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1798 U.S. House election results

49 races · 49 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1798 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

Connecticut

1798 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeChauncey GoodrichI4,628 votes

Delaware

1798 U.S. House results in Delaware
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJames BayardI2,792 votes · +1,020 over Archibald Alexander

Georgia

1798 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJames JonesI4,068 votes · +462 over Benjamin Taliaferro

Maryland

1798 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George DentIWinner
District 2John ThomasI1,924 votes · +730 over Richard, Sprigg
District 4George BaerI2,846 votes · +511 over Daniel Heister
District 5Samuel SmithIWinner
District 6Gabriel ChristieI2,512 votes · +556 over John Thomas
District 7William HindmanI1,950 votes · +193 over Joshua Leney

New Hampshire

1798 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeAbiel FosterI5,776 votes · +624 over William Gordon

New Jersey

1798 U.S. House results in New Jersey
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John ConditI3,378 votes · +324 over James Schureman
District 2Aaron KitchellI3,399 votes · +2,112 over Benjamin Thomson
District 3James H ImlayI1,614 votes · +1,235 over Thomas Henderson
District 4Franklin DavenportI1,644 votes · +378 over Ebenezer Elmer
District 5James LinnI1,613 votes · +634 over Thomas C Stewart

New York

1798 U.S. House results in New York
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Jonathan N HavensI1,758 votes · +256 over Thorn
District 2Edward LivingstonI3,293 votes
District 3Philip Van CortlandtI1,673 votes · +1,177 over Edward Everett Hale
District 4Joseph A BaileyI1,502 votes · +310 over Jeremiah T Brooks
District 5Lucas ElmendorfI2,765 votes · +1,283 over Hausbroeck
District 6John BirdI2,809 votes · +875 over Jenkins
District 7John ThompsonI2,197 votes · +628 over Williams
District 9Jonas PlattI2,880 votes · +132 over Smith
District 10William CooperI2,038 votes · +173 over Rockwell Kent

North Carolina

1798 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Joseph DicksonF2,098 votes · +393 over James Holland
District 2Archibald HendersonF3,129 votes · +2,702 over Basil Gaither
District 3Robert WilliamsD2,711 votes · +1,537 over Joseph J Martin
District 8David StoneFWinner
District 9Willis AlstonF1,553 votes · +346 over Thomas Blount

Pennsylvania

1798 U.S. House results in Pennsylvania
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert WalnI866 votes · +486 over Samuel Miles
District 2Michael LeibI1,129 votes · +259 over Walter E Morris
District 3Richard ThomasF3,760 votes · +2,246 over John Pearson
District 4Robert BrownI5,362 votes · +427 over John Muhlenberg
District 5Daniel HeisterIWinner
District 6John HannaI3,052 votes · +1,498 over L A Smith
District 7John KitteraF1,403 votes · +996 over William Barton
District 8Thomas HartleyI3,857 votes · +3,198 over Henry Slagel
District 9Andrew GreggI2,618 votes · +706 over M B Armstrong
District 10Henry WoodsI2,580 votes · +1,352 over Charles L Johnson
District 11John SmilieI1,782 votes · +17 over William Dodd
District 12Albert GallatinI3,467 votes · +1,002 over Jesse W Woods

Rhode Island

1798 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeChristopher ChamplinI2,830 votes · +150 over John Brown

South Carolina

1798 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2John RutledgeI809 votes · +476 over William Butler
District 3Benjamin HugerI743 votes · +159 over Lemuel Benton
District 4Thomas SumterI1,229 votes · +561 over Richard Winn
District 5Robert HarperI1,570 votes · +543 over William Butler
District 6Abraham NottI1,414 votes · +14 over William Smith

Vermont

1798 U.S. House results in Vermont
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Matthew LyonI3,482 votes · +1,938 over Samuel Williams
District 2Lewis MorrisIWinner