United States House of Representatives elections, 1804

United States House of Representatives elections, 1804

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All 142 seats to the United States House of Representatives
72 seats were needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Nathaniel Macon John Cotton Smith
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Leader's seat North Carolina-6th Connecticut-AL
Last election 103 39
Seats won 114 28
Seat change +11 -11

Speaker before election

Nathaniel Macon
Democratic-Republican

Elected Speaker

Nathaniel Macon
Democratic-Republican

The U.S. House election, 1804 was an election for the United States House of Representatives to the Ninth United States Congress. Voting in the various states took place between April 1804 (New York) and August 1805 (Tennessee) with the Congress meeting on December 2, 1805.

Under the popular reign of Thomas Jefferson, the president's party continued to gain seats in the House. Territorial and economic expansion both gave voters a positive view of the Democratic-Republicans, which eclipsed the 3/4 mark in terms of seat percentage. Following this election, Federalists held few seats outside of New England and party legitimacy was being corroded as political thought turned away from the rather aristocratic Federalist ideals.

Overall results

Party Total seats (change) Seat percentage
Democratic-Republicans 114 +11 80.3%
Federalists 28 -11 19.7%
Totals 142 0 100%