1792 United States Federal Election (Parliamentary U.S.)

The 1792 United States federal election was the third United States federal election for the United States House of Representatives. It was held from September 3rd to October 3rd, 1792. Following eight years of control by the Federalists, they suffered their first formal electoral defeat as the Democratic-Republicans managed to garner significant popularity of their policies under Thomas Jefferson who spent extensive resources outlining an ambitious agenda across the nation, gaining

As a result of a populace tiring of Federalist ideals, the wide spread popularity of Thomas Jefferson, and the addition of dozens of new seats from the 1790 Census, the Democratic-Republicans managed to gain control of the House by winning 28 new seats, giving them a razor-thin majority. Even so, they only managed to win 47.9% of the popular vote while the Federalists, who gained 13 seats in the election, won the popular vote 52.1%, a 4.2% margin. Following the election, James Madison announced his formal resignation as leader of the Federalists and Alexander Hamilton would be voted the new leader of the party. This election marked the first time the Federalists did not hold a majority of seats in the House and marked the first time in an election where the losing party won a clear majority of the popular vote.