Election Name: | 1806 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware |
Country: | Delaware |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election |
Previous Year: | 1805 (special) |
Next Election: | 1807 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election |
Next Year: | 1807 (special) |
Candidate1: | James M. Broom |
Party1: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 2,353 |
Percentage1: | 60.52% |
Candidate2: | Thomas Fitzgerald |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 830 |
Percentage2: | 21.35% |
Candidate4: | Joseph Haslet |
Party4: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote4: | 382 |
Percentage4: | 9.83% |
Candidate5: | Thomas Montgomery |
Party5: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote5: | 323 |
Percentage5: | 8.31% |
U.S. representative | |
Before Election: | James M. Broom |
Before Party: | Federalist Party (US) |
After Election: | James M. Broom |
After Party: | Federalist Party (US) |
The 1806 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on October 7, 1806, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district. Incumbent Federalist James M. Broom faced re-election to a full term after winning the previous year's special election. He was challenged by three Democratic-Republicans.
Broom was re-elected with over 60% of the vote, with neither opponent coming close to unseating him.
County | Broom# | Broom% | Fitzgerald# | Fitzgerald% | Haslet# | Haslet% | Montgomery# | Montgomery% | Total | ||
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Kent | 709 | 95.94% | 30 | 4.06% | 739 | ||||||
New Castle | 928 | 43.36% | 830 | 38.79% | 382 | 17.85% | 2,140 | ||||
Sussex | 719 | 71.05% | 293 | 28.95% | 1,012 |