Mapping Early American Elections

7th Congress: New York 1800

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

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

In November 1801, a special election was held in which Democratic-Republican Theodorus Bailey was elected to replace Thomas Tillotson, who had resigned from office.

In November 1801, a special election was held in which Democratic-Republican John P. Van Ness was elected to replace John Bird, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 7th Congress: New York 1800
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Smith Democratic-Republican 2,268 54.6% ✓
1 Silas Wood Federalist 1,874 45.1%
2 Samuel L. Mitchell Democratic-Republican 2,180 50.9% ✓
2 Jacob Morton Federalist 2,091 48.8%
3 Philip Van Cortlandt Democratic-Republican 2,070 57.3% ✓
3 Samuel Bayard Federalist 1,400 38.7%
4 Lucas Elmendorf Democratic-Republican 3,305 59.5% ✓
4 John Hathorn Federalist 2,026 36.5%
5 Thomas Tilloston Democratic-Republican 1,991 61.5% ✓
5 David Brooks Federalist 1,244 38.4%
6 John Bird Federalist 2,456 53.3% ✓
6 Henry W. Livingston Federalist 2,085 45.2%
7 David Thomas Democratic-Republican 2,987 50.3% ✓
7 John Williams Federalist 2,810 47.4%
8 Killian K. Van Rensselaer Federalist 1,577 53.4% ✓
8 George Tiffany Federalist 1,113 37.7%
8 Henry Glen Federalist 258 8.7%
9 Benjamin Walker Federalist 4,241 63.9% ✓
9 Jacob Eaker Democratic-Republican 2,274 34.3%
10 Thomas Morris Federalist 3,266 53.8% ✓
10 William Stuart Democratic-Republican 2,377 39.2%
10 Other candidates 428 6.7%

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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“7th Congress: New York 1800,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress07.ny.county.html