John Linn

★ U.S. Representative

Born: December 3, 1763
Died: January 5, 1821
Age at death: 57
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1816–1820

Career timeline

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2-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Linn23,000

Opponents121,755

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1820, John Linn ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 1. Linn's biggest single-election total was 13,822 votes, in the 1818 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district. Linn's closest win came in the 1816 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district, decided by 102 votes.

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How many votes has John Linn received?

John Linn has received 23,000 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–1.

Election history

John Linn’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3,48711.99%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan James Matlack Lewis Condict Frederick Frelinghuysen James Parker John Rutherford Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower Charles Kinsey (head-to-head) Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett (head-to-head) Jesse Upson Bernard Smith (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) James Wilson
1818	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	13,82216.77%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Bernard Smith (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) John Condit (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey (head-to-head)
1816	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	5,69117.13%	Charles Kinsey (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Benjamin Bennett (head-to-head) Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (L000337) and Wikidata (Q1700853). 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.