Mapping Early American Elections

1st Congress: New Hampshire 1789

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New Hampshire elected three Federalists to the First Congress.

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

New Hampshire used a state-wide at-large system to elect members of Congress. These candidate were elected on the second ballot. Benjamin West declined his election and was replaced by Abiel Foster in a special election.

Congressional election results, 1st Congress: New Hampshire 1789
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Benjamin West Federalist 2,733 33.2% ✓ Elected
At-large Samuel Livermore Federalist 2,116 25.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Nicholas Gilman Federalist 1,619 19.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Abiel Foster Federalist 1,612 19.6% Not elected
At-large John Sullivan Federalist 154 1.9% 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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“1st Congress: New Hampshire 1789,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress01.nh.county.html