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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 7th Congress in 1800 and 1801 at the same time as the 1800 presidential election in which Vice President Thomas Jefferson a Democratic Republican defeated incumbent President John Adams a Federalist.These elections resulted in the Democratic-Republicans picking up 22 seats from the Federalists. This brought the Democratic-Republicans a solid majority of 68 seats whereas the Federalists were only able to secure 38.
