1798 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire explained

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates

Abiel FosterFederalist1794Incumbent re-elected.nowrap rowspan=4 Abiel Foster (Federalist) 24.2%
William Gordon (Federalist) 21.6%
Jonathan Freeman (Federalist) 21.0%
Peleg Sprague (Federalist) 19.5%
Thomas Bellows (Federalist) 1.9%
John Prentice (Federalist) 1.8%
Timothy Walker (Federalist) 1.0%
William Plummer (Federalist) 0.8%
Joseph Dennie (Federalist) 0.7%
Woodbury Langdon (Democratic-Republican) 0.7%
John Goddard (Democratic-Republican) 0.6%
Oliver Peabody (Federalist) 0.6%
William Gardner (Democratic-Republican) 0.5%
Others 5.1%
William GordonFederalist1796Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan FreemanFederalist1796Incumbent re-elected.
Peleg SpragueFederalist1797 (Special)Incumbent re-elected, but declined to serve.
A special election was then held.

See also