1789 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

none February 2026 September 2023 Georgia (U.S. state) legislative 1791 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia 1791 All 3 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives February 9, 1789 Anti-Administration Party (US) 3 3 1789GAUSHouse Holds and Gains.svg #91e718ff Anti-Administration gain #808080 Undistricted territory Congressional elections to the 1st United States Congress were held in Georgia on February 9, 1789, for the state's three congressional districts.Foster William Omer James Jackson: Duelist and Militant Statesman, 1757-1806 University of Georgia Press 2009 9780820334400 69–70 All elected representatives were members of the Anti-Administration political faction in Congress.Mapping Congress US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Map/Mapping-Congress/ 2024-11-22 history.house.gov en The Georgia Election Act of 1789 established a mixed at-large/district system for congressional elections. Under the act, representatives were elected at-large on a general ticket but for three district-based seats, for which candidates were required to be residents. Each voter was allowed to cast three votes, one for a candidate in each district. Some candidates received votes in multiple districts.A New Nation Votes https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON125&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Georgia&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1789&range%5Bpub_date_facet_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1789&commit=Apply 2024-11-22 elections.lib.tufts.edu The election returns were opened on February 26. Only the returns of Richmond, Wilkes, Effingham, Chatham, Liberty, Burke, and Washington Counties were counted, as they had been received in time. The returns from Greene, Glynn, and Camden Counties came in too late but were published anyways. All elected representatives would've won with the returns of those counties included. Lower District Georgia's 1st congressional district 1789 Georgia's Lower congressional district election Georgia (U.S. state) presidential February 9, 1789 1791 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia 1791 x150px JamesJackson.jpg James Jackson Anti-Administration Party (US) Jackson party 573 57.76% William Houstoun by Archibald Robertson, 1791.jpg William Houstoun 379 38.21% 1789 United States House of Representatives Election in Georgia's 1st Congressional District.svg Jackson: #a3d5af 40–50% #3fa457 60–70% #006e1a 80–90% #005113 >90%Houstoun: #4170cd 70–80%Osborne: #d79c46 50–60% #904100 80–90%#808080 No vote/data #000000 Non-County area U.S. Representative James Jackson Anti-Administration The Lower District was also known as the Eastern District or the First District. Jackson led a Savannah-based political faction, referred to as the Jackson party, centered in Coastal Georgia.Lamplugh George R. 2015 Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities: Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807–1845 9780761865872 viii 1789 Georgia's Lower congressional district electionPartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationJames Jackson57357.76UnknownWilliam Houstoun37938.21UnknownHenry Osborne363.63UnknownJames Seagrove00UnknownScattering40.4Valid votes99283.57Rejected votes19516.43Total1,187100 1789 Georgia's Lower congressional district election (With rejected returns)PartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationJames Jackson60450.88UnknownWilliam Houstoun39933.61UnknownHenry Osborne17214.49UnknownJames Seagrove70.59UnknownScattering50.42Total1,187100 Middle District Georgia's 2nd congressional district 1789 Georgia's Middle congressional district election Georgia (U.S. state) presidential February 9, 1789 1791 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia 1791 x150px Charles Frederick Naegele, Abraham Baldwin.jpg Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration Party (US) 993 71.39% 3x4.svg Henry Osborne 224 16.10% 1789 United States House of Representatives Election in Georgia's 2nd Congressional District.svg Baldwin: #73bc84 50–60% #3fa457 60–70% #008c21 70–80% #006e1a 80–90% #006e1a >90%Houstoun: #4170cd 70–80%Sumner: #d79c46 50–60%#808080 No vote/data #000000 Non-County area U.S. Representative James Jackson Anti-Administration The Middle District was also known as the Center District or the Second District. 1789 Georgia's Middle congressional district electionPartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationAbraham Baldwin99371.39UnknownHenry Osborne22416.10UnknownJoseph Sumner1178.41UnknownIsaac Briggs423.02Anti-AdministrationJames Jackson70.50UnknownWilliam Houstoun40.29UnknownScattering40.29Valid votes1,39187.82Rejected votes19312.18Total1,584100 1789 Georgia's Middle congressional district election (With rejected returns)PartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationAbraham Baldwin1,09669.19UnknownHenry Osborne24115.21UnknownJoseph Sumner16510.42UnknownIsaac Briggs422.65UnknownWilliam Houstoun231.45Anti-AdministrationJames Jackson90.57UnknownScattering80.51Total1,584100 Upper District Georgia's 3rd congressional district 1789 Georgia's Upper congressional district election Georgia (U.S. state) presidential February 9, 1789 1791 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia 1791 x150px Gen. George Mathews profile.png George Mathews Anti-Administration Party (US) 1,048 98.87% 3x4.svg Joseph Sumner 3 0.28% 1789 United States House of Representatives Election in Georgia's 3rd Congressional District.svg Mathews: #006e1a >90%Osborne: #6e2c00 >90%#808080 No vote/data #000000 Non-County area U.S. Representative James Jackson Anti-Administration The Upper District was also known as the Western District or the Third District. 1789 Georgia's Middle congressional district electionPartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationGeorge Mathews1,04898.87UnknownJoseph Sumner30.28UnknownHenry Osborne10.09UnknownAnthony Wayne00UnknownScattering80.76Valid votes1,06088.11Rejected votes14311.89Total1,203100 1789 Georgia's Middle congressional district election (With rejected returns)PartyCandidateVotes%Anti-AdministrationGeorge Mathews1,15896.26UnknownJoseph Sumner242.00UnknownAnthony Wayne80.67UnknownHenry Osborne50.42UnknownScattering80.67Total1,584100 See also 1788–89 United States House of Representatives elections List of United States representatives from Georgia References 1789 Georgia United States House of Representatives Category:Long stubs with short prose