Election to the United States House of Representatives 1790

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Number of Elected MPs by State: Pro-Administration Anti-Administration


Distribution of seats
  
A total of 69 seats
  • Anti-Administration : 30
  • Pro-administration : 39

In the election to the United States House of Representatives in 1790, the House of Representatives was elected in the United States between April 27, 1790 and October 11, 1791 . The election was part of the general election for the 2nd United States Congress that year, in which a third of the US Senators were elected. At the time of the election, the United States consisted of 13 states . The number of MPs to be elected was 69. At that time there were no parties in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. However, there were two groups, the Anti-Administration Party and the Pro-Administration Party . The two groups were either for ('Pro') or against ('Anti') the policies of President George Washington .

Women and slaves were neither eligible nor eligible to vote. Free African Americans were also excluded from voting in many states . The right to vote for free men was also tied to a certain property or tax revenue.

On March 4, 1791 Vermont and on June 1, 1792 Kentucky joined the union as a new state. After joining, both states each elected two members of the House of Representatives, the number of members increasing from 65 to 69 members.

Election result

The table below shows the results by state with changes from the last election.

Result by state
State Election date
Total seats
Election mode
D = district
G = total
Pro-
administration
Anti-
administration
number +/- number +/-
USA ConnecticutConnecticut Connecticut Sep 20 1790 5 G 5   0  
USA-DelawareDelaware Delaware 0Nov 8, 1790 1 G 1   0  
USA MarylandMaryland Maryland 0Oct. 4, 1790 6th G / D 3   1 3   1
USA-MassachusettsMassachusetts Massachusetts 0Oct. 4, 1790 8th D. 7th   1 1   1
USA New HampshireNew Hampshire New Hampshire Aug 30, 1790 3 G 3   1 0   1
USA New Yorknew York new York April 27-29, 1790 6th D. 5   2 1   2
USA Rhode IslandRhode Island Rhode Island Oct. 19, 1790 1 G 1   0  
USA South CarolinaSouth carolina South carolina Oct 12, 1790 5 D. 2   1 3   1
USA VirginiaVirginia Virginia 0Sep 1 1790 10 D. 2   1 8th   1
USA GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia 0Jan. 3, 1790 3 D. 0   3  
USA New JerseyNew Jersey New Jersey Jan. 26, 1791 4th G 4th   0  
USA North CarolinaNorth Carolina North Carolina Jan. 28, 1791 5 D. 2   3  
USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Pennsylvania Oct 11, 1791 8th G 4th   2 4th   2
USA VermontVermont Vermont July 13, 1791 2 D. 0   2   2
USA KentuckyKentucky Kentucky 0Sep 7 1792 2 D. 0   2   2
total 69 39   2 30th   2

Total : 69

The results of the elections for the 1st Congress are given in brackets.

Changes during the legislative period that do not affect the regular elections are not included in these figures, but are noted in the article on the 2nd Congress in the section on the members of the House of Representatives under the relevant names of the representatives. The same applies to elections in states that joined the Union after the beginning of the legislative period. As a result, the sources sometimes contain different information, as changes during the legislative period were sometimes incorporated into the figures and sometimes not.

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Individual evidence

  1. In Maryland, six MPs were elected nationwide, each from one of the six districts.
  2. In Massachusetts, an absolute majority of votes was required for the election. Four candidates reached this at the first attempt. For the remaining 4 further ballots were required, which took place between November 26, 1790 and April 2, 1792.
  3. In Georgia, the election of the 3 MPs was no longer nationwide, but district-based.
  4. For the election in Vermont an absolute majority was required, which was not achieved in one of the two districts, which is why there was a second election on September 6, 1791.