Elections to the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey for the 6th Congress were held October 10, 1798.
Background All previous elections had been held on an at-large basis. Five Federalists had been elected in the previous election. For this election, New Jersey switched, for the first time, to using districts.
Election results Three incumbents ran for re-election, of whom, two of whom lost to Democratic-Republicans. The incumbents Jonathan Dayton (F) and Thomas Sinnickson (F) did not run for re-election. In the districts with no incumbents, one was won by a Democratic-Republican and the other by a Federalist, for a net gain of 3 seats by the Democratic-Republicans
+1798 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist Eastern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com John Condit 3,378 52.5% James Schureman (I) 3,054 47.5% Northern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Aaron Kitchell 3,399 72.5% Mark Thomson (I) 1,287 27.5% Western District election results from Ourcampaigns.com James Linn 1,613 51.3% Samuel R. Stewart 979 31.1% Archibald Mercer 554 17.6% Middle District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Thomas Henderson 379 19.0% James H. Imlay (I) 1,614 81.0% Southern District election results from Ourcampaigns.com Jonathan Elmer 1,266 43.5% Franklin Davenport 1,644 56.5%
See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1798
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