Elections to the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey for the 6th Congress were held October 10, 1798.

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United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 1798

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All 5 New Jersey seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Last election 0 5 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 10,035 9,132 Percentage 52.4% 47.6%

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All previous elections had been held on an at-large basis. Five Federalists had been elected in the previous election. For this election, New Jersey switched, for the first time, to using districts.

Three incumbents ran for re-election, of whom, two of whom lost to Democratic-Republicans. The incumbents Jonathan Dayton (F) and Thomas Sinnickson (F) did not run for re-election. In the districts with no incumbents, one was won by a Democratic-Republican and the other by a Federalist, for a net gain of 3 seats by the Democratic-Republicans

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1798