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The election marked the first occurrence of the six-year itch phenomenon, in which a president's party lost many Congressional seats during the president's second mid-term election. The Panic of 1873, a series of scandals, and an unpopular Congressional pay raise all damaged the Republican Party's brand.
The election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership. This was the first presidential election in American history to be a rematch. It was also the first election in American history where an incumbent president did not win re-election. Adams had narrowly defeated Jefferson in the 1796 election.
The 1874–75 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 1, 1874, and September 7, 1875. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 44th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1875.
United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1874; Election Riot of 1874; 1874 New York state election; United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1874; 1874 South Carolina gubernatorial election; 1874 and 1875 United States House of Representatives elections; 1874 and 1875 United States Senate elections
Presidential election year: Incumbent president: John Adams (Federalist) Next Congress: 7th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic-Republican gain: Electoral vote: Thomas Jefferson (DR) 73 [1] John Adams (F) 65: 1800 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Jefferson, burnt orange denotes states won by Adams ...
The 1800 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on December 1, 1800, during a special session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. [1] Members of the bicameral state legislature chose 15 electors to represent Pennsylvania in the Electoral College as part of the 1800 United States presidential election .
The White League had formed in 1874 as an insurgent, white Democratic paramilitary group in Grant Parish and nearby parishes [2] on the Red River of the South in Louisiana.The League was founded by members of the white militia who had committed the Colfax Massacre in Louisiana in 1873, killing numerous black people in order to turn out Republicans from parish offices as part of the disputed ...
Jefferson was aided by an effective Democratic-Republican party organization, which had continued to develop since 1800, especially in the Federalist stronghold of New England. [2] Jefferson's victory was overwhelming, and he even won four of the five New England states. Pinckney won only two states, Connecticut and Delaware. This was the first ...