United States House of Representatives elections, 1790
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The U.S. House election, 1790 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1790 which occurred in the middle of President George Washington's first term. While formal political parties did not yet exist during this election, the coalition of pro-President Washington (Pro-Administration) representatives as well as the group of Anti-Administration representatives, each gained two seats because of the addition of new states to the union.
In this period each state fixed its own date for a congressional general election; as early as April 1790 (New York) or as late as October 11, 1791 (Pennsylvania). This article covers all such state elections to the 2nd Congress. 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.
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North Carolina and Rhode Island each ratified the constitution on November 21, 1789 and May 29, 1790 respectively. They didn't elect represntatives until 1790.
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- ^ Rhode Island had a majority vote requirement for victory, which was met at the general election.
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