1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections
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The 1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 27, 1790, and October 11, 1791. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 2nd United States Congress convened on October 24, 1791. This was the first midterm election cycle, which took place in the middle of President George Washington's first term. The size of the House increased to 67 seats after the new state of Vermont elected its first representatives.
While formal political parties still did not exist, coalitions of pro-Washington (pro-Administration) representatives and anti-Administration representatives each gained two seats as a result of the addition of new states to the union.
Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg was succeeded by Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who became the 2nd Speaker of the House.[2]
Retirements
[edit]Either five or six incumbents did not seek re-election.
Anti-Administration
[edit]- Maryland 4: William Smith retired.
- Virginia 6: Isaac Coles retired.
Aedanus Burke, a U.S. representative from South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, either retired or lost re-election but it is not known
Pro-Administration
[edit]- Pennsylvania at-large: George Clymer retired.
- Pennsylvania at-large: Henry Wynkoop retired.
- Pennsylvania at-large: Thomas Scott retired.
Election summaries
[edit]In this period, each state fixed its own date for congressional general elections, as early as April 27, 1790 (in New York) and as late as October 11, 1791 (in Pennsylvania). Elections to a Congress took place both in the even-numbered year before and in the odd-numbered year when the Congress convened. In some states, the congressional delegation was not elected until after the legal start of the Congress (on the 4th day of March in the odd-numbered year). The first session of this Congress was convened in Philadelphia on October 24, 1791.
Kentucky and Vermont became states during the 2nd Congress, adding two seats each.[3] The legislation admitted Vermont was passed at the end of the 1st Congress taking effect on March 4, 1791, the first day of the 2nd Congress, so that Vermont was represented from the start of the Congress, while Kentucky was unrepresented until the 2nd session.
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New York | Districts | April 27–29, 1790 | 6 | 4 | ![]() |
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New Hampshire | At-large | August 30, 1790 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
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Virginia | Districts | September 1, 1790 | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
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Connecticut | At-large | September 20, 1790 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
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Maryland | Mixed[f] | October 4, 1790 | 6 | 3 | ![]() |
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Massachusetts | Districts | October 4, 1790[g] | 8 | 7 | ![]() |
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South Carolina | Districts | October 12, 1790 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
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Rhode Island | At-large | October 19, 1790 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | At-large | November 8, 1790 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | District | January 3, 1791 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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New Jersey | At-large | January 26, 1791 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | Districts | January 28, 1791 | 5 | 2 | ![]() |
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Vermont | Districts | July 13, 1791[h] | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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Pennsylvania | Districts | October 11, 1791 | 8 | 4 | ![]() |
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Kentucky | Districts | June 1, 1792 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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Total | 67 | 39 56.5% |
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30 43.5% |
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Special elections
[edit]There were special elections in 1790 and 1791 during the 1st United States Congress and 2nd United States Congress. New states and newly ratified states are not included as special elections.
Elections are sorted by date then district.
1st Congress
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Virginia 9 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent died June 1, 1790. New member elected July 1790. Anti-Administration hold. Winner was later elected to the next term, see below. |
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Connecticut at-large | Pierpont Edwards | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Predecessor declined election. New member elected December 16, 1790. Pro-Administration hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term, see below. |
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2nd Congress
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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New York 1 | Vacant | Representative-elect James Townsend (Pro-Administration) died May 24, 1790. New member elected April 26–28, 1791. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Connecticut at-large | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent-and-Representative-elect resigned March 31, 1791, to become U.S. Senator. New member elected September 19, 1791. Pro-Administration hold. |
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Maryland 3 | William Pinkney | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent resigned. New member elected October 26–29, 1791. Anti-Administration gain. Winner seated February 5, 1792. |
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Connecticut
[edit]Connecticut elected all five of its representatives at-large on a general ticket on September 20, 1790.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Connecticut at-large 5 seats |
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. Winner declined to serve and a new member would later be elected in a special election. |
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Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. Winner declined to serve and the incumbent was re-elected in a special election. |
There were two subsequent special elections. The first was held to fill the vacancy left by Pierpont Edwards (Pro-Administration) declining to serve and was won by Jeremiah Wadsworth (Pro-Administration). The second was held September 19, 1791, to fill the vacancy left by Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration)'s election to the Senate and was won by Amasa Learned (Pro-Administration).
Delaware
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[i] | |
Delaware at-large | John Vining | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia
[edit]Georgia switched to a conventional district system for the Second Congress. At the time, the districts were not numbered, but are retroactively renumbered as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively here.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Georgia 1 "Southern (or Eastern) District" |
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. Election was subsequently challenged, the House determined that electoral fraud had occurred, and the seat was declared void. |
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Georgia 2 "Middle District" |
Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia 3 "Northern (or Western) District" |
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
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Kentucky
[edit]Kentucky was admitted during the 2nd Congress and elected its first representatives in 1792.
Maryland
[edit]Under Maryland law for the election for the 1st and 2nd Congresses "candidates were elected at-large but had to be residents of a specific district with the statewide vote determining winners from each district."
In Maryland, two local factions briefly emerged, the Chesapeake and Potomac (or Potowmack) "parties". The Potomac faction, consisting of individuals from the small counties of southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore, aimed to maintain their status by curbing the increasing influence of the city of Baltimore and the more populous counties. To do so, they supported the development of the federal city and a canal on the Potomac River to secure their economic future. Conversely, the Chesapeake faction advocated for Baltimore's growth. Their strategy involved improving the Susquehanna River to channel the lucrative wheat trade from western Maryland and Pennsylvania through Baltimore. They also believed that political representation should reflect population growth patterns rather than be defined by the counties. They feared that a canal on the Potomac River would undermine Baltimore's prosperity by diverting trade to competitors like Georgetown, the proposed federal city, and Alexandria.[5][6]
Temporarily setting aside differences at the national level, the "Chesapeake Ticket" was formed to punish incumbents who had supported the Potomac location for the proposed federal city. A "Potomac Ticket" was organized and led by Governor Smallwood. Turnout in Baltimore was around 99%, and almost every ballot was cast for the Chesapeake Ticket. Statewide, the ticket won an overwhelming majority, securing all six seats. This victory threatened the county-based rural oligarchy, prompting the House of Delegates to transition from a mixed system to a district-based system on December 19, 1790. Under this new system, all of Baltimore's votes would go to just one representative, Hartford County was grouped with Kent and Cecil Counties, and Anne Arundel County was grouped with Prince George's County and Annapolis. With the base of the Chesapeake "party" split between three districts, the Chesapeake faction would disappear. The political pattern created by this division would, however, "linger on indefinitely."[6]
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Maryland 1 | Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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Maryland 2 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 3 | Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. Winner later resigned due to questions of ineligibility due to his residence[7] and was replaced in a special election by John Francis Mercer (Anti-Administration). |
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Maryland 4 | William Smith | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
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Maryland 5 | George Gale | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
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Maryland 6 | Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Massachusetts
[edit]Massachusetts law required a majority for election. This condition was met in four of the eight districts, the remaining four required between 2 and 9 ballots for election.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 2 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 3 | Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 4 | Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 5 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent resigned August 14, 1790. Pro-Administration hold. |
First ballot (October 4, 1790)
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Massachusetts 6 | George Leonard Redistricted from the 7th district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot (October 4, 1790)
Second ballot (November 26, 1790)
Third ballot (January 25, 1791)
Fourth ballot (April 4, 1791)
Fifth ballot (July 18, 1791)
Sixth ballot (September 8, 1791)
Seventh ballot (November 11, 1791)
Eighth ballot (December 26, 1791)
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Massachusetts 7 | Jonathan Grout Redistricted from the 8th district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. Pro-Administration gain. |
First ballot (October 4, 1790)
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Massachusetts 8 | George Thatcher Redistricted from the 6th district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot (October 4, 1790)
Second ballot (November 26, 1790)
Third ballot (January 25, 1791)
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New Hampshire
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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New Hampshire at-large 3 seats on a general ticket |
Abiel Foster | Pro-Administration | 1789 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
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Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected as Pro-Administration. | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
New Jersey
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[i] | |
New Jersey at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
New York
[edit]New York's districts were not numbered at the time, therefore the numbering here is retroactive.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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New York 1 | William Floyd | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. Winner died May 24, 1790, before the start of the 2nd Congress. A special election was then held (see above), leading to an Anti-Administration hold. |
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New York 2 | John Laurance | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 3 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 4 | John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
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New York 5 | Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 6 | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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North Carolina
[edit]North Carolina ratified the Constitution November 21, 1789, and elected its representatives after admission.
1st Congress
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
North Carolina 1 "Roanoke division" |
State ratified the U.S. Constitution November 21, 1789. | First member elected March 24, 1790. Anti-Administration win. Winner was later elected to the next term, see below. |
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North Carolina 2 "Edenton and New Bern division" |
State ratified the U.S. Constitution November 21, 1789. | First member elected March 24, 1790. Anti-Administration win. Winner was later elected to the next term, see below. |
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North Carolina 3 "Cape Fear division" |
State ratified the U.S. Constitution November 21, 1789. | First member elected March 24, 1790. Anti-Administration win. Winner later lost re-election to the next term, see below. |
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North Carolina 4 "Yadkin division" |
State ratified the U.S. Constitution November 21, 1789. | First member elected March 24, 1790. Pro-Administration win. Winner was later elected to the next term, see below. |
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North Carolina 5 "Western division" |
State ratified the U.S. Constitution November 21, 1789. | First member elected March 24, 1790. Pro-Administration win. District covered areas beyond the Appalachian Mountains that were ceded to in May 1790 to form the Southwest Territory, but member retained seat for the remainder of term. |
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2nd Congress
[edit]Due to the cession of North Carolina's trans-Appalachian territory to form the Southwest Territory, the territory of the old 5th district was lost. North Carolina retained the same number of Representatives, and so it redistricted for the Second Congress.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
North Carolina 1 "Yadkin Division" |
John Steele Redistricted from the 4th district |
Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 2 "Centre Division" |
None (District created) | New seat Anti-Administration gain. |
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North Carolina 3 | John Baptista Ashe Redistricted from the 1st district |
Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 4 "Albemarle Division" |
Hugh Williamson Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 5 "Cape Fear Division" |
Timothy Bloodworth Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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Pennsylvania
[edit]Pennsylvania had elected its Representatives at-large in the 1st Congress, but switched to using districts in the 2nd Congress. Five incumbents ran for re-election, four of whom won, while three others retired leaving three open seats. Two districts had no incumbents residing in them, while one (the 8th district) had a single representative who declined to run for re-election and one (the 2nd district) had three incumbents, only one of whom ran for re-election.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[8] | |
Pennsylvania 1 | Thomas Fitzsimons Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 2 | Frederick Muhlenberg Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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George Clymer Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent retired. Pro-Administration loss. | ||
Henry Wynkoop Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent retired. Pro-Administration loss. | ||
Pennsylvania 3 | Peter Muhlenberg Redistricted from the at-large district |
Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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Pennsylvania 4 | Daniel Hiester Redistricted from the at-large district |
Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 5 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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Pennsylvania 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Pennsylvania 7 | Thomas Hartley Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 8 | Thomas Scott Redistricted from the at-large district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Rhode Island
[edit]1st Congress
[edit]Rhode Island ratified the Constitution May 29, 1790. It elected its representatives after admission.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Rhode Island at-large | State ratified the U.S. Constitution May 29, 1790. | First member elected August 31, 1790. Pro-Administration win. Winner was later elected to the next term, see below. |
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2nd Congress
[edit]Rhode Island held elections for the 2nd Congress on October 18, 1790, about six weeks after elections for the 1st Congress due to the state's late ratification of the Constitution.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Rhode Island at-large | Benjamin Bourne | Pro-Administration | August 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 "Charleston Division" |
William L. Smith | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 2 "Beaufort Division" |
Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | 1788 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
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South Carolina 3 "Georgetown Division" |
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 4 "Camden Division" |
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 5 "Ninety-Six Division" |
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont
[edit]Vermont was admitted at the end of the First Congress, with the admission taking effect at the start of the Second Congress. Vermont was entitled to elect two representatives. Vermont law at the time required a majority to win an office. In the 1st district, no candidate won a majority, necessitating a run-off.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Vermont 1 "Western Division" |
New state admitted. | First member elected. Anti-Administration win. |
First ballot (July 13, 1791)
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Vermont 2 "Eastern Division" |
New state admitted. | First member elected. Anti-Administration win. |
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Virginia
[edit]District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Virginia 1 | Alexander White | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 2 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 3 | Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 4 | Richard Bland Lee | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 5 | James Madison | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 6 | Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
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Virginia 7 | John Page | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 8 | Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 9 | William B. Giles | Anti-Administration | 1790 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 10 | Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected as Anti-Administration. |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Excluding states that joined during the Second Congress and a very late run-off election in Massachusetts's 6th congressional district.
- ^ 2 more seats were added by the admission of new states after the start of this Congress
- ^ a b Includes the late election from Kentucky who was admitted to the union after the 2nd Congress had started to meet, and did not hold their elections for U.S. representatives until June 1791
- ^ Including three Chesapeake members who were Pro-Administration
- ^ Including three Chesapeake members who were Anti-Administration
- ^ Maryland had six representatives elected by the whole state electorate, who had to choose one candidate from each district.
- ^ add Massachusetts required a majority for electionitional trials were required in 4 districts, held between November 26, 1790, and April 2, 1792.
- ^ A majority was required for election, which was not met in one of the districts necessitating a second election on September 6, 1791
- ^ a b c d Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
- ^ Source does not give first name
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
- ^ Changed from Pro-Administration to Anti-Administration between the 1st and 2nd Congresses
- ^ and Had been Pro-Administration previous electionwould switch back to Pro-Administration in the next election
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives, 1789 to Present | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ Jenkins, Jeffrey A. (2013). Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University. pp. 26–27.
- ^ 1 Stat. 191
- ^ "Connecticut 1790 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2018., citing The Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). October 22, 1790.
- ^ Ridgway, Whitman H. (2018). Community Leadership in Maryland, 1790-1840: A Comparative Analysis of Power in Society. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469648040.
- ^ a b Renzulli, L. Marx (1973). Maryland: the Federalist Years. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. pp. 149–155. ISBN 9780838679036.
- ^ "Second Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project
- ^ Lampi, Philip. "Pennsylvania 1791 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). 1788 United States Congressional Elections-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)