Election to the United States House of Representatives in 1792

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In the election to the United States House of Representatives in 1792, the House of Representatives were elected in the United States between August 27, 1792 and September 6, 1793 . The election was part of the general election for the 3rd United States Congress that year, in which a third of the US Senators were elected. At the same time, the presidential election of 1792 took place, in which the incumbent George Washington was re-elected.

At the time of the election, the United States consisted of 15 states . The number of MPs to be elected was 105. 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 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.

For the first time, the Pro-Administration Party did not have a majority in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, however, she was able to win a majority.

Election result

Distribution of seats
  
A total of 105 seats
  • Anti-Administration : 54
  • Pro-administration : 51

Total : 105

The results of the elections for the 2nd Congress are in brackets.

Changes in the course of the legislative period that do not affect the regular elections are not included in these figures, but are noted in the article on the 3rd 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 did not join the Union until 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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