New Jersey's at-large congressional district special election, 1814

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A special election was held in New Jersey's at-large congressional district October 10–11, 1814 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Jacob Hufty (F) on May 20, 1814. Hufty had been elected to the short-lived 3rd district, but, as New Jersey had already switched back to an at-large district, the special election was held at-large as well.

Beginning from its inception into statehood, New Jersey elected its representatives At-large instead of from individual districts. This continued for most years until 1843, with the exception of the years 1799-1801, and 1813-1815 when they were elected in districts. After 1843, New Jersey returned to district representation. 4 at-large representatives were elected in 1789 until 1793 when a 5th representative was added. 6 seats were allocated beginning in 1803, continuing until At-large representation ceased in 1843.

Jacob Hufty was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.

New Jerseys 3rd congressional district

New Jersey's Third Congressional District is represented by Democrat Andy Kim.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
Thomas Bines Democratic-Republican17,35751.3%
William EwingFederalist16,50148.7%

Bines took his seat on November 2, 1814 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=724609
  2. ↑ 13th Congress membership roster (see footnote 38) Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine .


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