United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island, August 1790

Elections in Rhode Island
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Rhode Island held its late election for the First Congress on August 31, 1790, due to the late ratification of the Constitution, just about a month and a half before the October 18, 1790 election for the Second Congress.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Rhode Island at-large	New seat			New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain.	√ Benjamin Bourne (Pro-Administration) 72.44% Job Comstock James H. Sheldon (Unknown) 23.14% Samuel Bissell (Unknown) 3.62% George Potter (Unknown) 0.20% Pardon Tillinghast (Unknown) 0.20%

See also

• United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island, October 1790
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1790 and 1791
• List of United States Representatives from Rhode Island