United States House of Representatives elections, 1810

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April 24, 1810 - August 2, 1811

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All 143 seats to the United States House of Representatives
72 seats were needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Henry Clay	Timothy Pitkin
Party	Democratic-Republican	Federalist
Leader's seat	Kentucky-3rd	Connecticut-AL
Last election	94 seats	48 seats
Seats won	107	36
Seat change	13	12

Speaker before election

Joseph Bradley Varnum
Democratic-Republican

Elected Speaker

Henry Clay
Democratic-Republican

Joseph Bradley Varnum
Democratic-Republican

Henry Clay
Democratic-Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 12th Congress were held in the various states at various dates between April 1810 (in New York) and August 1811 (in Tennessee) during James Madison's first term in office. Louisiana elected its first representative in September 1812. Congress assembled on November 4, 1811. The first session witnessed the unprecedented occurrence of a new member, Henry Clay, being elected Speaker of the House on the very first day that he entered the chamber. No other individual has ever repeated this feat.

With the repeal of the Embargo Act of 1807, the Democratic-Republicans enjoyed a renewed popularity. As the economy improved following the reopening of the export market, many of the seats that had entered Federalist hands over economic concerns reverted to the Democratic-Republicans, who were able to re-claim the two-thirds majority they lost in the previous election.

One new seat was added with the admission of Louisiana in 1812, during the 2nd session of the 12th Congress

Louisiana elected its first representative in 1812.

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