Mapping Early American Elections

U.S. Congressional Maps (1788-1825)

1st Congress
2nd Congress
3rd Congress
4th Congress
5th Congress
6th Congress
7th Congress
8th Congress
9th Congress
10th Congress
11th Congress
12th Congress
13th Congress
14th Congress
15th Congress
16th Congress
17th Congress
18th Congress
19th Congress

Selected State Legislative Maps

About This Project

Explore how Americans voted for their legislators during the formative era of American politics, 1788–1825. Mapping Early American Elections provides interactive maps and tables of U.S. Congressional elections during the First Party System, contextual essays, open access data, and tutorials. Learn more.

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Mapping Early American Elections is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

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