1797 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election

A special election was held in New Hampshire's at-large congressional district on August 28, 1797, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Jeremiah Smith (F) on July 26 of the same year. Smith had been appointed United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire.

Election results

New Hampshire electoral law required a majority for election. As no candidate won a majority on the first ballot, a run-off election was held October 30, 1797

Candidate	Party	First ballot		Second ballot
		Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Peleg Sprague	Federalist	2,739	43.3%	3,697	66.6%
Woodbury Langdon	Democratic-Republican	1,423	22.5%	1,858	33.4%
Edward Livermore	Federalist	1,349	21.3%
Others		811	12.8%

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives