United States House Committee on Elections

The United States House Committee on Elections is a former standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

Article 1, section 5, of the Constitution of the United States specifies: "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members." The Committee on Elections was established as the first standing committee of the House to perform this function on April 13, 1789, just two weeks after the first quorum allowed the House of Representatives to organize itself. Rule number 7 of the first rules adopted by the House of Representatives specifies the character and jurisdiction of the committee:

:7. A standing Committee on Elections shall be appointed, to consist of seven members, it shall be the duty of the said committee to examine and report upon the certificates of election, or other credentials of the members returned to serve in this House, and to take into their consideration all such matters as shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House, touching returns and elections, and to report their proceedings, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.Annals of the Congress of the United States, 1st Cong., 1st sess., April 13, 1789, p. 122.

From 1789 until the mid-19th century the number of contested election cases remained stable at an average of three per Congress. After the 34th Congress (1855–57) the number of contested seats rose sporadically to a peak of 38 during the 54th Congress (1895–97). In 1895, due to the increase in workload, the committee was split into three separate committees: Elections #1, Elections #2, and Elections #3. After 1935 the number of contested elections returned to an average of three per Congress, and in 1947 the three Elections Committees were abolished and their jurisdiction included in that of the new House Administration Committee.

In November 2018, Nancy Pelosi announced her intention to restore the Elections Subcommittee of the Committee on House Administration in the 116th Congress and name Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge the Chair.

Historical committee rosters

=1st Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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==3rd session==

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=4th Congress=

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=5th Congress=

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==3rd session==

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=6th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=7th Congress=

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==1st session==

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=8th Congress=

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=9th Congress=

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==2nd session==

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=10th Congress=

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==1st and 2nd sessions==

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==3rd session==

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=12th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=13th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==3rd session==

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=14th Congress=

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==1st session==

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=15th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=16th Congress=

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==1st session==

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=17th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=18th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=19th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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! Majority (Anti-Jacksonian){{cite book|url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llhj&fileName=020/llhj020.db&recNum=22|title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States|volume=20|year=1826|page=23}}

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=20th Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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=21st Congress=

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==1st and 2nd sessions==

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=22nd Congress=

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=23rd Congress=

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==1st session==

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==2nd session==

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References

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