Talk:1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections

Seat totals don't add up
According to the infobox at the top of the page, 39 Pro-Administrationists and 30 Anti-Administrationists were elected to the 2nd House of Representatives. The accompanying map, however, as well as the table of state totals, shows the Pro-Administration party with 40 seats and the Anti-Administration party with 29 after late elections in Vermont and Kentucky are taken into account (while the state results table lists the "total" number of Pro-Administration members as "39," adding the number of Pro-Administration members from each state given in the table above yields a sum of 40). The U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Historian, a source for this article, gives 39–30 as the partisan composition of the House at the beginning of the 1791–1793 session. It is not clear what the source is for the state totals depicted in either the map or the state results table.

I don't want to delete these graphics wholesale, but there is clearly an error somewhere—either the infobox numbers are incorrect, or the map/table are. Personally, I'm inclined to believe 39–30 is the correct statistic because it is backed up by the official historian of the House, but I can't be sure where the error lies (or how to correct it) without a source for the state-by-state results of the election. Any insight into the source for the map/table or an alternative source for the state results would be appreciated. Nathaniel Greene (talk) 23:48, 6 March 2019 (UTC)


 * The map is in error: Kentucky should not be included as its elections were not until 1792. —GoldRingChip 03:02, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I have removed Kentucky from the map. —GoldRingChip 13:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank-you! Nathaniel Greene (talk) 23:55, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

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Chesapeak Party?
Why is Maryland listed as having been dominated by the "Chesapeak Party"? I didn't see any sources for it and the article doesn't elaborate on it. LABoy12 (talk) 19:06, 18 March 2023 (UTC)