1820 New Jersey's at-large congressional district special election

John Condit (Democratic-Republican) of New Jersey's at-large congressional district resigned to become assistant collector of the Port of New York. ^[1]

Charles Kinsey (also Democratic-Republican) was elected February 2, 1820 to replace him. Kinsey had previously served as a member from New Jersey but had lost re-election to Condit in 1818.

He was seated February 16, 1820. ^[1]

Candidates

• George Cassedy, former postmaster of Hackensack
• Lewis Condict, former U.S. representative and speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Ebenezer Elmer, collector of customs of Bridgeton, former U.S. representative, and former vice president of the New Jersey Legislative Council
• Thomas T. Kinney
• Charles Kinsey, former member of the New Jersey Legislative Council and New Jersey General Assembly
• James Parker
• Gerard Rutgers
• James D. Westcott Sr.

Results

√ Charles Kinsey (Democratic-Republican) 62.2%

James Parker 10.1%

George Cassedy 5.1%

Lewis Condict 3.4%

Ebenezer Elmer 3.3%

Gerard Rutgers 3.2%

John Rutherford 2.9%

Charles Kinsey 2.2%

James D. Westcott 1.4%

Thomas T. Kinney 1.1%

scattering 5.1%

See also

• 1818 and 1819 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from New Jersey

References

1. "Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019– via History.house.gov.

External links

• "New Jersey 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved January 29, 2019.