Jonathan Dayton

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 16, 1760
Died: October 9, 1824
Age at death: 63
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1797

Career timeline

1791Rep 1792Rep 1794Rep 1797Rep

4-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dayton10,290

Opponents68,946

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1797, Jonathan Dayton ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning all 4. Dayton's biggest single-election total was 5,844 votes, in the 1792 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Jonathan Dayton received?

Jonathan Dayton has received 10,290 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.

Election history

Jonathan Dayton’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1797	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	—	James Imlay Thomas Sinnickson James Schureman Mark Thomson (head-to-head)
1794	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	—	Aaron Kitchell (head-to-head) Isaac Smith Thomas Henderson Mark Thomson (head-to-head)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	5,84412.22%	John Beatty Samuel Dick (head-to-head) Abraham Clark (head-to-head) Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Lambert Cadwalader 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 John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard (head-to-head) John Harring (head-to-head) John Armstrong Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen Jamos Kinsey James Schureman (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	4,44613.75%	Abraham Clark (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 Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) John Witherspoon (head-to-head) John Beatty John Sheppard Abraham Ogden 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 Richard Howell Samuel Sharp Cornelius Harrison Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head) Batoman Lloyd James Parker Archibald Campbell William Euguisjinsky Garrit Lydulum Abraham Ryerson Harvey Lord John Benson Adonijah Schuyler George J Dooremus

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000165) and Wikidata (Q461697). 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.