United States House of Representatives elections, 1800

United States House of Representatives elections, 1800

April 29, 1800 - August 1, 1801

All 106 seats to the United States House of Representatives 54 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Nathaniel Macon[1] James A. Bayard Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Leader's seat North Carolina-5th Delaware-AL Last election 46 seats 60 seats Seats won 68 38 Seat change 22 22

Results:   Federalist majority   Anti-Federalist majority   Even split

Speaker before election Theodore Sedgwick Federalist Elected Speaker Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 7th Congress in 1800 and 1801, at the same time as the 1800 presidential election, in which Vice President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic Republican, defeated incumbent President John Adams, a Federalist.

These elections resulted in the Democratic-Republicans picking up 22 seats from the Federalists. This brought the Democratic-Republicans a solid majority of 68 seats, whereas the Federalists were only able to secure 38. Many state legislatures also changed to Democratic-Republican control, with the result that many new Democratic-Republicans were voted into the Senate. The Federalists never again succeeded in gaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, and it was soon normal for them to control fewer than a third of the seats until the national Federalist party disintegrated completely in the early 1820s.

The victory of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans can be attributed partially to unpopular policies pursued by the Adams administration, including the Alien and Sedition Acts, which sought to curtail guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press spelled out in the Bill of Rights.

The difference between Federalist policies in support of a strong national government and the Democratic-Republican preference for states' rights played a prominent role in the election. Federal taxation became an issue as Southerners and Westerners rejected federal taxes levied on property.

Election summaries

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68	38
Democratic-Republican	Federalist

State	Type	Date	Total seats	Democratic- Republican	Federalist
				Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Connecticut	At-large	September 22, 1800	7	0		7
Delaware	At-large	October 7, 1800	1	0		1
Georgia	At-large	October 6, 1800	2	2	2	0	2
Massachusetts	District (14)	November 3, 1800[Note 1]	14	7	5	7	5
New Hampshire	At-large	August 25, 1800	4	0		4
New Jersey	At-large[Note 2]	December 24, 1800	5	5	2	0	2
New York	District (10)	April 29 – May 1, 1800	10	6		4
North Carolina	District (10)	August 15, 1800	10	6		4
Pennsylvania	District (12[Note 3])	October 14, 1800	13	10	2	3	2
Rhode Island	At-large	August 26, 1800[Note 4]	2	2	2	0	2
South Carolina	District (6)	October 24, 1800	6	3	2	3	2
Vermont	District (2)	September 2, 1800[Note 5]	2	1		1
1801 elections
Kentucky	District (2)	August 3, 1801	2	2		0
Maryland	District (8)	January 1, 1801	8	5	2	3	2
Tennessee	At-large	August 4, 1801	1	1		0
Virginia	District (19)	April 23, 1801	19	18	5	1	5
Total			106	68 64.2%	22	38 35.8%	22

House seats
D-R			64.15%
Federalist			35.85%

Complete returns

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 6]
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket	William Edmond	Federalist	1797 (special)	Re-elected	Samuel W. Dana (F) 11.1% Roger Griswold (F) 10.9% John Cotton Smith[Note 7] (F) 10.8% William Edmond (F) 10.4% Elizur Goodrich (F) 10.2% John Davenport (F) 9.3% Elias Perkins (F) 8.6% Calvin Goddard[Note 8] (F) 5.7% Benjamin Talmadge[Note 8] (F) 5.3% Simeon Baldwin (F) 5.2% Timothy Pitkin (F) 3.8% William Moseley (F) 2.7% Epaphroditus Champion (F) 2.3% Chauncey Goodrich (F) 1.7% Jonathan Brace (F) 1.0% William Hart (DR) 0.8% Gideon Granger (DR) 0.4% Sylvester Gilbert (DR) 0.1%
	Chauncey Goodrich	Federalist	1794	Lost re-election Federalist hold
	Previous incumbent Jonathan Brace (F) resigned in 1800			Federalist hold
	Roger Griswold	Federalist	1794	Re-elected
	Elizur Goodrich	Federalist	1798	Re-elected
	John Davenport	Federalist	1798	Re-elected
	Samuel W. Dana	Federalist	1796	Re-elected

William Edmond (F) and Elizur Goodrich (F) both declined to serve another term and were replaced by Calvin Goddard (F) and Benjamin Talmadge (F)

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Delaware at-large	James A. Bayard	Federalist	1796	Re-elected	James A. Bayard (F) 53.4% John Patten (DR) 46.6%

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Georgia at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	James Jones	Federalist	1798	Re-elected as Democratic-Republican	James Jones (DR[Note 9]) 47.9% Benjamin Taliaferro (DR[Note 9]) 42.1% Francis Willis (DR) 10.0%
	Benjamin Taliaferro	Federalist	1798	Re-elected as Democratic-Republican

James Jones (DR) died on January 11, 1801, and was replaced in a special election by John Milledge (DR)

Milledge subsequently resigned in 1802 upon being elected Governor of Georgia and was replaced by Peter Early. Benjamin Taliaferro (DR) also resigned in 1802 to be replaced by David Meriwether (DR)

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky 1 Known as the Southern district	Thomas T. Davis	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Thomas T. Davis (DR) 78.8% John Pope (DR) 21.2%
Kentucky 2 Known as the Northern district	John Fowler	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	John Fowler (DR) 67.9% William Garrard 19.4% Philemon Thomas 12.8%

Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Maryland 1	George Dent	Federalist	1792	Retired Federalist hold	John Campbell (F) 76.6% Frances Digges (DR) 23.4%
Maryland 2	John C. Thomas	Federalist	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Richard Sprigg, Jr. (DR) 65.0% John C. Thomas (F) 35.0%
Maryland 3	William Craik	Federalist	1796 (special)	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas Plater (F) 53.1% Patrick Magruder (DR) 46.9%
Maryland 4	George Baer, Jr.	Federalist	1796	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Daniel Hiester (DR) 57.4% Eli Williams (F) 42.6%
Maryland 5	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1792	Re-elected	Samuel Smith[Note 10] (DR) Charles Ridgely (F)
Maryland 6	Gabriel Christie	Democratic-Republican	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	John Archer (DR) 95.7% John Carlisle (F) 3.9% Philip Thomas (F) 0.4%
Maryland 7	Joseph H. Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	1798 (special)	Re-elected	Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) 99.7% Solomon Jones 0.3%
Maryland 8	John Dennis	Federalist	1796	Re-elected	John Dennis (F) 89.4% William Polk (DR) 10.6%

Richard Sprigg, Jr. (DR) of the 2nd district resigned February 11, 1802, and was replaced in a special election by Walter Bowie (DR)

Massachusetts

Massachusetts' electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met in the 1st and 6th districts, necessitating a second trial.

District		Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
						First ballot	Second ballot
Massachusetts 1 Known as the 1st Western district		Theodore Sedgwick	Federalist	1798	Democratic-Republican gain	John Bacon (DR) 49.3% Ephraim Williams (F) 49.1% Scattering 1.6%	John Bacon (DR) 59.0% Ephraim Williams (F) 41.0%
Massachusetts 2 Known as the 2nd Western district		William Shepard	Federalist	1796	Re-elected	William Shepard (F) 73.4% William Lyman 12.9% Scattiner 13.8%
Massachusetts 3 Known as the 3rd Western district		Samuel Lyman	Federalist	1794	Federalist hold	Ebenezer Mattoon[Note 7] (F) 75.9% Thomas Dwight (DR) 14.6% Daniel Bigelow 4.9% Scattering 4.6%
Massachusetts 4 Known as the 4th Western district		Previous incumbent Dwight Foster (F) was elected to the Senate June 6, 1800			Democratic-Republican hold	Levi Lincoln Sr.[Note 7] (DR) 52.8% Jabez Upham 41.5% Salem Towne (F) 3.8% Seth Hastings (F) 1.9%
Massachusetts 5 Known as the 1st Southern district		Lemuel Williams	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	Lemuel Williams (F) 61.9% Isaiah L. Green (DR) 26.6% Isaiah Coffin (DR) 11.5%
Massachusetts 6 Known as the 2nd Southern district		John Reed Sr.	Federalist	1794	Democratic-Republican gain	Nahum Mitchell (F) 36.2% Josiah Smith (DR) 32.7% Samuel Niles (DR) 8.9% Benjamin Whiteman (F) 6.9% Nathaniel Goodwin (F) 5.9% Daniel Snow (DR) 3.6% Scattering 5.9%	Josiah Smith (DR) 50.7% Nahum Mitchell (F) 45.4% Samuel Niles (DR) 3.9%
Massachusetts 7 Known as the 3rd Southern district		Phanuel Bishop	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Phanuel Bishop (DR) 57.6% Elisha May (F) 25.7% Stephen Bullock (DR[Note 9]) 9.9% Laban Wheaton (F) 6.9%
Massachusetts 8 Known as the 1st Middle district		Harrison Gray Otis	Federalist	1796	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	William Eustis (DR) 52.9% Josiah Quincy (F) 47.1%
Massachusetts 9 Known as the 2nd Middle district		Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	1794	Re-elected	Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) 71.8% Timothy Bigelow (F) 27.2% Others 1.0%
Massachusetts 10 Known as the 3rd Middle district		Previous incumbent Samuel Sewall (F) had been appointed as judge to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 10, 1800			Federalist hold	Nathan Read[Note 7] (F) 55.0% Jacob Crowninshield (DR) 44.0%
Massachusetts 11 Known as the 4th Middle district		Bailey Bartlett	Federalist	1797 (special)	Retired Federalist hold	Manasseh Cutler (F) 75.5% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 21.4% Others 3.1%
District of Maine	Massachusetts 12 Known as the 1st Eastern district	Silas Lee	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	Silas Lee (F) 50.8% Henry Dearborn (DR) 45.6% Scattering 3.6%
	Massachusetts 13 Known as the 2nd Eastern district	Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	1792	Re-elected	Peleg Wadsworth (F) 76.8% John Chandler (DR) 14.1% Stephen Longfellow (F) Scattering 4.7%
	Massachusetts 14 Known as the 3rd Eastern district	George Thatcher	Federalist	1788	Re-elected	George Thatcher (F) 61.8% Richard Cutts (DR) 38.2%

In the 14th district, George Thatcher (F) declined to serve in the 8th Congress. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, which was won by Richard Cutts (DR). At the time Thatcher left office, he was the last member of the House to have served continuously from the 1st Congress.

In the 4th district, Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) resigned upon being appointed United States Attorney General March 5, 1801, and was replaced in a special election by Seth Hastings (F).

In the 12th district, Silas Lee (F) resigned August 20, 1801, and was replaced in a special election by Samuel Thatcher (DR)

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket	James Sheafe	Federalist	1799 (special)	Retired Federalist hold	Abiel Foster (F) 19.3% Samuel Tenney[Note 7] (F) 17.7% George B. Upham (F) 16.5% Joseph Peirce (F) 14.9% Nahum Parker (DR) 6.3% John Goddard (DR) 5.5% Joseph Badger (DR) 4.9% Ezra Bartlett (DR) 4.1% Michael McClary 2.5% Thomas Cogswell 1.7% Scattering 6.7%
	Jonathan Freeman	Federalist	1796	Retired Federalist hold
	Previous incumbent William Gordon (F) resigned to accept position as New Hampshire Attorney General			Federalist hold
	Abiel Foster	Federalist	1794	Re-elected

Joseph Peirce (F) resigned in 1802, and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, won by Samuel Hunt

New Jersey

In 1800, New Jersey returned to its traditional at-large district, continued to use this system to select representatives until it was abolished in 1842, with a single exception in 1813.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Jersey at-large 5 seats on a general ticket	John Condit Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	James Mott (DR) 10.3% Ebenezer Elmer (DR) 10.2% John Condit (DR) 10.2% William Helms (DR) 10.2% Henry Southard (DR) 10.1% Aaron Ogden (F) 9.9% Peter DeVroom (F) 9.8% James H. Imlay (F) 9.8% Franklin Davenport (F) 49.8% William Coxe (F) 9.8%
	Aaron Kitchell Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic-Republican	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
	James Linn Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic-Republican	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
	James H. Imlay Redistricted from the 4th district	Federalist	1797	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain
	Franklin Davenport Redistricted from the 5th district	Federalist	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New York 1	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1799 (special)	Re-elected	John Smith (DR) 56.0% Silas Wood (F) 44.0%
New York 2	Edward Livingston	Democratic-Republican	1794	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) 51.0% Jacob Morton (F) 49.0%
New York 3	Philip Van Courtlandt	Democratic-Republican	1793	Re-elected	Philip Van Courtlandt (DR) 59.7% Samuel Bayard (F) 40.3%
New York 4	Lucas C. Elmendorf	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Lucas C. Elmendorf (DR) 60.0% John Hathorn (DR) 36.8% Leonard Bronk (F) 3.2%
New York 5	Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Thomas Tillotson (DR) 61.6% David Brooks (F) 38.4%
New York 6	John Bird	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	John Bird (F) 53.4% Henry W. Livingston (DR) 45.5% John Woodworth (DR) 1.1%
New York 7	John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	David Thomas (DR) 50.8% John Williams (F) 47.8% John Thompson (DR) 1.3%
New York 8	Henry Glen	Federalist	1793	Lost re-election Federalist hold	Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F) 50.3% George Tiffany (DR) 40.8% Henry Glen (F) 8.9%
New York 9	Jonas Platt	Federalist	1798	Retired Federalist hold	Benjamin Walker (F) 64.3% Jacob Eaker (DR) 34.5% Scattering 1.2%
New York 10	William Cooper	Federalist	1798	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas Morris (F) 54.3% William Stuart (DR) 39.6% John Paterson (DR) 4.4% Scattering 1.8%

There were three vacancies during the 7th Congress. The first was in the 6th district when John Bird (F) resigned on July 25, 1801. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, electing John P. Van Ness (DR). The second occurred in the 5th district when Thomas Tillotson (DR) was appointed Secretary of State of New York and resigned his seat August 10, 1801. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, resulting in Theodorus Bailey (DR) taking the seat back. The third and last vacancy occurred in the 6th district when Thomas Jefferson named John P. Van Ness (DR) as a major in the militia of the Territory of Columbia. His seat was declared vacant January 17, 1801, and was left unfilled for the remainder of the 7th Congress.

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Carolina 1	Joseph Dickson	Federalist	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	James Holland (DR) 60.9% Joseph Dickson (F) 38.1%
North Carolina 2	Archibald Henderson	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	Archibald Henderson (F) 49.3% Musendine Matthews (F) 29.0% Matthew Locke (DR) 21.7%
North Carolina 3	Robert Williams	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Robert Williams (DR) 75.1% John Hamilton (F) 24.9%
North Carolina 4	Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Richard Stanford (DR) 61.6% William Strudwick (F) 38.4%
North Carolina 5	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	1791	Re-elected	Nathaniel Macon (DR) 97.4% Scattering 2.6%
North Carolina 6	William H. Hill	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	William H. Hill (F) 65.2% James Gillespie (DR) 34.8%
North Carolina 7	William Barry Grove	Federalist	1791	Re-elected	William Barry Grove (F) 77.8% Samuel D. Purviance (DR) 22.2%
North Carolina 8	David Stone	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	David Stone[Note 10] (F) John H. Jaycocks (F) John White
North Carolina 9	Willis Alston	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Willis Alston (DR) 58.1% Thomas Blount (DR) 41.9%
North Carolina 10	Richard Dobbs Spaight	Democratic-Republican	1798	Lost re-election Federalist gain	John Stanly (F) 60.1% Richard Dobbs Spaight (DR) 39.9%

Two vacancies occurred during the 7th Congress, both in the 8th district. The first occurred before the meeting of the Congress when David Stone (F) was elected to the Senate and was won by Charles Johnson (DR) The second vacancy occurred when Johnson died on July 23, 1802, the resulting vacancy was won by Thomas Wynns (DR).

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[2]
Pennsylvania 1	Robert Waln	Federalist	1798 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	William Jones (DR) 50.2% Francis Gurney (F) 49.8%
Pennsylvania 2	Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Michael Leib (DR) 77.8% John Lardner (F) 22.2%
Pennsylvania 3	Richard Thomas	Federalist	1794	Retired Federalist hold	Joseph Hemphill (F) 53.3% Joseph Shallcroft (DR) 46.7%
Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 2 seats	Peter Muhlenberg	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Peter Muhlenberg (DR) 34.4% Robert Brown (DR) 34.4% Cawallader C. Evans (F) 15.6% John Arndt (F) 15.5%
	Robert Brown	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 5	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1797 (Special)	Re-elected	Joseph Hiester (DR) 83.2% Roswell Wells (F) 16.8%
Pennsylvania 6	John A. Hanna	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	John A. Hanna (DR) 74.6% Samuel Maclay (F) 25.4%
Pennsylvania 7	John W. Kittera	Federalist	1791	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas Boude (F) 54.1% John Whitehill (DR) 45.9%
Pennsylvania 8	Thomas Hartley	Federalist	1788	Died Democratic-Republican gain	John Stewart (DR) 54.8%[Note 7] John Eddie (F) 45.2%
Pennsylvania 9	Andrew Gregg	Democratic-Republican	1791	Re-elected	Andrew Gregg (DR) 72.6% David Mitchell (F) 27.4%
Pennsylvania 10	Henry Woods	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	Henry Woods (F) 53.6% David Bard (DR) 46.4%
Pennsylvania 11	John Smilie	Democratic-Republican	1792 1798	Re-elected	John Smilie (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 12	Albert Gallatin	Democratic-Republican	1794	Re-elected	Albert Gallatin (DR) 72.9% Presley Neville (F) 27.1%

Peter Muhlenberg (DR) of the 4th district was elected to the Senate before the start of the 7th Congress and was replaced in a special election by Isaac Van Horne (DR)

Albert Gallatin (DR) of the 12th district was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in May 1801, and was replaced in a special election by William Hoge (DR)

Rhode Island

In 1800, Rhode Island switched to a general ticket for its two seats, instead of electing each one separately. Only one candidate received a majority, requiring a run-off election to choose a Representative for the second seat.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 11]
					First ballot	Second ballot
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	John Brown	Federalist	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Thomas Tillinghast (DR) 40.2% Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR) 24.0% Richard Jackson Jr. (F) 19.9% Asher Robbins (F) 12.9% John Brown (F) 2.2%	Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR) 61.4% Thomas Noyes (F) 38.6%
	Christopher G. Champlin	Federalist	1796	Retired Democratic-Republican gain

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1 Also known as the Charleston District	Thomas Pinckney	Federalist	1797 (special)	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas Lowndes (F) 87.0%[Note 12] Robert Simons (DR) 13.0%
South Carolina 2 Also known as the Beaufort District	John Rutledge, Jr.	Federalist	1796	Re-elected	John Rutledge, Jr. (F) 60.3% Charles J. Colcock (DR) 39.7%
South Carolina 3 Also known as the Georgetown District	Benjamin Huger	Federalist	1798	Re-elected	Benjamin Huger (F) 54.5% Lemuel Benton (DR) 45.1% Tristam Thomas 0.4%
South Carolina 4 Also known as the Camden District	Thomas Sumter	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Thomas Sumter (DR) 63.3% Richard Winn (F) 32.6% William Bracey (F) 4.1%
South Carolina 5 Also known as the Ninety-Six District	Robert Goodloe Harper	Federalist	1794	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	William Butler Sr. (DR) 63.9% John Nicholls (F) 31.0% Charles Goodwyn (F) 5.1%
South Carolina 6 Also known as the Washington District	Abraham Nott	Federalist	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Thomas Moore (DR) 50.7% William Smith (DR) 49.3%

In the 4th district, Thomas Sumter (DR) resigned on December 15, 1801, upon being elected to the Senate. A special election was held to fill the vacancy, which elected Richard Winn (DR)

Tennessee

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Tennessee at-large	William C. C. Claiborne	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	William C. C. Claiborne (DR) 86.3% John Rhea (DR) 13.6%

Claiborne did not serve in the 7th Congress as he was appointed Governor of Mississippi Territory and was replaced in a special election by William Dickson (DR)

Vermont

Vermont electoral law required a candidate to win a majority to take office, necessitating a run-off election in the 2nd (Eastern) district.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 11]
					First ballot	Second ballot
Vermont 1 Known as the Western district	Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	1796	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Israel Smith (DR) 63.5% Daniel Chipman (F) 34.8% Amos March 1.8%
Vermont 2 Known as the Eastern district	Lewis R. Morris	Federalist	1797 (special)	Re-elected	Lewis R. Morris (F) 24.9% Nathaniel Niles (DR) 24.7% Amasa Paine (F) 15.6% Stephen Jacobs (F) 11.3% William Chamberlain (F) 10.6% Stephen R. Bradley 7.3% Lot Hall (F) 5.5%	Lewis R. Morris (F) 55.7% Nathaniel Niles (DR) 25.4% Amasa Paine (F) 12.4% William Chamberlain (F) 4.5% Others 2.0%

Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	Robert Page	Federalist	1799	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	John Smith (DR) 59.3% Phillip C. Pendleton (F) 40.7%
Virginia 2	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	David Holmes[Note 10] (DR) Alexander Sinclair (F)
Virginia 3	George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	George Jackson[Note 10] (DR) Jonathan J. Jacobs (F) Skidmore[Note 13] (F)
Virginia 4	Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	Abram Trigg[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 5	John J. Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	John J. Trigg[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 6	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	Matthew Clay[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 7	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	John Randolph[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 8	Samuel Goode	Federalist	1799	Democratic-Republican gain	Thomas Claiborne[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 9	Joseph Eggleston	Democratic-Republican	1798 (special)	Democratic-Republican hold	William B. Giles[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 10	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	Edwin Gray[Note 10] (DR) Nicholas Faulcon (DR)
Virginia 11	Josiah Parker	Federalist	1789	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) 93.6% John Niveson (F) 5.7% Josiah Parker (F) 0.7%
Virginia 12	Thomas Evans	Federalist	1797	Retired Federalist hold	John Stratton[Note 10] (F) John Page (DR)
Virginia 13	Littleton Waller Tazewell	Democratic-Republican	1800 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	John Clopton[Note 10] (DR) Samuel Tyler (DR)
Virginia 14	Samuel J. Cabell	Democratic-Republican	1795	Re-elected	Samuel J. Cabell[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 15	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	John Dawson[Note 10] (DR)
Virginia 16	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	1793	Re-elected	Anthony New[Note 10] (DR) Carter Braxton James M. Garnett (DR) Tunstall Banks Andrew Monroe Richard Banks Archibald Petetrie
Virginia 17	Leven Powell	Federalist	1799	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Richard Brent[Note 10] (DR) Leven Powell (F) Joseph Lane Samuel Clapham
Virginia 18	John Nicholas	Democratic-Republican	1793	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Philip R. Thompson[Note 10] (DR) John Blackwell (F)
Virginia 19	Henry Lee	Federalist	1799	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	John Taliaferro (DR) 63.0% John Taylor (F) 37.0%

See also

• United States elections, 1800
  • List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1789–1822
  • United States Senate elections, 1800 and 1801
  • United States presidential election, 1800
• 6th United States Congress
• 7th United States Congress

Notes

1. Majority required for election, a second trial had to be held in two districts on March 9, 1801
2. Changed from district method
3. Includes 1 plural district
4. Majority required for election, necessitating a second trial for one seat
5. Majority required for election, which was not met in one district. A second trial was held on December 2, 1800
6. Between the two sources used, there is disagreement over the ordering of the candidates. Both sources have the same numbers of votes recorded, but disagree on which candidates received those votes, one source lists Goddard as 8th, Talmadge as 9th, etc., as listed here, while the other has them as 11th, 12th, etc., three places off for all of them until the bottom three listed here which are moved up to 8th-10th, suggesting that one of the two sources accidentally misplaced three names on the list. I used the ordering that placed Goddard and Talmadge in 8th and 9th place as it seemed more likely that they'd been at the top of the runners-up given that they were subsequently elected to fill vacancies in the 7th Congress
7. Also elected to fill vacancy in 6th Congress
8. Elected in subsequent special election
9. Changed parties
10. Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
11. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
12. Percent based on incomplete records
13. Source did not give full name

References

1. Seventh Congress (membership roster)
2. Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project

Bibliography

• "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
• Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
• "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)