1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election

1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election
June 22, 1789
New Hampshire's at-large congressional district
 
Candidate Abiel Foster John Samuel Sherburne James Sheafe
Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Pro-Administration
Popular vote 1,804 538 190
Percentage 59.3% 17.7% 6.2%
U.S. Representative before election

Vacant

 Elected U.S. Representative

Abiel Foster
Pro-Administration

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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