John Armstrong

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1792

Career timeline

1789Rep 1792Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Armstrong119

Opponents113,670

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1792, John Armstrong ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Armstrong's biggest single-election total was 118 votes, in the 1792 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Armstrong received?

John Armstrong has received 119 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

John Armstrong’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1180.25%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton Samuel Dick Abraham Clark Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Aaron Kitchell James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard John Harring Joseph Bloomfield Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jamos Kinsey James Schureman
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 John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower Stevens James Linn (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis 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.