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{{Elections in New Jersey}}
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.<ref name="roster">{{cite web |url=http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/1.pdf |title=First Congress March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791 [membership roster] |website=artandhistory.house.gov |format=PDF |access-date=January 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220514/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/1.pdf |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| rowspan=4 | {{ushr|New Jersey|AL|X}}<br/>{{Small|4 seats on a [[general ticket]]}}
| {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | '''Pro-Administration win'''
| rowspan=4 | {{Plainlist|* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[James Schureman]]''' (Pro-Admin.) 19.93% (13,871 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Elias Boudinot]]''' (Pro-Admin.) 13.00% (9,051 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Lambert Cadwalader]]''' (Pro-Admin.) 12.50% (8,702 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}{{Aye}} '''[[Thomas Sinnickson (merchant)|Thomas Sinnickson]]''' (Pro-Admin.) 12.02% (8,364 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}[[Abraham Clark]] (Pro-Admin.) 10.47% (7,287 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}[[Jonathan Dayton]] (Pro-Admin.) 9.86% (6,859 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[Robert Hoops]] (Unknown) 3.68% (2,562 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[Whitten Cripps]] (Unknown) 3.41% (2,375 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[Benjamin Van Cleve]] (Unknown) 2.85% (1,983 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Anti-Administration Party (US)}}[[James Parker (Massachusetts politician)|James Parker]] (Anti-Admin.) 2.48% (1,724 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[John Witherspoon]] (Unknown) 2.46% (1,711 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}}[[Thomas Henderson (New Jersey politician)|Thomas Henderson]] (Pro-Admin.) 1.66% (1,156 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[Robert Lettis Hooper Jr.|Robert L. Hooper]] (Unknown) 1.39% (964 votes)
* {{Party stripe|Unknown}}[[Josiah Hornblower]] (Unknown) 1.02% (708 votes)}}{{Collapsible list
| title = Others 3.28% (2,281 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[James Linn]] (Unknown) 0.740% (515 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Aaron Kitchell]] (Unknown) 0.569% (396 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[John Stevens (New Jersey politician)|John Stevens, Jr.]] (Unknown) 0.371% (258 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} William Winds (Unknown) 0.330% (230 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]] (Unknown) 0.264% (184 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[John Fell (judge)|John Fell]] (Unknown) 0.197% (137 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Silas Condit (Unknown) 0.154% (107 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Henry Stites (Unknown) 0.099% (69 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Robert Ogden (Unknown) 0.093% (65 votes)|{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Charles Stewart (New Jersey politician)|Charles Stewart]] (Unknown) 0.092% (64 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Alexander MacWhorter|Alex MacWhorter]] (Unknown) 0.075% (52 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Benjamin Thompson (Unknown) 0.060% (42 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Abraham Kitchell (Unknown) 0.046% (32 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Kitchell<ref>Unclear whether these votes were for Aaron Kitchell or Abraham Kitchell.</ref> (Unknown) 0.033% (23 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Joseph Sheppard (Unknown) 0.029% (20 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[John Rutherfurd|John Rutherford]] {{sic}} (Unknown) 0.026% (18 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} William Woodhull (Unknown) 0.022% (15 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Abraham Ogden]] (Unknown) 0.020% (14 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}} [[Frederick Frelinghuysen (general)|Frederick Frelinghuysen]] (Pro-Administration) 0.013% (9 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Samuel Tuthill (Unknown) 0.013% (9 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh|Jacob Hardenburgh]] {{sic}} (Unknown) 0.010% (7 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Thomas Fenimore (Unknown) 0.009% (6 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Hugh Hughes (Unknown) 0.004% (3 votes)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} John Armstrong (Unknown) 0.001% (1 vote)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} Patrick Dennis (Unknown) 0.001% (1 vote)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} John Mehelm (Unknown) 0.001% (1 vote)<br>
{{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}} [[John Neilson (colonel)|John Neilson]] (Pro-Administration) 0.001% (1 vote)<br>
{{Party stripe|Pro-Administration Party (US)}} [[Samuel Stanhope Smith|Samuel Smith]] (Pro-Administration) 0.001% (1 vote)<br>
{{Party stripe|Unknown}} [[Mark Thomson (politician)|Mark Thompson]] {{sic}} (Unknown) 0.001% (1 vote)
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== See also ==
* [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1788 and 1789]]
* [[List of United States representatives from New Jersey]]
== References ==
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{{United States House of Representatives elections}}
[[Category:United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey|1789]]
[[Category:1789 United States House of Representatives elections|New Jersey]]
[[Category:1789 New Jersey elections|United States House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Jonathan Dayton]]
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