William Helms

★ U.S. Representative

Born: September 30, 1783
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1800–1808

Career timeline

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5-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Helms74,960

Opponents536,952

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1808, William Helms ran in 5 U.S. House elections, winning all 5. Helms's biggest single-election total was 18,684 votes, in the 1808 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district. Helms's closest win came in the 1806 U.S. House election in New Jersey's at-large district, decided by 2,477 votes.

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How many votes has William Helms received?

William Helms has received 74,960 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 5–0.

Election history

William Helms’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1808	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	18,6849.35%	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Adam Boyd (head-to-head) Thomas Newbold (head-to-head) James Cox Jacob Hufty John Beatty (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head) William Campfield John Neilson Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Cornelius Harrison
1806	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	14,672	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 Richard Stockton (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	13,157	Henry Southard (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Lambert (head-to-head) James Sloan (head-to-head) Ezra Darby (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) James Cadwalader William Colefax Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Job Smith Bayard
1803	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	13,84516.34%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (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 William Coxe (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Richard Stockton (head-to-head) Peter Studiford James Schureman Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) Abraham Kitchell
1800	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	14,60210.17%	James Mott (head-to-head) Ebenezer Elmer (head-to-head) John Condit Henry Southard (head-to-head) Abraham Ogden (head-to-head) Peter D Devroom (head-to-head) James H Imlay (head-to-head) Franklin Davenport (head-to-head) William Coxe (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H000464) and Wikidata (Q604143). 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.