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1798 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey

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election_nameUnited States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 1798
countryNew Jersey
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_electionUnited States House of Representatives election in New Jersey, 1797
previous_year1797
next_electionUnited States House of Representatives election in New Jersey, 1800
next_year1800
seats_for_electionAll 5 New Jersey seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_dateOctober 10, 1798
party1Democratic-Republican
last_election10
seats13
seat_change13
popular_vote110,035
percentage152.4%
party2Federalist Party (United States)
last_election25
seats22
seat_change23
popular_vote29,132
percentage247.6%
map_image[[File:Nj house 1798.svg150px]]
map_caption

Democratic-Republican Federalist

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey for the 6th Congress were held October 10, 1798.

Background

All previous elections had been held on an at-large basis. Five Federalists had been elected in the previous election. For this election, New Jersey switched, for the first time, to using districts.

Election results

Three incumbents ran for re-election, of whom, two of whom lost to Democratic-Republicans. The incumbents Jonathan Dayton (F) and Thomas Sinnickson (F) did not run for re-election. In the districts with no incumbents, one was won by a Democratic-Republican and the other by a Federalist, for a net gain of 3 seats by the Democratic-Republicans

DistrictDemocratic-RepublicanFederalist
**John Condit****3,378**
**Aaron Kitchell****3,399**
**James Linn****1,613**
Archibald Mercer554
Thomas Henderson379
Jonathan Elmer1,266

References

References

  1. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282085 Eastern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com]
  2. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282087 Northern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com]
  3. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282089 Western District election results from Ourcampaigns.com]
  4. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282086 Middle District election results from Ourcampaigns.com]
  5. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282088 Southern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com]
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