American Psephology
The 1789 House Election in Maryland
On January 7-11, 1789, Maryland's voters voted for six at-large representatives, one from each of six single-member districts. Two electoral slates ran.
The federalist ticket:
- 1st District - Michael J. Stone - 5154 votes (65.33%)
- 2nd District - Joshua Seney - 7616 votes
- 3rd District - Benjamin Contee - 5476 votes (70.07%)
- 4th District - William Smith - 5415 votes (69.08%)
- 5th District - George Gale - 5456 votes (70.74%)
- 6th District - Daniel Carroll - 5819 votes (74.77%)
The antifederalist ticket:
- 1st District - George Dent - 2731 votes (34.67%)
- 2nd District - none
- 3rd District - John F. Mercer - 2339 votes (29.93%)
- 4th District - Samuel Sterett - 2424 votes (30.92%)
- 5th District - John Done - 1832 votes (23.75%)
- 6th District - Abraham Faw - 1964 votes (25.23%)
Done's vote was split by William V. Murray, who got 425 votes (5.51%). Six other candidates got 57 votes between them, but their results by county are not stated.
A rough estimate of the average county returns are as follows. The vote was loose enough to where this can not be considered authoritative, but not loose enough to discount any sort of party polarization.
| Federalists | Antifederalists | |
| Anne Arundel | 223 | 481 |
| Baltimore | 616 | 970 |
| Calvert | 169 | 83 |
| Caroline | 128 | 1 |
| Cecil | 519 | 1 |
| Charles | 143 | 21 |
| Dorchester | 108 | 0 |
| Frederick | 784 | 4 |
| Harford | 205 | 239 |
| Kent | 166 | 47 |
| Montgomery | 316 | 42 |
| Prince George's | 248 | 268 |
| Queen Anne's | 37 | 13 |
| Saint Mary's | 96 | 25 |
| Somerset | 212 | 0 |
| Talbot | 254 | 0 |
| Washington | 1164 | 0 |
| Worcester | 71 | 78 |
| Total | 5459 (70.60%) | 2273 (29.40%) |
The federalist ticket was duly elected.