1806 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey explained

The Federalists ran a mixed ticket consisting of 2 Federalists (Aaron Ogden and John Beatty) and 4 Democratic-Republicans (William Helms, Ebenezer Elmer, George Maxwell, and Adam Boyd), one of whom (William Helms) was also on the Democratic-Republican ticket. The Federalists capitalized on resentment over the replacement on the official Democratic-Republican ticket of Ebenezer Elmer, from South Jersey, with Thomas Newbold from Monmouth County and the retention of James Sloan. This ticket was formed too late to gain sufficient support, but the Federalists did do much better in state elections that year than they had in previous elections.[1]

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates

William HelmsDemocratic-Republican1800Incumbent re-elected.William Helms (Democratic-Republican) 14.9%
Thomas Newbold (Democratic-Republican) 12.4%
Henry Southard (Democratic-Republican) 12.4%
Ezra Darby (Democratic-Republican) 11.9%
John Lambert (Democratic-Republican) 11.8%
James Sloan (Democratic-Republican) 11.2%
Aaron Ogden (Federalist) 5.9%
Ebenezer Elmer (Democratic-Republican) 5.8%
John Beatty (Federalist) 5.3%
George C. Maxwell (Democratic-Republican) 3.8%
Adam Boyd (Democratic-Republican) 3.4%
Ebenezer ElmerDemocratic-Republican1800Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Henry SouthardDemocratic-Republican1800Incumbent re-elected.
Ezra DarbyDemocratic-Republican1804Incumbent re-elected.
John LambertDemocratic-Republican1804Incumbent re-elected.
James SloanDemocratic-Republican1803Incumbent re-elected.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey 1806 U.S. House of Representatives . September 24, 2018 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . March 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200317144020/https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:nj.uscongress.1806 . dead .