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United States House of Representatives elections, 1844

United States House of Representatives elections, 1844
Party Democratic Party Whig Party American Party Totals Preceded by 1842 Total seats (change) 142 79 6 227 -5 +7 +6 +4 Seat percentage 62.6% 34.8% 2.6% 100% Succeeded by 1846

U.S. House elections

The United States House election, 1844 to select Representatives to the Twenty-ninth Congress were held in the various states between July 1, 1844 and November 4, 1845 in which all 227 members of the United States House of Representatives were elected and who took their seats when Congress assembled December 1, 1845. It coincided, more and less, with the Presidential election of 1844. The new states of Texas and Iowa were added during this Congress, electing their Representatives in 1846. Darkhorse candidate James K. Polk, a Democrat, won the White House in 1844 on a campaign advocating territorial expansion, but his party lost several seats. However,

they kept their large majority. The American Party, based on anti-immigration and antiCatholic feelings, also picked up its first seats in Congress. The fragmentation of votes by this new party, combined with a generally negative political environment cause by dislike of outgoing president John Tyler, led to the slight Democratic loses.

Overall results See also
• http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/ Congressional_History/index.html

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