The 1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election was held on June 22, 1789 to fill a vacancy left by Representative-elect Benjamin West, who had declined to serve in the 1st United States Congress. This was the first special election in the history of the United States House of Representatives.
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Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Pro-Administration | Abiel Foster | 1,804 | 59.26 | ||
| Anti-Administration | John Samuel Sherburne | 538 | 17.67 | ||
| Pro-Administration | James Sheafe | 190 | 6.24 | ||
| Elisha Payne | 139 | 4.57 | |||
| Joshua Atherton | 112 | 3.68 | |||
| Anti-Administration | Nathaniel Peabody | 86 | 2.83 | ||
| Pro-Administration | Simeon Olcott | 76 | 2.50 | ||
| Scattering | 99 | 3.25 | |||
| Total votes | 3,044 | 100.00 | |||
| Pro-Administration win (new seat) | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NH At-Large - Special Race - Jun 22, 1789". Our Campaigns. November 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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