Lambert Cadwalader

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 1, 1742
Died: September 13, 1823
Age at death: 81
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
Years in office: 3 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1789–1792

Career timeline

1789Rep 1792Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cadwalader12,061

Opponents101,728

Elections run

Between 1789 and 1792, Lambert Cadwalader ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Cadwalader's biggest single-election total was 7,736 votes, in the 1789 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Lambert Cadwalader received?

Lambert Cadwalader has received 12,061 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Lambert Cadwalader’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1792	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	4,3259.22%	John Beatty Jonathan Dayton Samuel Dick Abraham Clark Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Aaron Kitchell James Linn (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Job Smith (head-to-head) John Chetwood John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Bayard John Harring John Armstrong (head-to-head) Joseph Bloomfield Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) Jamos Kinsey James Schureman
1789	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	7,73611.57%	James Schureman Elias Boudinot (head-to-head) Thomas Sinnickson Clark Jr. Jonathan Dayton Whitten Cripps Robert Hoops John Witherspoon (head-to-head) Benjamin Van Cleve James Parker Thomas Henderson (head-to-head) Robert Hooper Josiah Hornblower Stevens James Linn (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell James Parks William Winds John Fell Thomas Fenimore Silas Condict Abraham Ogden Henry Stiles Thomas C Stewart Benjamin Thomson Alvgander McWhorter John Sheppard 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 the Congressional Bioguide (C000012) and Wikidata (Q1119528). 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 September 25, 2026.