Mapping Early American Elections

6th Congress: New York 1798

New York elected four Federalists and six Democratic-Republicans to the Sixth Congress.

New York used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In December 1799, a special election was held in which Democratic-Republican John Smith was elected to replace Jonathan N. Havens, who died in office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Jonathan N. Havens	Democratic-Republican	1,758	53.9%	✓
1	Richard Thorn	Federalist	1,502	46.1%
2	Edward Livingston	Democratic-Republican	1,734	52.7%	✓
2	Philip Livingston	Federalist	1,559	47.3%
3	Pierre Van Cortlandt	Democratic-Republican	1,673	77.1%	✓
3	Mordecai Hale	Federalist	496	22.9%
4	Lucas Elmendorf	Democratic-Republican	2,765	64.4%	✓
4	Jonathan Hasbrouck	Federalist	1,482	34.5%
5	Theodorous Bailey	Democratic-Republican	1,502	55.8%	✓
5	David Brooks	Federalist	1,192	44.2%
6	John Bird	Federalist	2,809	59.1%	✓
6	Elisha Jenkins	Democratic-Republican	1,945	40.9%
7	John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	2,197	52.5%	✓
7	John Williams	Federalist	1,569	37.5%
7	Jellis A. Fonda	Federalist	419	10%
8	Henry Glen	Federalist	2,643	99.7%	✓
9	Jonas Platt	Federalist	2,880	51.2%	✓
9	Peter Smith	Democratic-Republican	2,748	48.8%
10	William Cooper	Federalist	2,038	52.2%	✓
10	Moss Kent	Democratic-Republican	1,865	47.8%

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: New York 1798

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