1806 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island elected its members August 26, 1806. Rhode Island law required a majority of votes to win. In this election, only one candidate won a majority on the first ballot, and so a run-off election was required to choose the second seat.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates[a]
Rhode Island at-large
2 seats on a general ticket
Nehemiah Knight Democratic-Republican
1802
Incumbent re-elected. First ballot:
William Hunter
(Federalist) 41.3%
Joseph Stanton Jr. Democratic-Republican
1800
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

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Notes

  1. ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote are listed.