Episode 4 of 8

House of Representatives Elections

When
December 1788 – January 1789
Where
United States
Part of
United States Presidential Election of 1788–89

Elections for the first House of Representatives were held alongside the presidential election process.

Elections for the 1788–89 United States House of Representatives were held during the same period as the presidential election. In New Hampshire and Massachusetts, popular votes for presidential electors were held alongside the elections for representatives in the new Congress, on December 15 and December 18, 1788, respectively.

Sources

  1. 1788–89 United States presidential election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30

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