Representatives had been elected in April 1808 to a term in the 11th United States Congress beginning on March 4, 1809.

William Denning never took his seat, and eventually resigned, leaving a vacancy in the 2nd District.

The incumbents Sage, Emott, Livingston, Sammons, Gold, Tracy and Porter were re-elected.

After some time both terms got more and more confused, and sometimes used together as "Democratic Republicans" which later historians have adopted (with a hyphen) to describe the party from the beginning, to avoid confusion with both the later established and still existing Democratic and Republican parties.

Samuel L. Mitchill took his seat in the 11th United States Congress on December 4, 1810.