Mapping Early American Elections

8th Congress: New York 1803

New York elected five Federalists and twelve Democratic-Republicans to the Eighth Congress.

Following the 1800 Census, New York gained seven seats in the House of Representatives.

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

In 1803, a special election was held in which Daniel C. Verplanck was elected to replace Isaac Bloom, who died while in office.

In 1804, a special election was held in which Samuel Riker was elected to replace Democratic-Republican John Smith, who had resigned from office on February 23, 1804.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1,530	99.2%	✓
2	Joshua Sands	Federalist	1,283	51.2%	✓
2	John Broome	Democratic-Republican	1,212	48.4%
3	Samuel Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	719	93.7%	✓
3	Other candidates		48	6.1%
4	Philip Van Cortlandt	Democratic-Republican	1,295	80.7%	✓
4	Peter Talman	Federalist	256	16%
5	Andrew MacCord	Democratic-Republican	1,255	78.5%	✓
5	John Hathorn	Federalist	333	20.8%
6	Isaac Bloom	Democratic-Republican	1,565	55.3%	✓
6	Samuel Mott	Federalist	1,259	44.5%
7	Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	1,826	52.9%	✓
7	Conrad E. Elmendorf	Federalist	1,618	46.9%
8	Henry W. Livingston	Federalist	1,622	51.5%	✓
8	John P. Van Ness	Democratic-Republican	1,525	48.4%
9	Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	1,310	62.2%	✓
9	Abraham Lansing	Democratic-Republican	791	37.6%
10	George Tibbits	Federalist	1,305	51.1%	✓
10	Josiah Masters	Democratic-Republican	1,244	48.7%
11	Beriah Palmer	Democratic-Republican	1,945	69.6%	✓
11	Guert Van Schoonhaven	Federalist	675	24.1%
11	Other candidates		176	6.2%
12	David Thomas	Democratic-Republican	2,218	63.6%	✓
12	John Williams	Federalist	1,243	35.6%
13	Thomas Sammons	Democratic-Republican	2,560	68.2%	✓
13	Robert MacFarlan	Federalist	1,188	31.6%
14	Erastus Root	Democratic-Republican	1,779	57%	✓
14	Benjamin Gilbert	Federalist	1,320	42.3%
15	Gaylord Griswold	Federalist	2,022	53.3%	✓
15	Francis A. Bloodgood	Democratic-Republican	1,754	46.2%
16	John Patterson	Democratic-Republican	1,940	54.8%	✓
16	Comfort Tyler	Federalist	1,561	44.1%
17	Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	1,552	41.5%	✓
17	Nathaniel W. Howell	Federalist	1,390	37.1%
17	William Stuart	Democratic-Republican	802	21.4%

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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