1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections

1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections
April 27, 1790 – October 11, 1791
All 67 seats in the United States House of Representatives
34 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jonathan Trumbull Jr. James Madison
Party Pro-Administration Anti-Administration
Leader's seat Connecticut at-large Virginia 5th
Last election 37 seats 28 seats
Seats won 39 30
Seat change 2 2
Results:
     Pro-Administration hold      Pro-Administration gain
     Anti-Administration hold      Anti-Administration gain
     Chesapeake gain
     Undistricted territory
Speaker before election

Frederick Muhlenberg
Pro-Administration

 Elected Speaker

Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Pro-Administration

The 1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 27, 1790, and October 11, 1791. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 2nd United States Congress convened on October 24, 1791. This was the first midterm election cycle, which took place in the middle of President George Washington's first term. The size of the House increased to 67 seats after the new state of Vermont elected its first representatives.

While formal political parties still did not exist, coalitions of pro-Washington (Pro-Admin.) representatives and anti-Administration representatives each gained two seats as a result of the addition of new states to the union.

Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg was succeeded by Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who became the 2nd Speaker of the House.

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