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House of Representatives member pin for the 112th U.S. Congress . The 112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013.
This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up based on the 2010 United States census. Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.1%) in the aggregated vote totals from all House elections, [ 3 ] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in seats, thus retaining its ...
Freshman class of the House of Representatives, January 2011. The 112th United States Congress began on January 3, 2011. There were 13 new senators (one Democrat, 12 Republicans) and 94 new representatives (nine Democrats, 85 Republicans) at the start of its first session.
2012 United States Senate elections (34 P) P. ... List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 112th Congress by seniority;
2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election; 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico; 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York; 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina; 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year Congress (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 2012 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number. In the 112th Congress, Tom Harkin is the most senior junior senator, and Jeanne Shaheen is the most junior senior senator.
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress , retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives .
Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012. [1]