1792 United States elections
← House elections | |
Overall control | Anti-Administration gain |
---|---|
Seats contested | All 105 voting members |
Net seat change | Anti-Administration +24[2] |
House of Representatives elections Pro-Administration (F) majority Anti-Administration (DR) majority Even split |
The 1792 United States elections elected the members of the 3rd United States Congress. Congress was broadly divided between a Pro-Administration faction supporting the policies of George Washington's administration and an Anti-Administration faction opposed to those policies. Due to this, the Federalist Party (generally overlapping with the Pro-Administration faction) and the Democratic-Republican Party (generally overlapping with the Anti-Administration faction) were starting to emerge as the distinct political parties of the First Party System. In this election, the Pro-Administration faction maintained control of the Senate, but lost its majority in the House.
In the presidential election, incumbent President
In the
In the Senate, the Anti-Administration faction picked up one seat, but the Pro-Administration faction maintained a small majority.[8]
See also
- 1792 United States presidential election
- 1792–93 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1792–93 United States Senate elections
References
- ^ Not counting special elections.
- ^ a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
- ^ "1792 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Presidential elections". History.com. History Channel. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ Jamison, Dennis (December 31, 2014). "George Washington's views on political parties in America". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ISBN 978-0691156446. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.