A special election was held in on December 16, 1790, to fill a vacancy left when Representative-elect Pierpont Edwards (P) declined to serve.
Election results Candidate Party Voteselection details from Ourcampaigns.com Percent Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration 1,222 48.6% Amasa Learned Pro-Administration 800 23.9% Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration 333 13.2% Tapping Reeve Party affiliation not listed in source 203 8.1% Stephen M. Mitchell 103 4.1% James Davenport 37 1.5% John Chester 17 0.7%
See also Special elections to the 1st United States Congress
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