united states house of representatives elections , 1798 

Statements about this table:
anthony new and john nicholas be the earliest incumbent to be elect
neither john clapton nor richard brent serve after the 1795 election
when daniel morgan retire , federalist robert page be elect with 54.3% of the vote
the only incumbent to run unopposed be john dawson
anthony new and john nicholas be the last incumbent to be elect
the only incumbent to lose his seat for democratic - republican gain be john clopton
when daniel morgan retire , federalist thomas evans be elect with 54.3% of the vote
the only incumbent to run unopposed be john nicholas
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
virginia 1
daniel morgan
federalist
1797
retired federalist hold
robert page (f) 54.3% john smith (dr) 45.7%
virginia 2
david holmes
democratic - republican
1797
re - elected
david holmes (dr) robert porterfield (f)
virginia 3
james machir
federalist
1797
retired democratic - republican gain
george jackson (dr) 53.9% john haymond (f) 46.0%
virginia 4
abram trigg
democratic - republican
1797
re - elected
abram trigg (dr) 88.5% william preston (f) 11.5%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
virginia 5
john j trigg
democratic - republican
1797
re - elected
john j trigg (dr) george hancock (f)
virginia 6
matthew clay
democratic - republican
1797
re - elected
matthew clay (dr) isaac coles (dr)
virginia 12
thomas evans
federalist
1797
re - elected
thomas evans (f) 62.3% john page (dr) 37.7%
virginia 13
john clopton
democratic - republican
1795
lost re - election federalist gain
john marshall (f) john clopton (dr)
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
virginia 15
john dawson
democratic - republican
1797
re - elected
john dawson (dr)
virginia 16
anthony new
democratic - republican
1793
re - elected
anthony new (dr) benjamin temple (f)
virginia 17
richard brent
democratic - republican
1795
retired federalist gain
leven powell (f) 63.8% roger west (dr) 36.4%
virginia 18
john nicholas
democratic - republican
1793
re - elected
john nicholas (dr) john blackwell (f)