1789 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey explained

The election of all four representatives was contested, but the records that explained the precise grounds on which the election was contested have been lost due to the burning of Washington in the War of 1812. It is known to have related to questions of regularity and procedure. All four representatives' elections were ruled valid.^[1]

District	Result	Candidates^[2]
		Pro-Administration win	√ James Schureman (Pro-Administration) 19.9% √ Elias Boudinot (Pro-Administration) 13.0% √ Lambert Cadwalader (Pro-Administration) 12.5% √ Thomas Sinnickson (Pro-Administration) 12.0% Abraham Clark (Pro-Administration) 10.5% Jonathan Dayton (Pro-Administration) 9.9% Robert Hoops 3.7% Whitten Cripps 3.4% Benjamin Van Cleve 2.9% James Parker 2.5% John Witherspoon 2.5% Thomas Henderson (Pro-Administration) 1.7% Robert L. Hooper 1.4% Josiah Hornblower 1.0%
		Pro-Administration win
		Pro-Administration win
		Pro-Administration win

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1788 and 1789
• List of United States representatives from New Jersey

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Congress March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791 [membership roster] ]. artandhistory.house.gov . PDF . January 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220514/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/1.pdf . December 5, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
2. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.