Election Name: | United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 1789 |
Country: | Delaware |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | No |
Next Election: | United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 1790 |
Next Year: | 1790 |
Election Date: | January 7, 1789 |
Image1: | ViningJohnM 0001.jpg |
Nominee1: | John Vining |
Party1: | Pro-Administration Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 898 |
Percentage1: | 43.61% |
Nominee2: | Rhoads Shankland |
Party2: | Anti-Administration Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 491 |
Percentage2: | 23.85% |
Image4: | Gunning bedford jr.jpg |
Nominee4: | Gunning Bedford Jr. |
Party4: | Pro-Administration Party (United States) |
Popular Vote4: | 308 |
Percentage4: | 14.96% |
Image5: | JoshuaClayton.gif |
Nominee5: | Joshua Clayton |
Party5: | Pro-Administration Party (United States) |
Popular Vote5: | 272 |
Percentage5: | 13.21% |
U.S. Representative | |
After Election: | John Vining |
After Party: | Anti-Administration Party (United States) |
The Delaware United States House election for 1789 was held on January 7, 1789. The former Continental Congressman John Vining won the election and became Delaware's first Representative to the House of Representatives.