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1798 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire

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District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
New Hampshire at-large
4 seats on a general ticket
Abiel Foster Federalist 1794 Incumbent re-elected. Abiel Foster (Federalist) 24.2%
William Gordon (Federalist) 21.6%
Jonathan Freeman (Federalist) 21.0%
Peleg Sprague (Federalist) 19.5%
Thomas Bellows (Federalist) 1.9%
John Prentice (Federalist) 1.8%
Timothy Walker (Federalist) 1.0%
William Plummer (Federalist) 0.8%
Joseph Dennie (Federalist) 0.7%
Woodbury Langdon (Democratic-Republican) 0.7%
John Goddard (Democratic-Republican) 0.6%
Oliver Peabody (Federalist) 0.6%
William Gardner (Democratic-Republican) 0.5%
Others 5.1%
William Gordon Federalist 1796 Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan Freeman Federalist 1796 Incumbent re-elected.
Peleg Sprague Federalist 1797 (Special) Incumbent re-elected, but declined to serve.
A special election was then held.

See also