New Jersey elected its members November 7, 1820. There were an unusually large number of candidates, 119 candidates according to one contemporary newspaper.[1] Some candidates ran under an "Anti-Caucus" ticket. Only 1 of the 6 six incumbents would serve in the next term, as 4 retired and 1 died after re-election.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Ephraim Bateman | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Ephraim Bateman (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% √ George Holcombe (Democratic-Republican) 15.1% √ George Cassedy (Democratic-Republican) 14.0% √ Samuel Swan (Democratic-Republican) 13.9% √ John Linn (Democratic-Republican) 12.2% √ James Matlack (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Lewis Condict (Democratic-Republican Anti-Caucus) 5.6% John Rutherford (Democratic-Republican Anti-Caucus) 1.7% James Parker (Federalist) 1.5% Joseph McIlvaine (Democratic-Republican Anti-Caucus) 1.4% Samuel L. Southard (Democratic-Republican Anti-Caucus) 1.4% Joseph Hopkinson (Democratic-Republican Anti-Caucus) 1.1% John Frelinghuysen (F Anti-Caucus) 1.1% Others 2.9%[1] |
| John Linn | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected but died January 5, 1821, leading to an October 8, 1821 special election. | ||
| Bernard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| Henry Southard | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| Charles Kinsey | Democratic-Republican | 1816 1818 (Lost) 1820 (Special) |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
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edit- ^ a b "New Jersey 1820 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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