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New Hampshire law required a winning candidate to receive votes from a majority of voters (16.7% of votes). No candidate won such a majority on the first ballot, so a second ballot was held February 2, 1789.
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New Hampshire at-large 3 seats on a general ticket | Pro-Administration win. First place winner chose not to serve before the start of the Congress. A special election was held June 22, 1789. | First ballot (December 15, 1788): Benjamin West (Pro-Administration) 15.4% Samuel Livermore (Anti-Administration) 14.6% Paine Wingate (Pro-Administration) 13.4% Abiel Foster (Pro-Administration) 8.0% John Sullivan 7.1% Nicholas Gilman (Pro-Administration) 5.6% Joshua Atherton 5.2% Nathaniel Peabody 5.1% Peirse Long 4.4% Benjamin Bellows 3.4% Others 17.9% Second ballot (February 2, 1789): Benjamin West (Pro-Administration) 33.0% Samuel Livermore (Anti-Administration) 26.2% Nicholas Gilman (Pro-Administration) 19.5% Abiel Foster (Pro-Administration) 19.5% John Sullivan 1.9% |
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Pro-Administration win. |
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