Elections in New Jersey |
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Only one of the five New Jersey incumbents were re-elected.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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New Jersey at-large (General ticket) | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. | √ Jonathan Dayton (Federalist) 13.6% √ Aaron Kitchell (Federalist) 11.0% √ Thomas Henderson (Federalist) 9.3% √ Isaac Smith (Federalist) 7.9% √ Mark Thomson (Federalist) 7.9% Thomas Sinnickson (Federalist) 7.5% Joseph Bloomfield 6.6% John Beatty (Federalist) 6.4% James Linn 6.3% Ebenezer Elmer 5.8% James Schureman (Federalist) 4.1% Lambert Cadwalader (Federalist) 4.0% Richard Smith 3.0% Charles Stewart 2.3% Jonathan Elmer (Federalist) 2.1% John Harring 1.4% Robert Ogden 0.7% James F. Armstrong 0.2% |
New Jersey at-large (General ticket) | Vacant | Abraham Clark (Pro-Administration) died September 15, 1794. New member elected. Federalist gain. | |||
New Jersey at-large (General ticket) | Jonathan Dayton | Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Federalist gain. | |
New Jersey at-large (General ticket) | Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | 1789 1792 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. | |
New Jersey at-large (General ticket) | John Beatty | Pro-Administration | 1792 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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Of the 15 New Jersey incumbents, 14 were re-elected.