Mapping Early American Elections

1st Congress: Maryland 1789

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Maryland elected six Federalists to the First Congress. The Federalists swept the election with a large margin of victory.

Maryland used a state-wide at-large system to elect members of Congress. Candidates had to be residents of a specific Congressional district.

Votes tallied for the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis are shown separately, and they are in addition to the votes reported for Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County.

Congressional election results, 1st Congress: Maryland 1789
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Joshua Seney Federalist 7,616 16.3% ✓ Elected
At-large Daniel Carroll Federalist 5,819 12.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Benjamin Contee Federalist 5,476 11.7% ✓ Elected
At-large George Gale Federalist 5,456 11.7% ✓ Elected
At-large William Smith Federalist 5,415 11.6% ✓ Elected
At-large Michael J. Stone Federalist 5,154 11% ✓ Elected
At-large George Dent Anti-Federalist 2,731 5.8% Not elected
At-large Samuel Sterett Anti-Federalist 2,424 5.2% Not elected
At-large John F. Mercer Anti-Federalist 2,339 5% Not elected
At-large Abraham Faw Anti-Federalist 1,964 4.2% Not elected
At-large John Done Anti-Federalist 1,832 3.9% Not elected
At-large William V. Murray Anti-Federalist 425 0.9% 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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Map legend: colors indicate party affiliation — Federalist, Anti-Federalist, or Other/unknown; darker shading indicates a larger vote margin (up to 40%, 60%, 80%, or 100%); marker shapes distinguish counties, congressional districts, major cities or towns, and areas with no data available.

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