1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections
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Anti-Federalist majority
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 6th Congress took place in 1798 and 1799, the earliest in New York in April 1798, and the latest in Tennessee in August 1799, after the official start of the 6th Congress on March 4, 1799, but before the start of the first session of this Congress in Philadelphia on December 2, 1799.[1] It was the last congressional session before the move to the new capital at Washington, D.C..
President John Adams, a Federalist elected two years prior in the election of 1796, remained popular during a time of national economic growth, and the Federalists made a modest gain of three seats at the expense of the opposition Democratic-Republicans, the party of Vice President and future President Thomas Jefferson. This resulted in an increased Federalist majority in the House, 60-46 seats.
The Federalist party squandered its popularity by passing a series of controversial new laws in the summer of 1798, including the Naturalization Act of 1798 and the Alien and Sedition Acts. Their passage seriously injured the chances of President Adams and Federalist congressional candidates in the elections of 1800.
The House that met during this Congress would ultimately elect Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr in the presidential election of 1800.
Election summaries
| 60 | 46 |
| Federalist | Democratic-Republican |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Federalist | Democratic- Republican | ||
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| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
| Connecticut | At-large | September 7, 1798 | 7 | 7 | 
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0 |
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| Delaware | At-large | October 2, 1798 | 1 | 1 |
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0 |
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| Georgia | At-large | October 8, 1798 | 2 | 2 |  2
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0 |  2
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| Maryland | District (8) | October 1, 1798 | 8 | 5 | 1
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3 | 1
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| Massachusetts | District (14) | November 5, 1798[Note 1] | 14 | 12 | 1
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2 | 1
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| New Hampshire | At-large | August 2, 1798 | 4 | 4 |
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0 |
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| New Jersey | District[Note 2] (5) | October 10, 1798 | 5 | 2 | 3
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3 | 3
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| New York | District (10) | April 24–26, 1798 | 10 | 4 | 2
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6 | 2
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| North Carolina | District (10) | August 10, 1798 | 10 | 4 | 3
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6 | 3
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| Pennsylvania | District (12[Note 3]) | October 9, 1798 | 13 | 5 | 1
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8 | 1
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| Rhode Island | At-large | August 28, 1798 | 2 | 2 |
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0 |
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| South Carolina | District (6) | October 12, 1798 | 6 | 5 | 2
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1 | 2
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| Vermont | District (2) | September 4, 1798[Note 4] | 2 | 1 |
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1 |
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| Kentucky | District (2) | May 7, 1799 | 2 | 0 |
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2 |
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| Tennessee | At-large | August 1, 1799 | 1 | 0 |
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1 |
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| Virginia | District (19) | April 24, 1799 | 19 | 6 | 2
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13 | 2
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| Total | 106 | 60 56.6% |
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46 43.4% |
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Complete returns
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 5] |
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| Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
William Edmond | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Re-elected | √ John Allen (F) 13.4% √ Chauncey Goodrich (F) 12.5% √ Samuel W. Dana (F) 12.4% √ William Edmond (F) 11.8% √ Roger Griswold (F) 11.5% √ Jonathan Brace (F)[Note 6] 8.4% √ John Davenport (F) 7.0% Elizur Goodrich[Note 7] (F) 4.1% Timothy Pitkin (F) 3.7% Benjamin Tallmadge (F) 3.5% John C. Smith[Note 7] (F) 3.5% Elias Perkins (F) 3.2% Calvin Goddard (F) 2.2% Simeon Baldwin (F) 1.6% |
| Chauncey Goodrich | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | ||
| Previous incumbent Joshua Coit (F) died September 5, 1798 | Federalist hold | ||||
| Roger Griswold | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | ||
| Nathaniel Smith | Federalist | 1795 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist hold | ||
| John Allen | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | ||
| Samuel W. Dana | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | ||
John Allen (F) declined to serve in the 6th Congress and was replaced in a special election by Elizur Goodrich (F).
Jonathan Brace (F) resigned in May 1800 and was replaced in a special election by John Cotton Smith (F)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware at-large | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ James A. Bayard (F) 61.2% Archibald Alexander (DR) 38.8% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Abraham Baldwin | Democratic- Republican |
1789 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ James Jones (F) 36.9% √ Benjamin Taliaferro (F) 33.4% Abraham Baldwin (DR) 28.3% John Milledge (DR) 1.4% |
| John Milledge | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
John Milledge (DR) had declined to run for re-election. As a result, many Democratic-Republican voters cast their votes for Baldwin and one of the Federalists, giving the Federalists enough votes to win both seats.
On January 11, 1801, James Jones (F) died. His seat remained vacant for the remainder of the 6th Congress.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky 1 Known as the Southern district |
Thomas T. Davis | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ Thomas T. Davis (DR)[Note 8] |
| Kentucky 2 Known as the Northern district |
John Fowler | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ John Fowler (DR) 55.3% Robert Johnston 25.5% Philemon Thomas 19.2% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Maryland 1 | George Dent | Federalist | 1792 | Re-elected | √ George Dent (F) 54.5% John Campbell (F) 45.5% |
| Maryland 2 | Richard Sprigg, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
1796 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ John C. Thomas (F) 61.6% Richard Sprigg, Jr. (DR) 38.4% |
| Maryland 3 | William Craik | Federalist | 1796 (special) | Re-elected | √ William Craik (F) 100% |
| Maryland 4 | George Baer, Jr. | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ George Baer, Jr. (F) 54.9% Daniel Hiester (DR) 45.1% |
| Maryland 5 | Samuel Smith | Democratic- Republican |
1792 | Re-elected | √ Samuel Smith (DR) 57.7% James Winchester (F) 42.3% |
| Maryland 6 | William Matthews | Federalist | 1796 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Gabriel Christie (DR) 56.2% Philip Thomas (F) 43.8% |
| Maryland 7 | William Hindman | Federalist | 1792 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Joshua Seney (DR) 55.6% William Hindman (F) 44.4% |
| Maryland 8 | John Dennis | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ John Dennis 100% |
Joshua Seney (DR) of the 7th district died October 28, 1798 before the start of Congress, a special election was held for his successor which was won by Joseph H. Nicholson (DR).
Massachusetts's electoral law required a majority for election. This was not met in the 5th and 7th districts necessitating additional ballots in those districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | |||||
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| Massachusetts 1 Known as the 1st Western District |
Thomson J. Skinner | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Retired Federalist gain |
√ Theodore Sedgwick (F) 80.2% Thomas Ives (DR) 19.8% |
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| Massachusetts 2 Known as the 2nd Western District |
William Shepard | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ William Shepard (F) 89.9% John Williams (DR) 10.1% |
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| Massachusetts 3 Known as the 3rd Western District |
Samuel Lyman | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | √ Samuel Lyman (F) 88.4% Daniel Bigelow 6.4% Scattering 5.2% |
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| Massachusetts 4 Known as the 4th Western District |
Dwight Foster | Federalist | 1792 | Re-elected | √ Dwight Foster (F) 80.8% Levi Lincoln, Sr. (DR) 19.2% |
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| Massachusetts 5 Known as the 1st Southern District |
Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Retired Federalist gain |
Lemuel Williams (F) 32.5% Macajah Coffin (DR) 30.4% Beriah Norton (F) 17.4% Jonathan Moore (F) 13.4% Scattering 6.3% |
Macajah Coffin (DR) 33.5% Lemuel Williams (F) 30.1% Sam Savage 27.1% Beriah Norton (F) 9.3% |
Lemuel Williams (F) 36.5% Sam Savage 33.9% Macajah Coffin (DR) 29.5% |
Lemuel Williams (F) 46.6% Sam Savage 27.2% Macajah Coffin (DR) 26.2% |
Lemuel Williams (F) 74.8% Macajah Coffin (DR) 25.2% | |
| Massachusetts 6 Known as the 2nd Southern District |
John Reed, Sr. | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | √ John Reed, Sr. (F) 58.0% John Dwight 26.9% Daniel Snow 15.1% |
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| Massachusetts 7 Known as the 3rd Southern District |
Stephen Bullock | Federalist | 1796 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Stephen Bullock (F) 26.9% Laban Wheaton (F) 25.7% Josiah Dean 23.6% Phanuel Bishop (DR) 11.8% Scattering 12.1% |
Stephen Bullock (F) 33.3% Josiah Dean 25.5% Laban Wheaton (F) 22.4% Phanuel Bishop (DR) 18.9% |
Stephen Bullock (F) 48.1% Phanuel Bishop (DR) 41.3% Josiah Dean10.6% |
Phanuel Bishop (DR) 52.1% Stephen Bullock (F) 47.9% |
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| Massachusetts 8 Known as the 1st Middle District |
Harrison Gray Otis | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ Harrison Gray Otis (F) 55.9% William Heath (DR) 43.6% William Eustis (DR) 0.6% |
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| Massachusetts 9 Known as the 2nd Middle District |
Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Re-elected | √ Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) 66.2% Timothy Bigelow (F) 33.8% |
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| Massachusetts 10 Known as the 3rd Middle District |
Samuel Sewall | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ Samuel Sewall (F) 70.3% Loammi Baldwin (F) 20.5% Scattering 9.2% |
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| Massachusetts 11 Known as the 4th Middle District |
Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Re-elected | √ Bailey Bartlett (F) 100% | |||||
| District of Maine | Massachusetts 12 Known as the 1st Eastern District |
Isaac Parker | Federalist | 1796 | Retired Federalist hold |
√ Silas Lee (F) 64.4% Henry Dearborn (DR) 35.6% |
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| Massachusetts 13 Known as the 2nd Eastern District |
Peleg Wadsworth | Federalist | 1792 | Re-elected | √ Peleg Wadsworth (F) 73.5% Charles Tainer 26.5% |
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| Massachusetts 14 Known as the 3rd Eastern District |
George Thatcher | Federalist | 1788 | Re-elected | √ George Thatcher (F) 65.5% John Fairchild (DR) 34.5% | |||||
Three vacancies occurred in Massachusetts's representation during the 6th Congress. The first occurred in the 10th district when Samuel Sewall (F) resigned and was filled by Nathan Read (F). The second occurred in the 4th district when Dwight Foster (F) resigned upon being elected to the Senate and was filled by Levi Lincoln, Sr. (DR). The third occurred in the 3rd district when Samuel Lyman (F) resigned and was filled by Ebenezer Mattoon (F)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
Peleg Sprague | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Re-elected | √ Abiel Foster (F) 24.2% √ William Gordon (F) 21.6% √ Jonathan Freeman (F) 21.0% √ Peleg Sprague (F) 19.5% Thomas Bellows (F) 1.9% John Prentice (F) 1.8% Timothy Walker (F) 1.0% William Plummer (F) 0.8% Joseph Dennie (F) 0.7% Woodbury Langdon (DR) 0.7% John Goddard (DR) 0.6% Oliver Peabody (F) 0.6% William Gardner (DR) 0.5% Others 5.1% |
| Jonathan Freeman | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | ||
| William Gordon | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | ||
| Abiel Foster | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected |
Peleg Sprague (F) declined to serve, James Sheafe (F) was elected to fill his seat.
On June 12, 1800, William Gordon (F) resigned to accept a position as New Hampshire Attorney General, and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, which was won by Samuel Tenney (F)
New Jersey switched to district representation for this election. The districts were not numbered at the time, but are retroactively numbered here as 1-5. New Jersey would go back to an at-large district the following election.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| New Jersey 1 Called the Eastern district |
James Schureman Redistricted from the at-large district |
Federalist | 1797 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
√ John Condit (DR) 52.5% James Schureman (F) 47.5% |
| New Jersey 2 Called the Northern district |
Mark Thomson Redistricted from the at-large district |
Federalist | 1794 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Aaron Kitchell (DR) 72.5% Mark Thomson (F) 27.5% |
| New Jersey 3 Called the Western district |
None (District created) | Democratic-Republican gain | √ James Linn (DR) 51.3% Samuel R. Stewart (F) 31.1% Archibald Mercer (F) 17.6% | ||
| New Jersey 4 Called the Middle district |
James H. Imlay Redistricted from the at-large district |
Federalist | 1797 | Re-elected | √ James H. Imlay (F) 81.0% Thomas Henderson (DR) 19.0% |
| New Jersey 5 Called the Southern district |
None (District created) | Federalist gain | √ Franklin Davenport (F) 56.5% Jonathan Elmer (DR) 43.5% | ||
Between the 1796 and 1798 elections, New York re-districted. This marked the first time that its districts were numbered.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| New York 1 | Jonathan N. Havens | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Re-elected | √ Jonathan N. Havens (DR) 53.9% Richard Thorn (F) 46.1% |
| New York 2 | Edward Livingston | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Re-elected | √ Edward Livingston (DR) 52.7% Phillip Livingston (F) 47.3% |
| New York 3 | Philip Van Courtlandt | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Re-elected | √ Philip Van Courtlandt (DR) 77.1% Mordecai Hale (F) 22.9% |
| New York 4 | Lucas C. Elmendorf | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ Lucas C. Elmendorf (DR) 64.8% Jonathan Hasbrouck (F) 34.1% John Hathorn (DR) 1.1% |
| New York 5 | David Brooks | Federalist | 1796 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
√ Theodorus Bailey (DR) 55.8% David Brooks (F) 44.2% |
| New York 6 | Hezekiah L. Hosmer | Federalist | 1796 | Retired Federalist hold |
√ John Bird (F) 59.1% Elisha Jenkins (DR) 40.9% |
| New York 7 | John E. Van Alen | Federalist | 1793 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
√ John Thompson (DR) 52.5% John Williams (F) 37.5% Jellis A. Fonda (F) 10.0% |
| John Williams Redistricted from the 9th district |
Federalist | 1796 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| New York 8 | Henry Glen | Federalist | 1793 | Re-elected | √ Henry Glen (F) 100% |
| New York 9 | None (District created) | Federalist gain | √ Jonas Platt (F) 51.2% Peter Smith (DR) 48.8% | ||
| New York 10 | James Cochran | Federalist | 1796 | Retired Federalist hold |
√ William Cooper (F) 52.2% Moss Kent (DR) 47.8% |
On October 25, 1799, Jonathan N. Havens (DR) of the 1st district died. A special election was held which elected John Smith (DR) to replace him.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 5] |
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| North Carolina 1 | Joseph McDowell | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Joseph Dickson (F) 55.1% James Holland (DR) 44.8% |
| North Carolina 2 | Matthew Locke | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Archibald Henderson (F) 84.4% Basil Gaither (F) 9.5% Matthew Locke (DR) 6.1% |
| North Carolina 3 | Robert Williams | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ Robert Williams (DR) 69.8% James Martin (F) 30.2% |
| North Carolina 4 | Richard Stanford | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ Richard Stanford (DR) 54.5% Samuel Benton (F) 45.5% |
| North Carolina 5 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic- Republican |
1791 | Re-elected | √ Nathaniel Macon (DR)[Note 8] |
| North Carolina 6 | James Gillespie | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ William H. Hill (F) 50.1% James Gillespie (DR) 39.8% Alexander D. Moore (F) 10.1% |
| North Carolina 7 | William B. Grove | Federalist | 1791 | Re-elected | √ William B. Grove (F) 100% |
| North Carolina 8 | Dempsey Burges | Democratic- Republican |
1795 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
√ David Stone (DR) 40.0% Charles Johnson (F) 30.9% Dempsey Burges (DR) 29.1% |
| North Carolina 9 | Thomas Blount | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Willis Alston (DR) 37.4% Thomas Blount (DR) 29.1% William Kennedy (F) 24.6% John Binford (F) 8.9% |
| North Carolina 10 | Previous incumbent Nathan Bryan (DR) died June 4, 1798 | Democratic-Republican hold | √ Richard D. Spaight[Note 6] (DR) 66.7% George E. Badger (F) 32.3% | ||
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania 1 | Incumbent John Swanwick (DR) died August 1, 1798. | Federalist gain | √ Robert Waln[Note 6] (F) 69.5% Samuel Miles (DR) 30.5% | ||
| Pennsylvania 2 | Blair McClenachan | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Michael Leib (DR) 56.5% Anthony Morris (F) 43.5% |
| Pennsylvania 3 | Richard Thomas | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | √ Richard Thomas (F) 71.3% John Pearson (DR) 28.7% |
| Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 2 seats |
Incumbent Samuel Sitgreaves (F) resigned August 29, 1798. | Democratic-Republican gain | Robert Brown[Note 6] (DR) 31.1% √ Peter Muhlenberg (DR) 28.6% John Chapman (F) 20.9% Jacob Eyerly (F) 19.0% Anthony Morris (F) 0.5% | ||
| John Chapman | Federalist | 1796 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Pennsylvania 5 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic- Republican |
1797 (Special) | Re-elected | √ Joseph Hiester (DR) 69.3% Daniel Clymer (F) 30.7% |
| Pennsylvania 6 | John A. Hanna | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ John A. Hanna (DR) 66.3% Daniel Smith (F) 33.7% |
| Pennsylvania 7 | John W. Kittera | Federalist | 1791 | Re-elected | √ John W. Kittera (F) 77.5% William Barton (DR) 22.5% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Thomas Hartley | Federalist | 1788 | Re-elected | √ Thomas Hartley (F) 85.4% Henry Slagle (F) 14.6% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | Andrew Gregg | Democratic- Republican |
1791 | Re-elected | √ Andrew Gregg (DR) 57.8% James Armstrong (F) 42.2% |
| Pennsylvania 10 | David Bard | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Henry Woods (F) 55.4% Thomas Johnson (F) 24.3% David Bard (DR) 20.3% |
| Pennsylvania 11 | William Findley | Democratic- Republican |
1791 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
√ John Smilie (DR) 46.0% William Todd (F) 32.7% James Guthrie (F) 21.3% |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Albert Gallatin | Democratic- Republican |
1794 | Re-elected | √ Albert Gallatin (DR) 58.8% John Woods (F) 41.2% |
One vacancy occurred in the 8th district when Thomas Hartley (F) died on December 21, 1800. This vacancy was filled in a special election by John Stewart (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Rhode Island at-large seat A | Thomas Tillinghast | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
√ John Brown (F) 65.4% Thomas Tillinghast (F) 34.6% |
| Rhode Island at-large seat B | Christopher G. Champlin | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ Christopher G. Champlin (F) 97.5% Others 2.5% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina 1 Also known as the Charleston District |
Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Re-elected | √ Thomas Pinckney (F) 100% |
| South Carolina 2 Also known as the Beaufort District |
John Rutledge, Jr. | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected | √ John Rutledge, Jr. (F) 65.6% Pierce Butler (DR) 34.4% |
| South Carolina 3 Also known as the Georgetown District |
Lemuel Benton | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Benjamin Huger (F) 41.9% Lemuel Benton (DR) 32.4% Tristam Thomas (F) 22.2% William Thomas (DR) 2.0% Joseph Blyth (DR) 1.6% |
| South Carolina 4 Also known as the Camden District |
Thomas Sumter | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | √ Thomas Sumter (DR) 64.6% Richard Winn (F) 35.4% |
| South Carolina 5 Also known as the Ninety-Six District |
Robert Goodloe Harper | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | √ Robert Goodloe Harper (F) 65.3% William Butler (DR) 34.7% |
| South Carolina 6 Also known as the Washington District |
William Smith | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Abraham Nott (F) 43.8% William Smith (DR) 43.2% William Hill (F) 13.0% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee at-large | William C. C. Claiborne | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ William C. C. Claiborne (DR) 100% |
The state's election laws required a candidate to win a majority to take office, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 5] | |
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| First ballot | Second ballot | |||||
| Vermont 1 Known as the Western District |
Matthew Lyon | Democratic- Republican |
1796 | Re-elected | Matthew Lyon (DR) 49.7% Samuel Williams (F) 22.0% Daniel Chipman (F) 19.5% Abel Spencer (F) 3.8% Israel Smith (DR) 3.4% Others 1.6% |
Matthew Lyon (DR) 55.5% Samuel Williams (F) 37.9% Israel Smith (DR) 6.6% |
| Vermont 2 Known as the Eastern District |
Lewis R. Morris | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Re-elected | √ Lewis R. Morris (F) 86.5% Nathaniel Niles (DR) 6.7% William Chamberlain (F) 2.5% Stephen Jacobs 1.9% Stephen R. Bradley 1.1% Others 1.2% | |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia 1 | Daniel Morgan | Federalist | 1797 | Retired Federalist hold |
√ Robert Page (F) 54.3% John Smith (DR) 45.7% |
| Virginia 2 | David Holmes | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ David Holmes (DR)[Note 8] Robert Porterfield (F) |
| Virginia 3 | James Machir | Federalist | 1797 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
√ George Jackson (DR) 53.9% John Haymond (F) 46.0% |
| Virginia 4 | Abram Trigg | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ Abram Trigg (DR) 88.5% William Preston (F) 11.5% |
| Virginia 5 | John J. Trigg | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ John J. Trigg (DR)[Note 8] George Hancock (F) |
| Virginia 6 | Matthew Clay | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ Matthew Clay (DR)[Note 8] Isaac Coles (DR) |
| Virginia 7 | Abraham B. Venable | Democratic- Republican |
1790 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
√ John Randolph (DR) 40.5% Powhatan Bolling (DR) 40.3% Clement Carrington (F) 19.2% |
| Virginia 8 | Thomas Claiborne | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Samuel Goode (DR) 52.5% Thomas Claiborne (DR) 47.5% |
| Virginia 9 | Joseph Eggleston | Democratic- Republican |
1798 (special) | Re-elected | √ Joseph Eggleston (DR) 63.4% Alexander McRae (F) 36.6% |
| Virginia 10 | Carter B. Harrison | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
√ Edwin Gray (DR)[Note 8] John Mason, Jr. (DR) Robert Booth (DR) Benjamin Harrison (DR) Wood Heath (F) |
| Virginia 11 | Josiah Parker | Federalist | 1789 | Re-elected | √ Josiah Parker (F) 56.2% Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR) 43.8% |
| Virginia 12 | Thomas Evans | Federalist | 1797 | Re-elected | √ Thomas Evans (F) 62.3% John Page (DR) 37.7% |
| Virginia 13 | John Clopton | Democratic- Republican |
1795 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ John Marshall (F)[Note 8] John Clopton (DR) |
| Virginia 14 | Samuel J. Cabell | Democratic- Republican |
1795 | Re-elected | √ Samuel J. Cabell (DR) 83.6% John Nicholas (DR) 16.4% |
| Virginia 15 | John Dawson | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Re-elected | √ John Dawson (DR)[Note 8] |
| Virginia 16 | Anthony New | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Re-elected | √ Anthony New (DR)[Note 8] Benjamin Temple (F) |
| Virginia 17 | Richard Brent | Democratic- Republican |
1795 | Retired Federalist gain |
√ Leven Powell (F) 63.8% Roger West (DR) 36.4% |
| Virginia 18 | John Nicholas | Democratic- Republican |
1793 | Re-elected | √ John Nicholas (DR)[Note 8] John Blackwell (F) |
| Virginia 19 | Walter Jones | Democratic- Republican |
1797 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
√ Henry Lee (F) 51.4% Walter Jones (DR) 48.6% |
On June 7, 1800, John Marshall (F) of the 13th district resigned upon being named Secretary of State and was replaced in a special election by Littleton W. Tazewell (DR)
See also
- List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1789–1822
- United States Senate elections, 1798 and 1799
- 5th United States Congress
- 6th United States Congress
Notes
- ^ Additional trials required in 2 districts due to majority requirement not being met on first vote, additional trials were held January 17, April 1, June 6, and August 29, 1799
- ^ Changed from at-large system
- ^ Includes 1 plural district
- ^ An additional trial was held in one district due to majority requirement not being on the first vote, and was held on December 4, 1798
- ^ a b c d Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
- ^ a b c d Also elected in special election to fill vacancy in 5th Congress
- ^ a b Won subsequent special election
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
References
Bibliography
- "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)