1796_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_New_Hampshire Knowpia

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New Hampshire's results

In 1796, New Hampshire had a single at-large district with 4 seats. Each voter cast 4 votes and a majority of voters (12.5% of votes) was required to be elected. Since only three candidates received a majority, a run-off was held between the candidates in fourth and fifth place to fill the remaining seat.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates^[1]
New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket	Jeremiah Smith	Federalist	1790	Incumbent re-elected.	First ballot (August 29, 1796): √ Jeremiah Smith (Federalist) 25.0% √ Abiel Foster (Federalist) 24.3% √ William Gordon (Federalist) 14.9% Jonathan Freeman (Federalist) 9.5% Peleg Sprague (Federalist) 4.4% Woodbury Langdon (Democratic-Republican) 4.2% John Prentice 4.1% Thomas Cogwell 3.4% Nathaniel Peabody 2.3% John Bellows 2.1% Joseph Cilley 1.9% Nathaniel Rogers 1.9% Second ballot (November 7, 1796): √ Jonathan Freeman (Federalist) 72.5% Peleg Sprague (Federalist) 27.5%
	Nicholas Gilman	Federalist	1788/89	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.
	John Samuel Sherburne	Democratic-Republican	1792	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.
	Abiel Foster	Federalist	1794	Incumbent re-elected.

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^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed

[m1-1] Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed

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