Richard Stockton

Gubernatorial candidate

Born: April 17, 1764
Died: March 7, 1828
Age at death: 63
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1801–1820

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Stockton1,230

Opponents380,688

Elections run

Between 1801 and 1820, Richard Stockton ran in 9 elections across 2 offices (Governor and U.S. House), losing all 9. Stockton's biggest single-election total was 581 votes, in the 1806 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Richard Stockton received?

Richard Stockton has received 1,230 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–9.

Election history

Richard Stockton’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	1110.23%	Ephraim Bateman George Holcombe George Cassedy Samuel Swan John Linn James Matlack Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) James Parker (head-to-head) John Rutherford Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard (head-to-head) Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower Charles Kinsey Thomas T Kinney A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Caleb Newbold Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit James Wilson
1810	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2320.28%	Jacob Hufty Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) George Maxwell Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Morgan Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) John Neilson Thomas Sinnickson John Beatty (head-to-head) John Doughty James Parker (head-to-head) Benjamin Thomson William Campfield
1806	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	581	William Helms (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) George C Maxwell John Beatty (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Jonathan Dayton
1804	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	1630.19%	Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	17	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) James Cadwalader William Colefax Job Smith Bayard
1803	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	1734%	Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head)
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	2100.25%	James Mott Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) William Helms (head-to-head) Henry Southard (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell
1802	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	2650%	Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head)
1801	GovernorNew Jersey	Lost	2040%	Joseph Bloomfield (head-to-head)

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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.