Mapping Early American Elections


1st Congress: New York 1789

New York elected three Federalists and three Anti-Federalists to the First Congress.

New York used a district system to elect members of Congress.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Floyd, William Anti-Federalist 894 unopposed
2 Laurence, John Federalist 2,542 86.2%
2 Broome, John Anti-Federalist 372 12.6%
3 Benson, Egbert Federalist 584 50.4%
3 Bailey, Theodorus Anti-Federalist 574 49.6%
4 Hathorn, John Anti-Federalist unopposed
5 Sylvester, Peter Federalist 1,628 51.2%
5 Adgate, Matthew Anti-Federalist 1,501 47.2%
6 Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah Anti-Federalist 1,456 54.5%
6 Ten Broeck, Abraham Federalist 1,215 45.5%

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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