Jonathan Dayton

U.S. House candidate

Born: October 16, 1760
Died: October 9, 1824
Age at death: 63
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1789–1806

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dayton7,582

Opponents163,506

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1806, Jonathan Dayton ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Dayton's biggest single-election total was 6,869 votes, in the 1789 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 7,582 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Jonathan Dayton’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1806	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	713	William Helms Thomas Newbold Henry Southard Ezra Darby John Lambert Ebenezer Elmer James Sloan Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) George C Maxwell John Beatty Adam Boyd Richard Stockton
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	6,86910.27%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot Lambert Cadwalader Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker 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 Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard John Rutherford William Woodhull Samuel Tuthill Frederick Frelinghuysen Jacob Hardenburgh Hughes Job Smith 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.