1794–95 United States House of Representatives elections

1794–95 United States House of Representatives elections
August 24, 1794 – September 5, 1795
All 105 seats in the United States House of Representatives
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Frederick Muhlenberg Jonathan Dayton
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Leader's seat Pennsylvania 2nd New Jersey at-large
Last election 54 seats 51 seats
Seats won 59 47
Seat change 5 4
Results:
     Democratic-Republican hold      Democratic-Republican gain
     Federalist hold      Federalist gain
     Undistricted territory or split plural district
Speaker before election

Frederick Muhlenberg
Pro-Administration

 Elected Speaker

Jonathan Dayton
Federalist

The 1794–95 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 25, 1794 (New Hampshire), and September 5, 1795 (Kentucky). Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 4th United States Congress convened on December 7, 1795. They were held during President George Washington's second term. Elections were held for all 105 seats, representing 15 states.

In the first election for the House of Representatives with organized political parties, the Democratic-Republican Party, which opposed the incumbent Washington Administration, defeated the pro-administration Federalist Party. The outgoing speaker, Frederick Muhlenberg, had supported the pro-administration forces during his first two terms, but was elected by a coalition made up mainly of anti-administration members in 1793, and by 1795 he was seen as more favorable to the Democratic-Republicans. Despite the Democratic-Republican majority, however, Muhlenberg was not re-elected, and was succeeded by Federalist Jonathan Dayton.

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