Mapping Early American Elections

6th Congress: Georgia 1798

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Georgia elected two Federalists to the Sixth Congress.

Georgia used a statewide at-large method for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 6th Congress: Georgia 1798
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large James Jones Federalist 4,264 37.3% ✓ Elected
At-large Benjamin Taliaferro Federalist 3,823 33.4% ✓ Elected
At-large Abraham Baldwin Democratic-Republican 3,135 27.4% Not elected

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.

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“6th Congress: Georgia 1798,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress06.ga.county.html