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1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 6th U.S. Congress
House elections for the 6th U.S. Congress
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections |
| country | United States |
| flag_year | 1795 |
| type | legislative |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1796–97 United States House of Representatives elections |
| previous_year | 1796 & 1797 |
| next_election | 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections |
| next_year | 1800 & 1801 |
| outgoing_members | 5th_United_States_Congress#House_of_Representatives_3 |
| elected_members | 6th United States Congress#House_of_Representatives_3 |
| seats_for_election | All 106 seats in the United States House of Representatives |
| majority_seats | 54 |
| election_date | April 24, 1798 – August 1, 1799 |
| image_size | 160x180px |
| image1 | Gilbert Stuart - Theodore Sedgwick - 33.508 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg |
| leader1 | Theodore Sedgwick |
| party1 | Federalist Party |
| leaders_seat1 | |
| last_election1 | 57 seats |
| seats1 | 60 |
| seat_change1 | 3 |
| image2 | NC-Congress-NathanielMacon.jpg |
| leader2 | Nathaniel Macon |
| party2 | Democratic-Republican Party |
| leaders_seat2 | |
| last_election2 | 49 seats |
| seats2 | 46 |
| seat_change2 | 3 |
| swing2 | |
| map_image | 1798–99 US House election.svg |
| map_size | 350px |
| map_caption | Results: |
| title | Speaker |
| before_election | Jonathan Dayton |
| before_party | Federalist Party |
| after_election | Theodore Sedgwick |
| after_party | Federalist Party |
| map | File:House of Representatives, United States 1804 1805.svg |
The 1798–99 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 24, 1798, in New York and August 1, 1799, in Tennessee. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives, with some after the official start of the 6th United States Congress on March 4, 1799, but before the start of the first session of this Congress in Philadelphia on December 2, 1799. These elections were held during President John Adams' term. It was the last congressional session before the move to the new capital at Washington, D.C. Elections were held for all 106 seats, representing 16 states.
President Adams, a Federalist elected two years prior in the election of 1796, remained popular during a time of national economic growth, and the Federalists made a modest gain of three seats at the expense of the opposition Democratic-Republicans, the party of Vice President and future President Thomas Jefferson. This resulted in an increased Federalist majority in the House, 60-46 seats.
The Federalist party squandered its popularity by passing a series of controversial new laws in the summer of 1798, including the Naturalization Act of 1798 and the Alien and Sedition Acts. Their passage seriously injured the chances of President Adams and Federalist congressional candidates in the elections of 1800.
The House that met during this Congress would ultimately elect Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr in the presidential election of 1800.
Election summaries
| Federalist Party}}"Federalist | Democratic-Republican Party}}"Democratic-Republican |
|---|
| State | Type | Date | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seats | Federalist | Democratic- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | New York | New Hampshire | North Carolina | Connecticut | Maryland | Rhode Island | Vermont | Delaware | Georgia | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | South Carolina | Massachusetts | Late general elections (After the March 4, 1799, start of the next Congress) | Virginia | Kentucky | Tennessee | Total | 106 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 56.6% | 3 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43.4% | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | April 24–26, 1798 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | August 2, 1798 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | August 10, 1798 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | September 7, 1798 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | October 1, 1798 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | August 28, 1798 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | September 4, 1798 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | October 2, 1798 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | October 8, 1798 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | October 9, 1798 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | October 10, 1798 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | October 12, 1798 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | November 5, 1798 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | April 24, 1799 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Districts | May 7, 1799 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-large | August 1, 1799 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Special elections
There were special elections in 1798 and 1799 during the 5th United States Congress and 6th United States Congress.
Elections are sorted here by date then district.
5th Congress
| District | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | Representative | Party | First elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Sitgreaves | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent resigned sometime in 1798. | |||
| New member elected October 9, 1798 and seated December 4, 1798. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | ||||||
| Winner also elected to the next term on the same day; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Nathan Bryan | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent died June 4, 1798. | ||||
| New member elected August 2, 1798 and seated December 10, 1798. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | ||||||
| New member also elected to the next term one week later; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| John Swanwick | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent died July 31, 1798. | ||||
| New member elected October 9, 1798 and seated December 3, 1798. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | ||||||
| Winner elected to the next term on the same day; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Joshua Coit | Federalist | 1792 | Incumbent died September 5, 1798. | |||
| New member elected October 22, 1798 and seated December 3, 1798. | ||||||
| Federalist hold. | ||||||
| Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| William Giles | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1790 (special) | Incumbent resigned October 2, 1798. | ||||
| New member elected November 1, 1798 and seated December 3, 1798. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | ||||||
| Winner later elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Joshua Seney | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1789 | |||||
| 1792 (resigned) | ||||||
| 1798 | Representative-elect died October 20, 1798. | |||||
| New member elected November 29, 1798 and seated with the new Congress. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
6th Congress
| District | Incumbent | Results | Candidates | Representative | Party | First elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Havens | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent died October 25, 1799. | ||||
| New member elected December 27, 1799 and seated February 27, 1800. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Connecticut
Main article: United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| 7 seats on a general ticket | ||||||||
| William Edmond | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Chauncey Goodrich | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | |||||
| Vacant | Incumbent Joshua Coit (F) died September 5, 1798. | |||||||
| Federalist hold. | ||||||||
| Roger Griswold | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | |||||
| Nathaniel Smith | Federalist | 1795 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||
| Federalist hold. | ||||||||
| John Allen | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected, but declined to serve. | |||||
| Samuel W. Dana | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. |
Delaware
Main article: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| James A. Bayard | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Georgia
Main article: United States House of Representatives election in Georgia, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||
| 2 seats on a general ticket | ||||
| Abraham Baldwin | Democratic- | |||
| Republican | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||
| Federalist gain. | ||||
| Winner died January 11, 1801, and seat remained vacant throughout the next Congress. | {{Plainlist | |||
| John Milledge | Democratic- | |||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent retired. | ||
| Federalist gain. |
Kentucky
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 1799
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| "Southern district" | ||||||||
| "Northern district" | ||||||||
| Thomas T. Davis | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| John Fowler | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Maryland
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| George Dent | Federalist | 1792 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| Richard Sprigg Jr. | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1796 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| William Craik | Federalist | 1796 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| George Baer Jr. | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| Samuel Smith | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1792 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| William Matthews | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| William Hindman | Federalist | 1792 | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | ||||||||
| Winner died October 20, 1798, before the new Congress, causing a special election; see above. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| John Dennis | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Massachusetts
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1798–1799
Massachusetts required a majority for election. This was not met in the and necessitating additional ballots in those districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "1st Western District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "2nd Western District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "3rd Western District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "4th Western District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "1st Southern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "2nd Southern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "3rd Southern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "1st Middle District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "2nd Middle District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "3rd Middle District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "4th Middle District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| District of Maine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "1st Eastern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| District of Maine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "2nd Eastern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| District of Maine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| "3rd Eastern District" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomson J. Skinner | Democratic- | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 1796 (special) | Incumbent retired. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Shepard | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Lyman | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Dwight Foster | Federalist | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Freeman Jr. | Democratic- | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent retired. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{collapsible list | title=First ballot (November 5, 1798) | Lemuel Williams (Federalist) 32.5% | Macajah Coffin (Democratic-Republican) 30.4% | Beriah Norton (Federalist) 17.4% | Jonathan Moore (Federalist) 13.4% | Scattering 6.3%}} | Macajah Coffin (Democratic-Republican) 33.5% | Lemuel Williams (Federalist) 30.1% | Sam Savage (Unknown) 27.1% | Beriah Norton (Federalist) 9.3%}} | Lemuel Williams (Federalist) 36.5% | Sam Savage (Unknown) 33.9% | Macajah Coffin (Democratic-Republican) 29.5%}} | Lemuel Williams (Federalist) 46.6% | Sam Savage 27.2% | Macajah Coffin (Democratic-Republican) 26.2%}} | ||||
| John Reed Sr. | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Bullock | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Harrison Gray Otis | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic- | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Sewall | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Bailey Bartlett | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Isaac Parker | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent retired. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Peleg Wadsworth | Federalist | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||||||||
| George Thatcher | Federalist | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
New Hampshire
Main article: United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| 4 seats on a general ticket | ||||||||
| Abiel Foster | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | {{Plainlist | ||||
| 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 held. |
New Jersey
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 1798
New Jersey switched to district representation for this election. The districts were not numbered at the time, but are retroactively numbered here as 1–5. New Jersey would go back to an the following election.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | |||||||||||
| "Eastern district" | |||||||||||||
| "Northern district" | |||||||||||||
| "Western district" | |||||||||||||
| "Middle district" | |||||||||||||
| "Southern district" | |||||||||||||
| James Schureman | |||||||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||
| Mark Thomson | |||||||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||
| Jonathan Dayton | |||||||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1791 | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. | ||||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||||
| James H. Imlay | |||||||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||
| Thomas Sinnickson | |||||||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1797 | Unknown if incumbent lost re-election or retired. | ||||||||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
New York
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1798
Between the 1796 and 1798 elections, New York re-districted. This marked the first time that its districts were numbered.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| Jonathan N. Havens | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Edward Livingston | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Philip Van Cortlandt | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Lucas Elmendorf | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| David Brooks | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Hezekiah L. Hosmer | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| John E. Van Alen | Federalist | 1793 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| John Williams | ||||||||
| Redistricted from the | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||
| Federalist loss. | ||||||||
| Henry Glen | Federalist | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| None (District created) | New seat. | |||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| James Cochran | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
North Carolina
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| Joseph McDowell | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Matthew Locke | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Robert Williams | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Richard Stanford | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Nathaniel Macon | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| James Gillespie | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| William B. Grove | Federalist | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| Dempsey Burgess | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Thomas Blount | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Vacant | Incumbent Nathan Bryan (D-R) died June 4, 1798. | |||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | ||||||||
| Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Northwest Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Pennsylvania
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | |||||||
| Plural district with 2 seats | |||||||||
| Vacant | Incumbent John Swanwick (Democratic-Republican) died August 1, 1798. | ||||||||
| Federalist gain. | |||||||||
| Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| Blair McClenachan | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent retired. | |||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| Richard Thomas | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Vacant | Incumbent Samuel Sitgreaves (F) resigned August 29, 1798. | ||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | {{Plainlist | ||||||||
| John Chapman | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | |||||||||
| Vacant | Incumbent George Ege (F) resigned in October 1797. | ||||||||
| New member elected October 10, 1797 and seated December 1, 1797. | |||||||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | |||||||||
| Winner was also elected to finish the current term; see above. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| John A. Hanna | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||
| John W. Kittera | Federalist | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Thomas Hartley | Federalist | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Andrew Gregg | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||
| David Bard | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| William Findley | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1791 | Incumbent retired. | |||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||
| Albert Gallatin | Democratic- | ||||||||
| Republican | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Rhode Island
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, 1798
Rhode Island used at-large districts, but elected the candidates on separate tickets instead of using a general ticket.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||||
| (Seat A) | ||||||||||
| (Seat B) | ||||||||||
| Thomas Tillinghast | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. | |||||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||
| Christopher G. Champlin | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
South Carolina
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1798
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||||||||
| "Charleston district" | ||||||||||||||
| "Beaufort district" | ||||||||||||||
| "Georgetown district" | ||||||||||||||
| "Camden district" | ||||||||||||||
| "Ninety-Six district" | ||||||||||||||
| "Washington district" | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||
| John Rutledge Jr. | Federalist | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||
| Lemuel Benton | Democratic- | |||||||||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Sumter | Democratic- | |||||||||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||||||
| Robert Goodloe Harper | Federalist | 1794 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||||||||
| William Smith | Democratic- | |||||||||||||
| Republican | 1796 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Tennessee
Main article: United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee, 1799
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||
| William C. C. Claiborne | Democratic- | |||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Vermont
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont, 1798
Majority vote required to win, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||||
| "Western district" | ||||||||||
| "Eastern district" | ||||||||||
| Matthew Lyon | Democratic- | |||||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{collapsible list | title=First ballot (September 4, 1798) | Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 49.7% | Samuel Williams (Federalist) 22.0% | Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 19.5% | ||
| Lewis R. Morris | Federalist | 1797 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | Stephen Jacobs (Unknown) 1.9% | Stephen R. Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 1.1% | Others 1.2% |
Virginia
Main article: 1799 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
| District | Incumbent | Party | First | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected | Result | Candidates | ||||||
| Daniel Morgan | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Federalist hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| David Holmes | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| James Machir | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent retired. | |||||
| Democratic-Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Abram Trigg | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| John J. Trigg | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Matthew Clay | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Abraham B. Venable | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1790 | Incumbent retired. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Thomas Claiborne | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Joseph Eggleston | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1798 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Carter B. Harrison | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent retired. | ||||||
| Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Josiah Parker | Federalist | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| Thomas Evans | Federalist | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | |||
| John Clopton | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| Samuel J. Cabell | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| John Dawson | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Anthony New | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Richard Brent | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1795 | Incumbent retired. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||||
| John Nicholas | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist | ||||
| Walter Jones | Democratic- | |||||||
| Republican | 1797 | Incumbent lost re-election. | ||||||
| Federalist gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Non-voting delegates
|- ! | | New seat created. New delegate elected October 3, 1799. New delegate had no known party. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
- William Henry Harrison (Party affiliation unclear) 11
- Arthur St. Clair Jr. (Federalist) 10 |}
Notes
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