Election Name: | 1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election |
Country: | United States |
Flag Year: | 1777 |
Type: | by-election |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1788–1789 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire |
Previous Year: | 1789 |
Election Date: | June 22, 1789 |
Next Election: | 1790 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire |
Next Year: | 1790 |
Image1: | Abiel Foster (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Abiel Foster |
Party1: | Pro-Administration Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,804 |
Percentage1: | 59.3% |
Candidate2: | John Samuel Sherburne |
Party2: | Anti-Administration Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 538 |
Percentage2: | 17.7% |
Image3: | JamesSheafe.jpg |
Candidate3: | James Sheafe |
Party3: | Pro-Administration Party (US) |
Popular Vote3: | 190 |
Percentage3: | 6.2% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Vacant |
After Election: | Abiel Foster |
After Party: | Pro-Administration Party (US) |
The 1789 New Hampshire's at-large congressional district special election was held on June 22, 1789, to fill a vacancy left by Representative-elect Benjamin West, who had declined to serve in the 1st United States Congress. This was the first special election in the history of the United States House of Representatives.