Elections occurred in the middle of Democratic-Republican President James Monroe's second term, and was the last election of the First Party System. Members of the 18th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The 1820 census added 26 seats to the House. The Democratic-Republicans continued to dominate both chambers of Congress.[3][4]
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- ↑ Not counting special elections.
- 1 2 Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
- ↑ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved June 25, 2014.