John Witherspoon

U.S. House candidate

Born: February 5, 1723
Died: November 15, 1794
Age at death: 71
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1792

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Witherspoon3,277

Opponents142,850

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1792, John Witherspoon ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Witherspoon's biggest single-election total was 2,122 votes, in the 1789 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Witherspoon received?

John Witherspoon has received 3,277 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

John Witherspoon’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2710.58%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood Bayard (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) John Armstrong (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	8842.73%	Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) James Cadwalader James Linn (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson (head-to-head) Robert Hoops (head-to-head) Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Joseph Ellis James Schureman (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) Joseph Hugg Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) Jeremiah Eldridge Franklin Davenport Robert Hooper (head-to-head) Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) 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	2,1223.17%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops (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 Sheppard (head-to-head) John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith (head-to-head) John Mehelm Patrick Dennis John Armstrong (head-to-head) John Neilson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q1246390). 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.