Abiel Foster

★ U.S. Representative

Born: August 8, 1735
Died: February 6, 1806
Age at death: 70
Home state: New Hampshire
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1788–1800

Career timeline

1788Rep 1794Rep 1796Rep 1798Rep 1800Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Foster19,887

Opponents70,160

Elections run

Between 1788 and 1800, Abiel Foster ran in 5 U.S. House elections, winning 3 and losing 2. Foster's biggest single-election total was 5,776 votes, in the 1798 U.S. House election in New Hampshire's at-large district.

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How many votes has Abiel Foster received?

Abiel Foster has received 19,887 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–2.

Election history

Abiel Foster’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1800	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	5,47219.32%	Joseph Pierce Samuel Tenney George Upham Hosea W Parker Goddard Levi Bartlett Joseph Badger Michael McLary Thomas Cogswell (head-to-head) Timothy Walker (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	5,776	William Gordon (head-to-head) Jonathan Freeman (head-to-head) Peleg Sprague (head-to-head)
1796	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Won	5,66724.3%	Jeremiah Smith (head-to-head) William Gordon (head-to-head) Jonathan Freeman (head-to-head) Peleg Sprague (head-to-head) Woodbury Langdon (head-to-head) John Prentice Thomas Cogswell (head-to-head) Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Benjamin Bellows (head-to-head) Joseph Cilley Nathaniel Fogers Timothy Walker (head-to-head) James Shease Arthur Livermore Israel Evans Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) James Hill Paine Wingate (head-to-head) Roger E Thompson Aaron Hutchinson William Plummer
1794	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Lost	2,052	Jeremiah Smith (head-to-head) John Sherburne Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) Paine Wingate
1788	U.S. HouseNew Hampshire	Lost	9208.68%	Nicholas Gilman (head-to-head) Paine Wingate (head-to-head) Samuel Livermore Benjamin West Frank L Sullivan Nathaniel Peabody (head-to-head) Joshua Atherton Pierce Long Benjamin Bellows (head-to-head) Moses Dow Woodbury Langdon (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (F000297) and Wikidata (Q320910). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.