New Hampshire 1799 U.S. House of Representatives, Special

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
New Hampshire 1799 U.S. House of Representatives, Special
Date:
1799
State:
New Hampshire
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
James Sheafe, Woodbury Langdon, Jeremiah Mason, John Prentice, Benjamin Peirce, Robert Wallace, Timothy Walker, Timothy Farrar, Jacob Abbot, William Gardner, Abel Parker, Benjamin Bellows, Daniel Newcomb, Oliver Peabody, William K. Atkinson, Benjamin Conner, Simeon Olcott, Nathaniel Gilman, Aaron Hutchinson, Jonathan Smith, Amos Shepard, Thomas Cogswell, Absalom Peters, John Goddard, George B. Upham, Edward St.L. Livermore, John Langdon, James Thornton, Joseph Badger, Jr., John Hubbard, Benjamin West, Oliver Whipple, Silas Bettan, Jeremiah Blanchard, Joseph Blanchard, Joseph Dennis, James Flanders, Nathaniel A. Haven, David Hough, John S. Sherburne
Candidates: James Sheafe[1]Woodbury LangdonJeremiah MasonJohn PrenticeBenjamin PeirceRobert WallaceTimothy WalkerTimothy FarrarJacob AbbotWilliam GardnerAbel ParkerBenjamin BellowsDaniel NewcombOliver PeabodyWilliam K. AtkinsonBenjamin ConnerSimeon OlcottNathaniel GilmanAaron HutchinsonJonathan SmithAmos ShepardThomas CogswellAbsalom PetersJohn GoddardGeorge B. UphamEdward St.L. LivermoreJohn LangdonJames ThorntonJoseph Badger, Jr.John HubbardBenjamin WestOliver WhippleSilas BettanJeremiah BlanchardJoseph BlanchardJoseph DennisJames FlandersNathaniel A. HavenDavid HoughJohn S. Sherburne
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]3605723131105806657513534322724232221211715151413131010866533211111111
Cheshire County----------------------------------------
Town of Acworth[5]----------------------------------------
Town of Alstead----------------------------------------
Town of Charlestown----------------------------------------
Town of Chesterfield----------------------------------------
Town of Claremont45---------------------------------------
Town of Cornish----------------------------------------
Town of Croydon----------------------------------------
Town of Dublin----------------------------------------
Town of Fitzwilliam34---------------------------------------
Town of Gilsum----------------------------------------
Town of Goshen----------------------------------------
Town of Hinsdale----------------------------------------
Town of Jaffrey----------------------------------------
Town of Keene[6]----------------------------------------
Town of Langdon----------------------------------------
Town of Lempster----------------------------------------
Town of Marlborough----------------------------------------
Town of Marlow----------------------------------------
Town of New Grantham----------------------------------------
Town of Newport----------------------------------------
Town of Packersfield----------------------------------------
Town of Plainfield----------------------------------------
Town of Richmond----------------------------------------
Town of Rindge[7]14-12-------------------------------------
Town of Springfield----------------------------------------
Town of Stoddard----------------------------------------
Town of Sullivan16---------------------------------------
Town of Surry[8]----------------------------------------
Town of Swanzey----------------------------------------
Town of Unity----------------------------------------
Town of Walpole55-4-------------------------------------
Town of Washington----------------------------------------
Town of Wendell----------------------------------------
Town of Westmoreland----------------------------------------
Town of Winchester23---------------------------------------
Grafton County----------------------------------------
Town of Adams----------------------------------------
Town of Alexandria[9]----------------------------------------
Town of Bartlett----------------------------------------
Town of Bath----------------------------------------
Town of Bethlehem----------------------------------------
Town of Bridgewater----------------------------------------
Town of Campton----------------------------------------
Town of Canaan[10]----------------------------------------
Town of Chatham----------------------------------------
Town of Cockburne----------------------------------------
Town of Colebrook----------------------------------------
Town of Concord----------------------------------------
Town of Coventry----------------------------------------
Town of Dalton----------------------------------------
Town of Danbury----------------------------------------
Town of Dorchester----------------------------------------
Town of Ellsworth----------------------------------------
Town of Enfield----------------------------------------
Town of Franconia----------------------------------------
Town of Grafton[11]----------------------------------------
Town of Groton----------------------------------------
Town of Hanover62---------------------------------------
Town of Haverhill----------------------------------------
Town of Hebron----------------------------------------
Town of Jefferson----------------------------------------
Town of Lancaster----------------------------------------
Town of Landaff----------------------------------------
Town of Lebanon----------------------------------------
Town of Lincoln----------------------------------------
Town of Littleton----------------------------------------
Town of Lyman----------------------------------------
Town of Lyme----------------------------------------
Town of New Chester----------------------------------------
Town of New Holderness----------------------------------------
Town of Northumberland----------------------------------------
Town of Orange[12]----------------------------------------
Town of Orford----------------------------------------
Town of Peeling----------------------------------------
Town of Percy----------------------------------------
Town of Piermont----------------------------------------
Town of Plymouth[13]----------------------------------------
Town of Rumney----------------------------------------
Town of Stewartstown----------------------------------------
Town of Stratford----------------------------------------
Town of Thornton----------------------------------------
Town of Warren----------------------------------------
Town of Wentworth----------------------------------------
Town of Whitefield----------------------------------------
Hillsborough County----------------------------------------
Town of Amherst----------------------------------------
Town of Andover----------------------------------------
Town of Antrim----------------------------------------
Town of Bedford----------------------------------------
Town of Boscawen----------------------------------------
Town of Bradford----------------------------------------
Town of Brookline----------------------------------------
Town of Deering----------------------------------------
Town of Derryfield-7-6------------------------------------
Town of Dunbarton29---------------------------------------
Town of Dunstable----------------------------------------
Town of Fishersfield----------------------------------------
Town of Francestown----------------------------------------
Town of Goffstown----------------------------------------
Town of Greenfield----------------------------------------
Town of Hancock1---1120--17-------------------------------
Town of Henniker----------------------------------------
Town of Hillsborough----------------------------------------
Town of Hollis----------------------------------------
Town of Hopkinton----------------------------------------
Kearsage Gore----------------------------------------
Town of Litchfield----------------------------------------
Town of Lyndeborough----------------------------------------
Town of Mason----------------------------------------
Town of Merrimack----------------------------------------
Town of Milford----------------------------------------
Town of Mont Vernon----------------------------------------
Town of New Boston----------------------------------------
Town of New Ipswich----------------------------------------
Town of New London----------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham West----------------------------------------
Town of Peterborough----------------------------------------
Town of Salisbury[14]----------------------------------------
Town of Sharon----------------------------------------
Town of Society Land----------------------------------------
Town of Sutton----------------------------------------
Town of Temple----------------------------------------
Town of Warner----------------------------------------
Town of Weare----------------------------------------
Town of Wilton----------------------------------------
Town of Windsor----------------------------------------
Rockingham County----------------------------------------
Town of Allenstown----------------------------------------
Town of Atkinson----------------------------------------
Town of Bow----------------------------------------
Town of Brentwood21---------------------------------------
Town of Candia----------------------------------------
Town of Canterbury----------------------------------------
Town of Chester----------------------------------------
Town of Chichester----------------------------------------
Town of Concord[15]80--------------------10------------------
Town of Deerfield342--------------------------------------
Town of East Kingston----------------------------------------
Town of Epping[16]----------------------------------------
Town of Epsom40---------------------------------------
Town of Exeter[17][18]106---------------------------------------
Town of Greenland1125--------------------------------------
Town of Hampstead----------------------------------------
Town of Hampton----------------------------------------
Town of Hampton Falls----------------------------------------
Town of Hawke----------------------------------------
Town of Kensington22-1-------------------------------------
Town of Kingston----------------------------------------
Town of Londonderry----------------------------------------
Town of Loudon----------------------------------------
Town of New Castle65--------------------------------------
Town of Newington----------------------------------------
Town of Newmarket4734--------------------------------------
Town of Newton----------------------------------------
Town of North Hampton[19]3054--------------------------------------
Town of Northfield----------------------------------------
Town of Northwood16---------------------------------------
Town of Nottingham----------------------------------------
Town of Pelham----------------------------------------
Town of Pembroke----------------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield----------------------------------------
Town of Plaistow----------------------------------------
Town of Poplin23---------------------------------------
Town of Portsmouth218302--------------------------------------
Town of Raymond----------------------------------------
Town of Rye[20]290--------------------------------------
Town of Salem----------------------------------------
Town of Sandown----------------------------------------
Town of Seabrook----------------------------------------
Town of South Hampton----------------------------------------
Town of Stratham2827--------------------------------------
Town of Windham----------------------------------------
Strafford County----------------------------------------
Town of Alton----------------------------------------
Town of Barnstead----------------------------------------
Town of Barrington90---------------------------------------
Town of Brookfield----------------------------------------
Town of Burton----------------------------------------
Town of Center Harbor----------------------------------------
Town of Conway----------------------------------------
Town of Dover119---------------------------------------
Town of Durham331--------------------------------------
Town of Eaton----------------------------------------
Town of Effingham----------------------------------------
Town of Farmington60---------------------------------------
Town of Gilmantown50---------------------------------------
Town of Lee----------------------------------------
Town of Madbury----------------------------------------
Town of Meredith----------------------------------------
Town of Middleton----------------------------------------
Town of Milton----------------------------------------
Town of Moultonborough----------------------------------------
Town of New Durham----------------------------------------
Town of New Hampton----------------------------------------
Town of Ossipee----------------------------------------
Ossipee Gore----------------------------------------
Town of Rochester71---------------------------------------
Town of Sanbornton----------------------------------------
Town of Sandwich----------------------------------------
Town of Somersworth40---------------------------------------
Town of Tamworth----------------------------------------
Town of Tuftonboro----------------------------------------
Town of Wakefield40---------------------------------------
Town of Wolfeboro----------------------------------------

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Election to replace Peleg Sprague, resigned.
[3]There were 5205 total votes.
[4]"A correspondent hopes that people will shortly be convinced that it is as easy for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, as for a Jacobin to enter Congress through the medium of a Newhampshire election." Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). November 23, 1799.
[5]Jeremiah Mason received all the votes in Acworth.
[6]James Sheafe received all the votes but one.
[7]"Few scattering." Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). November 25, 1799.
[8]James Sheafe received all the votes in Surry.
[9]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of . . . Alexandria . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[10]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of . . . Canaan . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[11]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of . . . Grafton . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[12]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of . . . Orange . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[13]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of . . . Plymouth . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[14]"We are credibly informed, that the votes for Federal Representative, in the towns of Salisbury . . . were unanimous in favor of the Hon. James Sheafe, Esq. of Portsmouth." Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
[15]Concord Town Records list James Sheafe with 82 votes.
[16]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), November 23, reports 40 votes for James Sheafe in Epping.
[17]"Mr. Prince, In the Oracle of the 23d ult, under the head of votes for Federal Representative, it appeared that Mr. Langdon, had TWO votes in Exeter, - this is a mistake: - The whole number of votes given in Exeter was 106, ALL of which were for Mr. SHEAFE. I wish you to correct the mistake and convince your readers that there are not in Exeter, even TWO Jacobins. I.A." Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). December 7, 1799.
[18]The Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH), November 21; the Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), November 23; the Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH), November 30; and The Castine Journal, and Universal Advertiser (Castine, ME), December 10, report 108 votes for James Sheafe in Exeter.
[19]The Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH), November 23, lists James Sheafe with 31 votes and Woodbury Langdon with 52 votes in North Hampton.
[20]The Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH), November 30, and The Castine Journal, and Universal Advertiser (Castine, ME), December 10, report no votes for James Sheafe in Rye.

References:

Concord Town Records, 1732-1820. 333.
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH). November 20, 1799.
Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). November 21, 1799.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). November 23, 1799.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). November 23, 1799.
Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). November 25, 1799.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). November 30, 1799.
Federal Observer (Portsmouth, NH). December 5, 1799.
The Castine Journal, and Universal Advertiser (Castine, ME). December 10, 1799.
Oracle of the Day (Portsmouth, NH). December 21, 1799.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). January 4, 1800.
Browne, George Waldo. Early Records of the Town of Derryfield now Manchester, NH. Vol. II. Manchester, NH: City Council of Manchester, 1909. 372-373.
Hayward, William Willis. The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. Vol. I. Lowell, MA.: S. W. Huse and, 1889. 127.
Lyon, G. Parker. The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar for the Year 1860. Concord, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1860. 30.
Randall, Oran Edmund. History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. Brattleboro, VT: D. Leonard, 1882. 105-106.
Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire: 1777-1917. Keene, NH: J.L. Seward, 1921. 236.
Stark, Caleb. History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: G. P. Lyon, 1860. 126.
Wallace, William Allen. The History of Canaan, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1910. 69.

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