United States House of Representatives elections, 1806

United States House of Representatives elections, 1806

1804 ← → 1808

All 142 seats to the United States House of Representatives 72 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Joseph Bradley Varnum Charles Goldsborough Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Leader's seat Massachusetts-4th Maryland-8th Last election 114 28 Seats won 116 26 Seat change +2 -2

Speaker before election Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican Elected Speaker Joseph Bradley Varnum Democratic-Republican

The U.S. House election, 1806 was an election for the United States House of Representatives to the Tenth United States Congress. Voting in the various states took place between April 1806 (New York) and August 1807 (Tennessee) with the Congress meeting on October 26, 1807.

The Democratic-Republicans continued to command a huge supermajority, as they gained a small number of new seats. Commitment to agrarian policy allowed the Democratic-Republicans to dominate rural districts, which represented the bulk of the nation. Meanwhile, supporters of the Federalists, even in their traditional base of support in the urban centers of coastal New England, continued to grow with discontent over party ineffectiveness.

Overall results

Party	Total seats (change)		Seat percentage
Democratic-Republicans	116	+2	81.7%
Federalists	26	-2	18.3%
Totals	142	0	100%