1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election

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1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election
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  1789 June 22, 1789 1790  

New Hampshire's at-large congressional district
  Abiel Foster (cropped).jpg JohnSamuelSherburne.jpg JamesSheafe.jpg
Candidate Abiel Foster John Samuel Sherburne James Sheafe
Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Pro-Administration
Popular vote1,804538190
Percentage59.3%17.7%6.2%

U.S. Representative before election

Vacant

Elected U.S. Representative

Abiel Foster
Pro-Administration

The 1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election was held on June 22, 1789, to fill a vacancy left by Representative-elect Benjamin West, who had declined to serve in the 1st United States Congress. This was the first special election in the history of the United States House of Representatives.

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Election results

1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Pro-Administration Abiel Foster 1,804 59.26
Anti-Administration John Samuel Sherburne 53817.67
Pro-Administration James Sheafe 1906.24
Elisha Payne 1394.57
Joshua Atherton 1123.68
Anti-Administration Nathaniel Peabody 862.83
Pro-Administration Simeon Olcott 762.50
Scattering993.25
Total votes3,044 100.00
Pro-Administration win (new seat)

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References

  1. "NH At-Large - Special Race - Jun 22, 1789". Our Campaigns. November 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2022.