1790 and 1791 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
South Carolina 1 Charleston Division William L. Smith Pro-Administration 1788 Incumbent re-elected √ William L. Smith ( Pro-Administration )
South Carolina 2 Beaufort Division Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration 1788 Retired ? Pro-Administration gain √ Robert Barnwell ( Pro-Administration )
South Carolina 3 Georgetown Division Daniel Huger Pro-Administration 1788 Incumbent re-elected √ Daniel Huger ( Pro-Administration )
South Carolina 4 Camden Division Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration 1788 Incumbent re-elected √ Thomas Sumter ( Anti-Administration )
South Carolina 5 Ninety-Six Division Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration 1788 Incumbent re-elected √ Thomas Tudor Tucker ( Anti-Administration )
South Carolina
Main article : 1790 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina See also : List of United States Representatives from South Carolina
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd Congress took place in 1790 and 1791, in the middle of President George Washington's first term. While formal political parties still did not exist, coalitions of pro-Washington (pro-Administration) representatives and anti-Administration representatives each gained two seats as a result of the addition of new states to the union. Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg, who had led the Pro-Administrationists in 1789, switched loyalties to the Anti-Administrationists during the tenure of the 1st Congress. He failed to win election to the Speakership as their leader as a result of these elections, and was succeeded by Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who became the 2nd Speaker of the House.