1798 Maryland's 7th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Maryland's 7th congressional district on November 29, 1798, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative-election Joshua Seney (DR) before the start of the 6th Congress.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
Joseph H. Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	1,351	51.4%
John Goldsborough	Federalist	1,278	48.6%

Nicholson took his seat with the rest of the 6th Congress at the start of the 1st session.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives