John Sheppard

U.S. House candidate

Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1791

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Sheppard618

Opponents98,611

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1791, John Sheppard ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Sheppard's biggest single-election total was 598 votes, in the 1791 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Sheppard received?

John Sheppard has received 618 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

John Sheppard’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5981.85%	Abraham Clark Jonathan Dayton Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Robert Hoops (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman John Harring Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick Bayard Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield 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	200.03%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader 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 Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong 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.