Mapping Early American Elections

3rd Congress: New York 1793

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New York elected seven Federalists and three Democratic-Republicans to the Third Congress.

New York used a district system for electing members to Congress. After the 1790 Census, New York gained four seats in the House of Representatives.

Congressional election results, 3rd Congress: New York 1793
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Thomas Tredwell Democratic-Republican 1,446 50.1% ✓
1 Joshua Sands Federalist 769 26.6%
1 Harry Peters Federalist 673 23.3%
2 John Watts Federalist 1,872 72.6% ✓
2 William S. Livingston Democratic-Republican 707 27.4%
3 Philip Van Cortlandt Democratic-Republican 973 54.6% ✓
3 Richard Hatfield Federalist 808 45.4%
4 Peter Van Gaasbeck Federalist 1,464 47.3% ✓
4 John Hathorn Democratic-Republican 1,448 46.8%
4 Other candidates 184 5.9%
5 Theodorus Bailey Democratic-Republican 984 53.6% ✓
5 James Kent Federalist 852 46.4%
6 Ezekiel Gilbert Federalist 977 35.1% ✓
6 Peter R. Livingston Federalist 948 34.1%
6 Peter Van Ness Democratic-Republican 856 30.8%
7 Henry Glen Federalist 927 63.8% ✓
7 Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Democratic-Republican 526 36.2%
8 John E. Van Alen Federalist 1,165 56.9% ✓
8 Henry K. Van Rensselaer Democratic-Republican 870 42.5%
9 James Gordon Federalist 1,278 46% ✓
9 John Williams Democratic-Republican 1,147 41.3%
9 John M. Thompson Democratic-Republican 355 12.8%
10 Silas Talbot Federalist 1,231 36% ✓
10 William Cooper Federalist 961 28.1%
10 John Winn Democratic-Republican 738 21.6%
10 Andrew Fink Democratic-Republican 408 11.9%

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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“3rd Congress: New York 1793,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress03.ny.county.html