Mapping Early American Elections


2nd Congress: Rhode Island 1790

Rhode Island elected a Federalist to its single seat in the Second Congress.

Mapping this election is not possible because there are insufficient returns at the town and county levels.

Rhode Island used a state-wide at-large system for electing members to Congress.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Benjamin Bourne Federalist

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

New Nation Votes Data


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