1796 New Hampshire U.S. House At-large Election

New Hampshire · 22 candidates · See every 1796 U.S. House race

Who won the 1796 New Hampshire U.S. House At-large Election?

Jeremiah Smith won the 1796 New Hampshire U.S. House At-large Election. Jeremiah Smith received 5,822 popular votes (24.97%). The main challenger was Abiel Foster (24.3%).

See the full head-to-head between Smith and Foster

Smith +0.7 pts · won by 155 votes

Jeremiah SmithIndependentWINNER24.97%

5,822 votes

Abiel FosterIndependentWINNER24.3%

5,667 votes

William GordonIndependentWINNER14.87%

3,468 votes

Jonathan FreemanIndependent9.46%

2,206 votes

Peleg SpragueIndependent4.37%

1,019 votes

Woodbury LangdonIndependent4.19%

978 votes

John PrenticeIndependent4.06%

947 votes

Thomas CogswellIndependent3.43%

800 votes

Nathaniel PeabodyIndependent2.32%

564 votes

Benjamin BellowsIndependent2.11%

491 votes

Joseph CilleyIndependent1.93%

451 votes

Nathaniel FogersIndependent1.92%

447 votes

Timothy WalkerIndependent0.44%

110 votes

James SheaseIndependent0.44%

103 votes

Israel EvansIndependent0.29%

67 votes

Nicholas GilmanIndependent0.12%

30 votes

James HillIndependent0.11%

25 votes

Paine WingateIndependent0.08%

18 votes

Arthur LivermoreIndependent0.04%

83 votes

Roger E ThompsonIndependent0.04%

10 votes

Aaron HutchinsonIndependent0.03%

7 votes

William PlummerIndependent0.02%

5 votes

Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.