United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 1811

United States House of Representatives elections, 1810

← 1808 April 24, 1810 - August 2, 1811 1812 →
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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