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| Office | House of Representatives |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 0000 - 12:00am |
| Polls Open | July 01, 1822 - 06:00am |
| Polls Close | August 14, 1823 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | March 04, 1823 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | March 04, 1825 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Modified | Chronicler December 02, 2007 10:34am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description | The 1822 U.S. House election, as in all U.S. House elections prior to 1872, was waged over a year-long season. The first state to hold congressional elections for the 18th Congress was Louisiana on 7/1-3/1822, and the last state to vote was North Carolina on 8/14/1823. The U.S. House assembled on 12/1/1823, though the term of office technically began on 3/4/1823.
The campaign was waged between the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party. Many historians classify the parties of the Representatives based on how they voted in the Contingent Election of 1825, at the end of the 18th Congress. Michael J. Dubin classifies candidates based on the political parties supporting them in the elections of 1822-1823 (though he does not provide a nationwide tally).
The Democratic-Republican Party benefited heavily from the shifting demographics resulting from the 1820 U.S. Census; they gained 29 of 32 new seats created as a result of redistricting. Four states lost one seat each in the House, and of these the Democratic Republicans lost three seats to one for the Federalists. In other races, the Federalists lost a net of two seats, primarily due to their loss of six seats in Pennsylvania. Federalists were elected primarily along the east coast, where they won 23 out of 161 seats (14%) from New England (Maine 2 and Massachusetts 8) south to Pennsylvania (5), Delaware (1), Maryland (3), Virginia (2) and North Carolina (2). By contrast, inland states elected 59 Democratic Republicans to three Federalists (5%, all in Ohio). |
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189 (88.73%)