John Neilson

U.S. House candidate

Born: March 11, 1745
Died: March 3, 1833
Age at death: 87
Home state: New Jersey
Party: federalist
On the ballot: 1789–1810

Career timeline

1789Rep 1808Rep 1810Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Neilson14,989

Opponents335,821

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1810, John Neilson ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Neilson's biggest single-election total was 14,673 votes, in the 1808 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Neilson received?

John Neilson has received 14,989 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

John Neilson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1810	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	3150.37%	Jacob Hufty (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Lewis Condict George Maxwell Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Morgan Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) Richard Stockton Thomas Sinnickson John Beatty (head-to-head) John Doughty James Parker (head-to-head) Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) William Campfield (head-to-head)
1808	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	14,6737.34%	Henry Southard Adam Boyd (head-to-head) William Helms Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Cox Jacob Hufty (head-to-head) John Beatty (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) William Campfield (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Cornelius Harrison
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	10%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower Stevens James Linn Abraham Kitchell James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Benjamin Thomson (head-to-head) Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q47774183). 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.