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1791 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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Georgia switched to a conventional district system for the Second Congress. At the time, the districts were not numbered, but are retroactively renumbered as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively here.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Georgia 1
"Southern (or Eastern) District"
James Jackson Anti-Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Administration hold.
Election was subsequently challenged, the House determined that electoral fraud had occurred, and the seat was declared void.
Anthony Wayne (Anti-Administration) 50.4%
James Jackson (Anti-Administration) 49.5%
Others 0.2%
Georgia 2
"Middle District"
Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration 1789 Incumbent re-elected. Abraham Baldwin (Anti-Administration) 56.2%
Thomas P. Carnes (Anti-Administration)
James Jackson (Anti-Administration) 1.2%
John Jones 0.3%
Georgia 3
"Northern (or Western) District"
George Mathews Anti-Administration 1789 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Administration hold.
Francis Willis (Anti-Administration) 66.5%
George Mathews (Anti-Administration) 33.5%

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