A special election was held in on August 25, 1800, to fill a vacancy left by William Gordon (F) resigning to accept an appointment as New Hampshire Attorney General on June 12, 1800.
Election results New Hampshire electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met on the first ballot, requiring a run-off election on October 27, 1800 CandidatePartyFirst ballotNew Hampshire At-large Special election race from Ourcampaigns.comRunoffNew Hampshire At-large Special runoff race from Ourcampaigns.com Votes Percent Votes Percent Samuel Tenney Federalist 2,921 45.6% 1,818 70.8% George Upham Federalist 1,377 21.5% 750 29.2% John Goddard Democratic-Republican 835 13.0% Joseph Badger Democratic-Republican 699 10.9% Thomas Cogswell Democratic-Republican 296 4.6% Joseph Peirce Federalist 278 4.3%
Tenney took his seat on December 8, 1800.
See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire, 1800 United States House of Representatives elections, 1800 and 1801
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