A presidential election was held in New Jersey on November 6 and 7, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.[1] The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton was elected virtually without opposition.[2]

Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over the de facto Federalist candidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Although a clandestine gathering of Federalist members of Congress had nominated Pinckney in February, in states where electors were chosen by popular vote, the Federalist ticket was formally unpledged. The New Jersey Federalist Party did not formally nominate electors, but a few Federalists received votes as write-in candidates.[3]

General election

Summary

New Jersey chose eight electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential nominee, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[4] The following table compares the votes for the leading Democratic-Republican and Federalist electors to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.

1804 United States presidential election in New Jersey[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson
George Clinton 		13,119 99.86
Federalist Unpledged electors (write-in) 19 0.14
Total votes 13,138 100.00

Results

1804 United States presidential election in New Jersey[5]
Party Candidate Votes
Democratic-Republican Phineas Manning 13,119
Democratic-Republican Alexander Carmichael 13,109
Democratic-Republican Thomas Newbold 13,100
Democratic-Republican Solomon Freleigh 13,095
Democratic-Republican William Rossell 13,094
Democratic-Republican Jacob Hufty 13,066
Democratic-Republican Abijah Smith 13,062
Democratic-Republican Moore Furman 13,039
Federalist Aaron Ogden 19
Federalist Richard Stockton 11
Federalist Franklin Davenport 8
N/a James Schureman 8
Federalist Samuel Stanhope Smith 7
N/a A. D. Woodruff 6
N/a Thomas Bullman 6
N/a William W. MacCullough 6
Federalist Isaac Smith 5
Federalist Thomas Sinnickson 5
N/a Alexander MacWhorter 5
N/a John Kinney 4
N/a Philemon Dickinson 4
N/a Thomas Anderson 4
N/a John Holmes 4
N/a George Bidleman 3
Federalist John Doughty 3
N/a William Woodhull 3
Democratic-Republican Joseph Cooper 2
N/a James Stone 2
Democratic-Republican Silas Dickerson 2
N/a Charles Pemberton 2
N/a William Sanford Pennington 2
Democratic-Republican Henry Vanderveer 2
N/a Ebenezer Tucker 2
N/a Sheppard Collack 1
N/a Ebenezer Seeley 1
Federalist William Colfax 1
Federalist Lambert Cadwalader 1
Federalist James H. Imlay 1
Federalist Peter D. Vroom 1
N/a Thomas Hendry 1
N/a Hendrick Hendrickson 1
N/a Alexander Kirkpatrick 1
Total votes
 ≈13,138

Results by county

This table compares the votes for the leading elector pledged to each ticket by county. It therefore differs slightly from the results summary, which compares the votes for the leading electors statewide. Returns from several counties appear to be lost.

1804 United States presidential election in New Jersey[5]
County Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican		 Unpledged electors
Federalist		 Margin Total
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Bergen ** ** ** **
Burlington ** ** ** **
Cape May ** ** ** **
Cumberland 765 99.87 1 0.13 764 99.74 766
Essex 2,523 100.00 — 2,523 100.00 2,523
Gloucester 906 99.78 2 0.22 904 99.56 908
Hunterdon 1,342 100.00 — 1,342 100.00 1,342
Middlesex ** ** ** **
Monmouth 713 99.86 1 0.14 712 99.72 714
Morris ** ** ** **
Salem 864 100.00 — 864 100.00 864
Somerset 560 99.29 4 0.71 556 98.58 564
Sussex 1,518 99.61 6 0.39 1,512 99.22 1,524
TOTAL 9,191 99.85 14 0.15 9,177 99.70 9,205

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lampi 2012, n12.
  2. ↑ Dauer 2002, p. 168.
  3. ↑ Dauer 2002, pp. 159, 162, 168.
  4. ↑ Lampi n.d.
  5. 1 2 3 Lampi 2012.

Bibliography

  • Dauer, Manning Julian (2002). "Election of 1804". In Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.; Israel, Fred L. (eds.). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2001. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. pp. 159–82.
  • Lampi, Philip J. (n.d.). "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  • Lampi, Philip J. (2012). "New Jersey 1804 Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved April 7, 2026.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey