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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 11th Congress were held in the various states between April 1808 (in New York) and May 1809 (in Tennessee). The Congress first met on May 22 1809.Although the Democratic-Republicans maintained control of the presidency (under James Madison) and Congress after the election of 1808 Federalists made significant gains in the House mainly due to the unpopularity of the Embargo Act of 1807.
