1798 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 1798 New Jersey legislative no United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey, 1797 1797 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey, 1800 1800 All 5 New Jersey seats to the United States House of Representatives October 10, 1798 Democratic-Republican 0 3 3 10,035 52.4% Federalist Party (United States) 5 2 3 9,132 47.6% 150px Democratic-Republican #87deaa 40–50% #73bc84 50–60% #008c21 70–80% Federalist #8da9e2 50–60% #4170cd 70–80% 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 +1798 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist NJ 1 EasternEastern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com John Condit 3,378 52.5% James Schureman (I) 3,054 47.5% NJ 2 NorthernNorthern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Aaron Kitchell 3,399 72.5% Mark Thomson (I) 1,287 27.5% NJ 3 WesternWestern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com James Linn 1,613 51.3% Samuel R. Stewart 979 31.1% Archibald Mercer 554 17.6% NJ 4 MiddleMiddle District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Thomas Henderson 379 19.0% James H. Imlay (I) 1,614 81.0% NJ 5 SouthernSouthern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Jonathan Elmer 1,266 43.5% Franklin Davenport 1,644 56.5% See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1798 References 30em 1798 New Jersey United States House of Representatives