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11th Congress: New York 1808

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New York elected eight Federalists and nine Democratic-Republicans to the Eleventh Congress.

New York used a district system for electing members to Congress. Each district elected one member of Congress except Districts 2 and 6, which each elected two members.

In 1810, a special election was held in which Democratic-Republican Samuel L. Mitchell was elected to replace William Denning, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 11th Congress: New York 1808
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Ebenezer Sage Democratic-Republican 1,645 38.7% ✓
1 Benjamin B. Blydenburgh Federalist 1,627 38.3%
1 John W. Seaman Democratic-Republican 975 22.9%
2 William Denning Democratic-Republican 6,203 28.5% ✓
2 Gurdon S. Mumford Democratic-Republican 6,185 28.4% ✓
2 William Henderson Federalist 4,667 21.5%
2 Barent Gardenier Federalist 4,660 21.4%
3 Jonathan Fisk Democratic-Republican 2,422 52.6% ✓
3 Richard Hatfield Federalist 2,123 46.1%
4 James Emott Federalist 1,606 73% ✓
4 Robert Johnson Democratic-Republican 556 25.3%
5 Barent Gardenier Federalist 2,677 56.3% ✓
5 John Dill Democratic-Republican 2,059 43.3%
6 Herman Knickerbacker Federalist 6,471 26.1% ✓
6 Robert LeRoy Livingston Federalist 6,432 26% ✓
6 James J. Van Alen Democratic-Republican 5,922 23.9%
6 James L. Hogeboom Democratic-Republican 5,903 23.8%
7 Killian K. Van Rensselaer Federalist 2,685 65.1% ✓
7 George Merchant Democratic-Republican 1,437 34.8%
8 John Thompson Democratic-Republican 2,488 64.2% ✓
8 William Bailey Federalist 1,305 33.7%
9 Thomas Sammons Federalist 3,642 63.2% ✓
9 John Herkimer Democratic-Republican 2,116 36.7%
10 John Nicholson Democratic-Republican 2,352 52.7% ✓
10 Moss Kent Federalist 2,019 45.2%
11 Thomas R. Gold Federalist 3,821 55.6% ✓
11 Joshua Hatheway Democratic-Republican 2,959 43.1%
12 Erastus Root Democratic-Republican 2,205 49.3% ✓
12 Gabriel North Federalist 1,634 36.6%
12 Ebenezer Foote Federalist 619 13.8%
13 Uri Tracy Democratic-Republican 3,229 68.6% ✓
13 Isaac Foote Federalist 941 20%
13 Vincent Mathews Federalist 494 10.5%
14 Vincent Matthews Federalist 1,877 39.9% ✓
14 John Harris Democratic-Republican 1,163 24.7%
14 Matthew Carpenter Democratic-Republican 978 20.8%
14 Joseph Glover Democratic-Republican 649 13.8%
15 Peter B. Porter Democratic-Republican ✓

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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