Samuel Swan

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 1, 1771
Died: August 24, 1844
Age at death: 73
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1820–1828

Career timeline

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5-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Swan60,061

Opponents496,568

Elections run

Between 1820 and 1828, Samuel Swan ran in 5 U.S. House elections, winning all 5. Swan's biggest single-election total was 23,709 votes, in the 1828 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district.

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How many votes has Samuel Swan received?

Samuel Swan has received 60,061 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 5–0.

Election history

Samuel Swan’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1828	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	23,7098.65%	Clement Condit Richard Cooper Isaac Pierson (head-to-head) James Randolph Thomas Hughes William N Jeffers James Parker (head-to-head) Peter D Vroom (head-to-head) George Cassedy Samuel Fowler
1826	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	14,7019.9%	Ebenezer Tucker (head-to-head) George Holcombe (head-to-head) Lewis Condiet Isaac Pierson (head-to-head) Hedge Thompson Daniel Garrison (head-to-head) George Cassedy (head-to-head) Isaac G Farlee Samuel Cooper Kennedy James Parker (head-to-head) Ephraim Bateman Peter D Vroom (head-to-head) Caleb Newbold (head-to-head)
1824	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	17,67216.8%	George Holcombe (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Daniel Garrison (head-to-head) George Cassedy (head-to-head) Ebenezer Tucker (head-to-head)
1822	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	—	James Matlack (head-to-head) George Cassedy (head-to-head) Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) George Holcombe (head-to-head)
1820	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	3,97913.68%	Ephraim Bateman (head-to-head) George Holcombe (head-to-head) George Cassedy (head-to-head) John Linn James Matlack (head-to-head) Lewis Condict (head-to-head) Frederick Frelinghuysen James Parker (head-to-head) John Rutherford Joseph McIlvaine Henry Southard Joseph Hopkinson Josiah Hornblower Charles Kinsey Thomas T Kinney Richard Stockton A C Thompson Charles Ewing Abraham Ogden Caleb Newbold (head-to-head) Benjamin Bennett Jesse Upson Bernard Smith John Condit James Wilson

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q1309679). 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.