1792 and 1793 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd Congress were held in 1792 and 1793, coinciding with the re-election of George Washington as President. While Washington ran for president as an independent, his followers (more specifically, the supporters of Alexander Hamilton) formed the nation's first organized political party, the Federalist Party, whose members and sympathizers are identified as pro-Administration on this page. In response, followers of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison created the opposition Democratic-Republican Party, who are identified as anti-Administration on this page. The Federalists promoted urbanization, industrialization, mercantilism, centralized government, and a broad interpretation of the United States Constitution. In contrast, Democratic-Republicans supported the ideal of an agrarian republic made up of self-sufficient farmers and small, localized governments with limited power.
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Despite nearly unanimous support for Washington as a presidential candidate, Jeffersonian ideas edged out Hamiltonian principles at the ballot box for congressional candidates, with the Democratic-Republicans taking 24 seats more than they had prior to the organization of their political movement. Most of the increase was due to the addition of new seats in Western regions as a result of the United States census of 1790. Dominated by agrarian culture, these Western territories offered strong support to Democratic-Republican congressional candidates. As a result, they secured a thin majority in the legislature.
Election summaries
In this period, each state fixed its own date for a congressional general election, as early as August 1792 (in New Hampshire and Rhode Island) and as late as September 1793 (in Kentucky). 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), but as the first session of Congress typically began in November or December, the elections took place before Congress actually met. The 3rd Congress first met on December 2, 1793.
These were the first elections held after reapportionment following the first census. Thirty-six new seats were added,[2] with 1 state losing 1 seat, 3 states having no change, and the remaining 11 states gaining between 1 and 9 seats. This was the first apportionment based on actual census data, the apportionment for the 1st and 2nd Congresses being set by the Constitution using estimated populations.
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New Hampshire | At-large | August 27, 1792 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Rhode Island | At-large | August 28, 1792 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Connecticut | At-large | September 17, 1792 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
Georgia | At-large | October 1, 1792 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Maryland | Districts | October 1, 1792 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||
Delaware | At-large | October 2, 1792 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
New Jersey | At-large | October 9, 1792 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
Pennsylvania | At-large | October 9, 1792 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |||
Massachusetts | Mixed | November 2, 1792[lower-alpha 1] | 14 | 3 | 11 | |||
New York | Districts | January 2, 1793 | 10 | 3 | 7 | |||
Vermont | Districts | January 7, 1793[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
South Carolina | Districts | February 5, 1793 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||
North Carolina | Districts | February 15, 1793 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |||
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Virginia | Districts | March 18, 1793 | 19 | 15 | 4 | |||
Kentucky | Districts | September 6, 1793 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 105 | 54 51.4% |
51 48.6% |
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End of the 2nd Congress
With new seats, due to reapportionment, outlined.
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Special elections
There were special elections in 1792 and 1793 during the 2nd United States Congress and 3rd United States Congress.
Elections are sorted here by state then district.
2nd Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 1 "Southern District" |
Kentucky admitted June 1, 1792. | New member elected September 7, 1792. Anti-Administration gain. Winner seated November 9, 1792.[3] Winner was later re-elected to the next term, see below. |
Christopher Greenup (Anti-Administration)[lower-alpha 3] Robert Brackenridge | ||
Kentucky 2 "Northern District" |
Kentucky admitted June 1, 1792. | New member elected September 7, 1792. Anti-Administration gain. Winner seated November 8, 1792.[3] Winner was later re-elected to the next term, see below. |
Alexander D. Orr (Anti-Administration)[lower-alpha 3] Hubbard Taylor | ||
Georgia 1 | Anthony Wayne | Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent disqualified March 21, 1792. New member elected July 9, 1792. Anti-Administration hold. Winner later lost re-election to the next term, see below. |
Matthew MacAllister (Pro-Administration) 44.8% John Glen 0.2%[4] |
Maryland 2 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent resigned December 6, 1792 to become Chief Justice of Maryland's 3rd Judicial District. New member elected January 7–10, 1793. Pro-Administration gain. Winner was already elected to the next term, see below. |
Thomas Whittington 36.8%[5] |
3rd Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Connecticut at-large | Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent resigned to become Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. New member elected April 8, 1793.[lower-alpha 4] Pro-Administration hold. |
Zephaniah Swift (Pro-Administration) 18.5% Asher Miller[lower-alpha 5] 16.1% Jonathan Ingersoll (Pro-Administration) 9.9% Tapping Reeve[lower-alpha 5] 5.7% |
Connecticut at-large | Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Representative-elect resigned. New member elected September 16, 1793. Pro-Administration hold. |
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Connecticut at-large | Jonathan Ingersoll | Pro-Administration | 1793 (Special) | Representative-elect Ingersoll declined the seat and Representative-elect Mitchell resigned to become U.S. Senator. Two new members elected on a general ticket November 11, 1793. Two Pro-Administration holds. |
James Davenport (Pro-Administration) 17.2% Roger Griswold (Pro-Administration) 12.6% Chauncey Goodrich (Pro-Administration) 5.1% Nathaniel Smith (Pro-Administration) 3.1% Samuel W. Dana (Pro-Administration) 2.1% |
Connecticut at-large | Stephen M. Mitchell | Pro-Administration | 1792 |
Connecticut
Connecticut gained two seats in reapportionment following the 1790 census.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
James Hillhouse | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Uriah Tracy (Pro-Admin) 6.3% Jonathan Ingersoll 5.4% Asher Miller 4.3% Zephaniah Swift (Pro-Admin) 4.3% Tapping Reeve 3.0% |
Amasa Learned | Pro-Administration | 1791 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. | ||||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Three special elections followed the 1792 elections in Connecticut after Representatives-elect Sturges and Huntington resigned before the start of Congress and Mitchell was elected to the Senate.
Delaware
Delaware's apportionment did not change following the 1790 census. As in the 1st and 2nd Congresses, each voter cast votes for two separate candidates, at least one of whom had to be from a different county as the voter.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Delaware at-large | John M. Vining | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. Election was later challenged and overturned.[1] |
Henry Latimer (Pro-Admin) 38.3% Francis Many 11.7% Edward Roche 7.9% Andrew Barrett 3.3% |
Georgia
Following the 1790 census, Georgia's apportionment was decreased from 3 seats to 2 (the only state whose representation decreased after the census). Georgia switched from separate districts to at-large seats.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Georgia at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
John Milledge Redistricted from the 1st district |
Anti-Administration | 1792 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
George Mathews 10.8% John Milledge (Anti-Admin) 8.1% Scattering 7.0% Francis Willis (Anti-Admin) 0.3% |
Abraham Baldwin Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Francis Willis Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration loss |
Kentucky
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Kentucky 1 "Southern District" |
Christopher Greenup | Anti-Administration | 1792 (New state) | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Kentucky 2 "Northern district" |
Alexander D. Orr | Anti-Administration | 1792 (New state) | Incumbent re-elected. |
Maryland
Maryland increased from 6 to 8 representatives after the 1790 census. The previous mixed district/at-large system was replaced with a conventional district system.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Maryland 1 | Philip Key | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
John Parnham (Pro-Admin) 29.8% Philip Key (Pro-Admin) 25.5% |
Maryland 2 | John Francis Mercer Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1791 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | John Thomas (Pro-Admin) 42.1% Richard A. Contee 0.9% |
Maryland 3 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
William Dorsey (Anti-Admin) 28.1% Others 0.1% | ||
Maryland 4 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Maryland 5 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Charles Ridgely (Anti-Admin) 38.9% | ||
Maryland 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
William Matthews (Pro-Admin) 36.4% | ||
Maryland 7 | Joshua Seney Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. Incumbent then resigned December 6, 1792 to become Chief Justice of Maryland's 3rd Judicial District. Winner was then also elected to finish the term, see above. |
James Tilghman (Anti-Admin) 48.3%[7] |
Maryland 8 | William V. Murray Redistricted from the 5th district |
Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Littleton Dennis (Pro-Admin) 5.4% Others 0.9% |
Massachusetts
Following the 1790 Census, Massachusetts's representation increased from eight to fourteen Representatives and was redistricted into four plural districts, plus a single at-large district. The 4th district covered the District of Maine (the modern-day State of Maine). The plural districts were concurrent tickets rather than a single general ticket, though the 1st and Massachusetts 2s appear to have also had a general ticket alongside the more specific tickets.
As before, a majority was required for election, in those districts where a majority was not achieved, additional ballots were required.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Massachusetts 1 (4 seats) Seat A: At-large |
None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
First ballot (November 2, 1792): Jonathan Jones 39.8% William Heath 31.0% James Bowdoin 23.2% Theophilus Parsons 6.0% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): Jonathan Jones 29.3% Samuel Holten (Anti-Admin) 25.6% James Bowdoin 17.1% Samuel Sewall (Pro-Admin) 13.1% William Heath 8.3% Joseph Bradley Varnum (Anti-Admin) 3.8% Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) 2.8% Third ballot (April 1, 1793): Benjamin Austin 30.1% | ||
Massachusetts 1 (4 seats) Seat B: Essex County |
Benjamin Goodhue Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Massachusetts 1 (4 seats) Seat C: Middlesex County |
Elbridge Gerry Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Anti-Admin) 26.2% Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) 12.4% |
Massachusetts 1 (4 seats) Seat D: Suffolk County |
Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | Benjamin Austin 37.6% |
Massachusetts 2 (4 seats) Seat A: At-large |
None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
First ballot (November 2, 1792): Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 41.3% Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) 37.9% William Lyman (Anti-Admin) 6.7% Samuel Moorhaus 6.2% Simson Strong 4.% Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) 3.5% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 35.4% Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) 25.1% Thomson J. Skinner (Anti-Admin) 19.6% William Lyman (Anti-Admin) 12.1% Jonathan Grout (Anti-Admin) 4.0% William Shepard (Pro-Admin) 3.8% Third ballot (April 1, 1793): Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 44.7% | ||
Massachusetts 2 (4 seats) Seat B: Berkshire County |
Theodore Sedgwick Redistricted from the 4th district |
Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | Thomson J. Skinner (Anti-Admin) 29.1% John Bacon (Anti-Admin) 7.1% |
Massachusetts 2 (4 seats) Seat C: Hampshire County |
None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
First ballot (November 2, 1792): Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 37.4% William Lyman (Anti-Admin) 32.3% Thomas Dwight (Pro-Admin) 16.8% Samuel Hinshaur 6.7% John Williams 3.6% Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) 3.1% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): William Lyman (Anti-Admin) 38.0% Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 31.3% William Shepard (Pro-Admin) 18.0% Thomas Dwight (Pro-Admin) 12.7% Third ballot (April 1, 1793): Samuel Lyman (Pro-Admin) 46.9% | ||
Massachusetts 2 (4 seats) Seat D: Worcester County |
Artemas Ward Redistricted from the 7th district |
Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Jonathan Grout (Anti-Admin) 36.8% Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) 3.8% |
Massachusetts 3 (2 seats) Seat A: Barnstable, Dukes, & Nantucket Counties |
George Leonard Redistricted from the 6th district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. |
George Leonard (Pro-Admin) 34.3% Phanuel Bishop (Anti-Admin) 13.1% |
Massachusetts 3 (2 seats) Seat B: Bristol & Plymouth Counties |
Shearjashub Bourne Redistricted from the 5th district |
Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot (November 2, 1792): John Davis 49.2% Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) 26.1% James Warren 24.8% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): John Davis 40.6% James Warren 6.4% |
Massachusetts 4 (3 seats) District of Maine Seat A: Cumberland County |
None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
First ballot (November 2, 1792): Daniel Davis 40.0% Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) 38.6% Robert Southgate 11.7% Josiah Thacker 9.8% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) 48.4% Daniel Davis 42.2% Robert Southgate 9.4% Third ballot (April 1, 1793): Daniel Davis 42.0% | ||
Massachusetts 4 (3 seats) District of Maine Seat B: Lincoln, Hancock, & Washington Counties |
None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
First ballot (November 2, 1792): William Lithgow 49.98% Henry Dearborn (Anti-Admin) 32.2% Daniel Coney 11.8% Alan Campbell 6.0% Second ballot (January 14, 1793): William Lithgow 39.1% | ||
Massachusetts 4 (3 seats) District of Maine Seat C: York County |
George Thatcher Redistricted from the 8th district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | Nathaniel Wells 35.4% Tristan Jordan 6.9% |
Massachusetts at-large | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Charles Jarvis 9.6% William Heath 6.9% Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) 4.9% Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) 2.1% Jonathan Jones 1.9% Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) 1.7% James Sullivan (Anti-Admin) 1.5% Samuel Horton 1.3% Scattering 17.4% |
New Hampshire
New Hampshire increased from 3 seats to 4 seats after the 1790 census.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
Jeremiah Smith | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Abiel Foster (Pro-Admin) 8.9% James Sheafe (Pro-Admin) 8.2% Nathaniel Peabody 7.7% Timothy Walker 4.0% William Page 2.3% Joshua Atherton 2.3% |
Samuel Livermore | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Retired Anti-Administration gain. | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
New Jersey
Following the 1790 census, New Jersey's apportionment increased from 4 to 5 seats.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[lower-alpha 6] |
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New Jersey at-large 5 seats on a general ticket |
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | Thomas Sinnickson (Pro-Admin) 48.7% Aaron Kitchell (Pro-Admin) 8.6% James Linn 5.2% Jonathan Elmer (Pro-Admin) 4.4% Samuel Dick 4.1% Thomas Henderson 2.9% |
Abraham Clark | Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan Dayton | Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Aaron Kitchell | Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
New York
Due to re-apportionment following the 1790 census, New York's congressional delegation grew from 6 to 10. Three incumbents ran for re-election, two of whom won, and the other three incumbents retired. With the increase following re-apportionment, this left seven open seats.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New York 1 | Thomas Tredwell | Anti-Administration | 1791 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | Joshua Sands (Pro-Admin) 26.6% Harry Peters (Pro-Admin) 23.3% |
New York 2 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
William S. Livingston (Anti-Admin) 27.3% | ||
New York 3 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Richard Hatfield (Pro-Admin) 44.5% | ||
New York 4 | Cornelius C. Schoonmaker | Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
John Hathorn (Anti-Admin) 46.8% John Carpenter (Anti-Admin) 2.3% Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (Anti-Admin) 1.7% William Thompson (Anti-Admin) 1.3% Jesse Woodhull (Anti-Admin) 0.6% |
New York 5 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
James Kent (Pro-Admin) 46.4% | ||
New York 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Peter R. Livingston (Anti-Admin) 34.1% Peter Van Ness (Anti-Admin) 30.8% | ||
New York 7 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Henry K. Van Rensselaer (Anti-Admin) 42.5% Thomas Sickles (Anti-Admin) 0.6% | ||
New York 8 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (Anti-Admin) 36.2% | ||
New York 9 | James Gordon Redistricted from the 6th district |
Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | John Williams (Anti-Admin) 41.2% John M. Thompson (Anti-Admin) 12.8% |
New York 10 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
William Cooper (Pro-Admin) 26.6% John Winn (Anti-Admin) 25.7% Andrew Fink (Anti-Admin) 11.3% Josiah Crane (Anti-Admin) 2.4% |
North Carolina
Following the 1790 census, North Carolina's apportionment increased from 5 to 10 seats.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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North Carolina 1 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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North Carolina 2 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Alexander[lower-alpha 7](Pro-Admin) Montford Stokes | ||
North Carolina 3 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Jesse Franklin (Anti-Admin) John Williams (Anti-Admin) James Martin Clarke[lower-alpha 7] | ||
North Carolina 4 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Stephen Moore (Pro-Admin) 39.0% Ambrose Ramsay 16.2% | ||
North Carolina 5 | Nathaniel Macon Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
North Carolina 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
William Henry Hill (Pro-Admin) Benjamin Smith | ||
North Carolina 7 | William B. Grove Redistricted from the 5th district |
Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
North Carolina 8 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Stephen Cabarrus (Anti-Admin) 36.1% William Cumming 0.2% | ||
North Carolina 9 | John B. Ashe Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold. |
John B. Ashe (Anti-Admin) John Leigh (Pro-Admin) |
North Carolina 10 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
William Maclure (Anti-Admin) |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania switched from using districts to electing its representatives on an at-large basis for the 3rd Congress, just as it had done for the 1st Congress. This would be the last time that Pennsylvania would elect all of its Representatives at-large. Due to re-apportionment following the 1790 census, Pennsylvania's delegation increased from 8 representatives to 13.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[8] |
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Pennsylvania at-large 13 seats on a general ticket |
Thomas Fitzsimons Redistricted from the 1st district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | Samuel Sitgreaves (Pro-Admin) 3.86% Jonathan D. Sergeant (Anti-Admin) 3.74% John Barclay (Anti-Admin) 3.70% Charles Thomson (Anti-Admin) 3.68% William Bingham (Pro-Admin) 3.59% Henry Wynkoop (Pro-Admin) 3.55% Israel Jacobs (Pro-Admin) 0.65% |
Frederick Muhlenberg Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Israel Jacobs Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
Daniel Hiester Redistricted from the 4th district |
Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John W. Kittera Redistricted from the 5th district |
Pro-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Andrew Gregg Redistricted from the 6th district |
Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Thomas Hartley Redistricted from the 7th district |
Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
William Findley Redistricted from the 8th district |
Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. | ||||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. | ||||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. | ||||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. | ||||
None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Rhode Island
Rhode Island gained a second representative from the results of the 1790 census. Rhode Island did not divide itself into districts, but elected two at-large representatives.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Rhode Island at-large 2 seats elected at-large on a general ticket |
Benjamin Bourne | Pro-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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None (Seat created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
South Carolina
South Carolina gained one representative as a result of the 1790 census, increasing from 5 to 6.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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South Carolina 1 | William L. Smith | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | Thomas Tudor Tucker (Anti-Admin) 22.2% Jacob Read (Pro-Admin) 16.4% |
Thomas Tudor Tucker Redistricted from the 5th district |
Anti-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Administration loss. | ||
South Carolina 2 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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South Carolina 3 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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South Carolina 4 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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South Carolina 5 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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South Carolina 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Vermont
Vermont had no apportionment in the House of Representatives before 1790 census because it was not admitted to the Union until 1791. Vermont's election laws at the time required a majority to win election to the House of Representatives. If no candidate won a majority, a runoff election was held, which happened in the 1st district.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[lower-alpha 6] |
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Vermont 1 "Western district" |
Israel Smith | Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot: January 7, 1793 Israel Smith (Anti-Admin) 44.2% Matthew Lyon (Anti-Admin) 33.8% Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 17.8% Samuel Hitchcock 4.2% Second ballot: March 20, 1793 Matthew Lyon (Anti-Admin) 44.0% Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 4.3% Samuel Hitchcock 0.6% Others[lower-alpha 9] 0.1% |
Vermont 2 "Eastern district" |
Nathaniel Niles | Anti-Administration | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | Elijah Paine (Pro-Admin) 14.0% Stephen Jacob 7.7% Paul Brigham (Anti-Admin) 4.4% Samuel Cutler 3.9% Daniel Buck (Pro-Admin) 3.5% Isaac Tichenor (Pro-Admin) 2.2% Others 4.0% |
Virginia
Virginia gained nine representatives from the 1790 census, and in addition, the old 2nd district was lost after its territory became the new State of Kentucky. There were, therefore, ten new districts created for the 3rd Congress.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Virginia 1 | Alexander White | Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
John Smith (Anti-Admin) 25.8% Alexander White (Pro-Admin) 17.6% |
Virginia 2 | Andrew Moore Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Virginia 3 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
George Jackson (Anti-Admin) Jeremiah Jacobs William MacCleery | ||
Virginia 4 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. Results subsequently challenged but upheld. |
Abraham Trigg | ||
Virginia 5 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Pro-Administration gain. |
Charles Clay 34.0% Calohill Minnis 5.5% | ||
Virginia 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Virginia 7 | Abraham B. Venable Redistricted from the 6th district |
Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Joseph Wyatt Thomas Scott (Pro-Admin) Tarlton Woodson (Pro-Admin) |
Virginia 8 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Richard Kennon Jesse Brown J. Nicholson | ||
Virginia 9 | William B. Giles | Anti-Administration | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | Robert Bolling |
Virginia 10 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
John H. Briggs | ||
Virginia 11 | Josiah Parker Redistricted from the 8th district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. as Pro-Administration |
John Neirson |
Virginia 12 | John Page Redistricted from the 7th district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Virginia 13 | Samuel Griffin Redistricted from the 10th district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. as Pro-Administration |
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Virginia 14 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
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Virginia 15 | James Madison, Jr. Redistricted from the 5th district |
Anti-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Virginia 16 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
John Roane (Anti-Admin) Francis Corbin | ||
Virginia 17 | Richard Bland Lee Redistricted from the 4th district |
Pro-Administration | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | |
Virginia 18 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
William Pickett | ||
Virginia 19 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain. |
Walter Jones (Anti-Admin) Francis L. Lee |
See also
Notes
- Massachusetts required a majority for election, which led to additional ballots on January 14, 1793 and April 1, 1793.
- Vermont required a majority for election, which led to an additional ballot on March 20, 1793.
- Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data.
- Date given for the start of the term, of the person elected at the special election.[6] In some cases this is clearly wrong as the date of the legal start of the Congress is given, even though the member was elected at a later date.
- Party affiliation not given in source
- Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
- Source does not give full name.
- Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.
- Four individuals received 1 vote each.
- Had been Anti-Administration in the previous election.
References
- "Third Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- 1 Stat. 253
- "Second Congress (membership roster) – see footnotes 12 and 13" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:ga.uscongress.special.1792
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:md.uscongress2.1793
- See Congressional Biographical Directory.
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:md.uscongress7.1792
- Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/5m60qt50t
Bibliography
- "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: 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
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)