United States House election, 1798
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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 took place in 1798 and 1799. Voting in the various states
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 for Representatives in the Sixth United States Congress took place at times ranging from April 1798 in New York
United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1798
The 1798 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from April 24 to 26, 1798, to elect ten U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 6th United States Congress....

 to August 1799 in Tennessee
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, even after the legal begin of the Congress term on March 4, 1799. The first session of this Congress met in Philadelphia on December 2, 1799. It was the last session before moving to the new capital at Washington
Washington, D.C.
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President
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 John Adams
John Adams
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, a Federalist elected two years prior in the election of 1796
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, remained popular during a time of national economic growth, and the Federalists made a modest gain of three seats at the expense of the opposition Democratic-Republicans, the party of Vice President
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 and future President Thomas Jefferson
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, resulting in further Federalist control of the House, 60-46 seats.

Despite this, a variety of controversial new laws passed by Congress in the summer of 1798, including the Naturalization Act of 1798
Naturalization Act of 1798
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 and the Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution's reign of terror and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams...

 eventually hurt Adams and the Federalists.

Overall results

Party Total seats (change) Seat percentage
Federalist Party 60 +3 56.6%
Democratic-Republican Party 46 -3 43.4%
Totals 106 0 100%
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