Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.
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| Washington | (none) | 4th 1795-1797 | 12 | 18CP | 54C | 51P | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th CONGRESS- in General SENATE:18 Administration, 12 Opposition TENNESSEE was admitted as the 16th State of the Union on 1 June 1796: as this was after the odd-numbered year in which the 4th Congress took office [this being 1795], Tennessee's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 4th Congress; neither is Tennessee's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 4th CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives In the election held in PENNSYLVANIA's 4th Congressional District (a multi-member district electing 2 Representatives in Congress), it appears that the pro-Administration candidate James Morris had actually won a seat in the 4th Congress (the other seat in this district went to pro-Administration Samuel Sitgreaves) but predeceased the Congress. The Governor of the Commonwealth refused to certify a winner, thus throwing the determination of the outcome of this election to the U.S. House of Representatives itself: the Committee on Elections reported out a decision that the seat should be declared vacant- however, the full House instead voted to seat John Richards, the Opposition candidate who had apparently been defeated by the late Mr. Morris. Nevertheless, in the opinion of TheGreenPapers.com, the election for this seat should be counted as having elected the pro-Administration candidate and this decision is reflected in the State-by-State Breakdown below as well as in the total breakdown for the 4th Congress in the main table.
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