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New Hampshire electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met on the first ballot, requiring a run-off election on October 27, 1800
Candidate | Party | First ballot [1] | Runoff [2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | Percent | Votes | Percent | ||
Samuel Tenney | Federalist | 2,921 | 45.6% | 1,818 | 70.8% |
George Upham | Federalist | 1,377 | 21.5% | 750 | 29.2% |
John Goddard | Democratic-Republican | 835 | 13.0% | ||
Joseph Badger | Democratic-Republican | 699 | 10.9% | ||
Thomas Cogswell | Democratic-Republican | 296 | 4.6% | ||
Joseph Peirce | Federalist | 278 | 4.3% |
Tenney took his seat on December 8, 1800.
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