John Rutherford

Gubernatorial candidate

Born: September 20, 1760
Died: February 23, 1840
Age at death: 79
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1820

Career timeline

1789Rep 1793Gov 1820Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Rutherford439

Opponents95,584

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1820, John Rutherford ran in 3 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), losing all 3. Rutherford's biggest single-election total was 412 votes, in the 1820 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Rutherford received?

John Rutherford has received 439 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

John Rutherford’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	4121.42%	Ephraim Bateman George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn James Matlack Lewis Condict Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower (head-to-head) Charles Kinsey Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit James Wilson
1793	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	918.75%	Richard Howell Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head)
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	180.03%	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 (head-to-head) 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 Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong John Neilson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q376716). 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.