1800_New_Hampshire's_at-large_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in New Hampshire's at-large congressional district on August 25, 1800 to fill a vacancy left by William Gordon (F) resigning to accept an appointment as New Hampshire Attorney General on June 12, 1800.

Election results edit

New Hampshire electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met on the first ballot, requiring a run-off election on October 27, 1800

Candidate	Party	First ballot^[1]		Runoff^[2]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Samuel Tenney	Federalist	2,921	45.6%	1,818	70.8%
George Upham	Federalist	1,377	21.5%	750	29.2%
John Goddard	Democratic-Republican	835	13.0%
Joseph Badger	Democratic-Republican	699	10.9%
Thomas Cogswell	Democratic-Republican	296	4.6%
Joseph Peirce	Federalist	278	4.3%

Tenney took his seat on December 8, 1800.