-to-head) 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 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) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) 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	10%	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 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 Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard (head-to-head) John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes 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.