1806–07 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1806–07 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 29, 1806 (in New York) and August 4, 1807 (in Tennessee). Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 10th United States Congress convened on October 26, 1807. They occurred during Thomas Jefferson's second term. Elections were held for all 142 seats, representing 17 states.

1806–07 United States House of Representatives elections
April 29, 1806 – August 4, 1807
All 142 seats in the United States House of Representatives
72 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph Bradley Varnum Charles Goldsborough
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Leader's seat Massachusetts 4th Maryland 8th
Last election 114 seats 28 seats
Seats won 116 26
Seat change 2 2
'Results:
     Federalist hold      Federalist gain
     Democratic-Republican hold      Democratic-Republican gain
     Dissident Republican hold      Dissident Republican Gain
     Undistricted
Speaker before election

Nathaniel Macon
Democratic-Republican

 Elected Speaker

Joseph Bradley Varnum
Democratic-Republican

The Democratic-Republicans continued to build on their huge supermajority. They were actually able to take over two more seats than they had in the previous Congress, which they controlled by a margin of better than three to one. Commitment to agrarian policy allowed the Democratic-Republicans to dominate rural districts, which represented the bulk of the nation. On the other hand, supporters of the Federalists, even in their traditional base of support in the urban centers of coastal New England, continued to lament the ineffectiveness of their party and its lack of electoral appeal.

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