1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections

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States held the 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections between August 2, 1852, and November 8, 1853. Each state set a date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 33rd United States Congress convened on December 5, 1853.

Quick facts All 234 seats in the United States House of Representatives 118 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1850 & 1851
August 2, 1852 – November 8, 1853
1854 & 1855 →
All 234 seats in the United States House of Representatives
118 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Linn Boyd Joseph R. Chandler
Party Democratic Whig
Leader's seat Kentucky 1st Pennsylvania 2nd
Last election 127 seats 85 seats
Seats won 157[a] 71[b]
Seat change Increase 30 Decrease 14
Popular vote 1,634,231[c] 1,321,904[c]
Percentage 51.67% 41.79%
Swing Increase 6.51pp Decrease 0.28pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Free Soil Independent
Last election 4 seats 4 seats[d]
Seats won 4 2[e]
Seat change Steady Decrease 2
Popular vote 125,271 54,738[c]
Percentage 3.96% 1.73%
Swing Increase 0.87pp Steady
Results:
     Democratic gain      Whig gain
     Democratic hold      Whig hold
     Free Soil hold      Free Soil gain
     Independent gain
Speaker before election

Linn Boyd
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Linn Boyd
Democratic

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The Democrats increased their House majority, while the Whigs underperformed. Effects of the Compromise of 1850 temporarily reduced sectional tensions. Both major parties aimed to unify around the 1852 Presidential campaign, but only the Democrats succeeded, electing compromise candidate Franklin Pierce, a Northerner favorable to Southern interests, to the Presidency.

Two small parties, the Union and Southern Rights parties, collapsed, while the Free Soil Party, opposing slavery in the Western territories, retained four seats. One Independent, Caleb Lyon, was elected from New York.

Election summaries

Following the 1850 census, the House was reapportioned. In the initial apportionment bill, the number of seats was unchanged,[1] but later one seat was added to California's delegation, increasing the size of the House to 234 seats.[2]

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158 4 1 71
Democratic FS I Whig
More information State, Type ...
State Type Date Total seats Democratic Free Soil Whig Others
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Iowa Districts August 2, 1852 2 Steady 1 Decrease1 0 Steady 1 Increase1 0 Steady
Missouri Districts August 2, 1852 7 Increase2 3[f] Increase1 0 Steady 4 Increase1 0 Steady
Vermont Districts September 7, 1852 3 Decrease1 0 Decrease1 0 Steady 3 Steady 0 Steady
Maine Districts September 13, 1852 6 Decrease1 3 Decrease2 0 Steady 3 Increase1 0 Steady
Florida At-large October 5, 1852 1 Steady 1 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Decrease1 0 Steady
Indiana Districts October 12, 1852 11 Increase1 10 Increase2 0 Steady 1 Decrease1 0 Steady
Ohio Districts October 12, 1852 21 Steady 12 Increase1 2 Increase1 7 Decrease2 0 Steady
Pennsylvania Districts October 12, 1852 25 Increase1 17 Increase2 0 Steady 8 Decrease1 0 Steady
California At-large November 2, 1852
(Election Day)[g]		 2 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Illinois Districts 9 Increase2 5[h] Decrease1 0 Steady 4 Increase3 0 Steady
Michigan Districts 4 Increase1 4 Increase3 0 Steady 0 Decrease2 0 Steady
New Jersey Districts 5 Steady 4 Steady 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
New York Districts 33 Decrease1 21 Increase4 1 Increase1 10 Decrease7 1[i] Increase1[j]
Wisconsin Districts 3 Steady 3 Increase2 0 Decrease1 0 Steady 0 Decrease1[k]
Delaware At-large November 8, 1852 1 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Massachusetts Districts November 8, 1852 11 Increase1 1 Steady 1 Decrease1 9 Increase2 0 Steady
South Carolina Districts February 28 – March 1, 1853 6 Decrease1 6 Decrease1 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Late elections (after the March 4, 1853 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire Districts March 8, 1853 3 Decrease1 3 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Decrease2 0 Steady
Connecticut Districts April 4, 1853 4 Steady 4 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Decrease1 0 Steady
Rhode Island Districts April 6, 1853 2 Steady 2 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Decrease1 0 Steady
Virginia Districts May 26, 1853 13 Decrease2 13 Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease2 0 Steady
Arkansas Districts August 1, 1853 2 Increase1 2 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Kentucky Districts August 1, 1853 10 Steady 5 Steady 0 Steady 5 Steady 0 Steady
Texas Districts August 1, 1853 2 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
North Carolina Districts August 4, 1853 8 Decrease1 5 Increase2 0 Steady 3 Decrease3 0 Steady
Tennessee Districts August 4, 1853 10 Decrease1 5 Decrease2 0 Steady 5 Increase1 0 Steady
Alabama Districts August 8, 1853 7 Steady 6[l] Increase2 0 Steady 1[m] Decrease1 0 Decrease1[n]
Georgia Districts October 3, 1853 8 Steady 6 Increase6 0 Steady 2 Increase2 0 Decrease8[o]
Louisiana Districts November 1, 1853 4 Steady 3 Increase1 0 Steady 1 Decrease1 0 Steady
Maryland Districts November 2, 1853 6 Steady 4 Increase2 0 Steady 2 Decrease1 0 Decrease1[p]
Mississippi District + 1 at-large November 7–8, 1853 5 Increase1 5 Increase5 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease4[q]
Total[3] 234 Increase1 158[h]
67.5%		 Increase28 4
1.7%		 Steady 71
30.3%		 Decrease15 1
0.4%		 Decrease12
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Popular vote[r]
Democratic
 
 51.67%
Whig
 
 41.79%
Free Soil
 
 3.96%
Know Nothing[s]
 
 0.38%
Temperance[t]
 
 0.01%
Union[u]
 
 0.01%
Independent
 
 1.73%
Unknown[v]
 
 0.52%
House seats
Democratic
 
 67.09%
Whig
 
 30.34%
Free Soil
 
 1.71%
Independent
 
 0.85%

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Alabama 1 John Bragg Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Philip Phillips (Southern Rights Democratic) 50.5%
  • ▌ E. Lockwood (Union Whig) 49.5%
Alabama 2 James Abercrombie Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected
Alabama 3 Sampson Willis Harris Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected
Alabama 4 William Russell Smith Union 1851 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 5 George S. Houston Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected
Alabama 6 Williamson R. W. Cobb Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected
Alabama 7 Alexander White Whig 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY James F. Dowdell (Southern Rights Democratic) 65.6%
  • ▌ T. G. Garrett (Union Whig) 34.4%
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Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Arkansas 1 Robert W. Johnson
Redistricted from the at-large district		 Democratic 1846 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.[6]
Arkansas 2 New seat.
Democratic gain.
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California

See also: List of United States representatives from California

Note: From statehood to 1864, California's representatives were elected at-large, with the top two vote-getters winning election from 1849 to 1858; in 1860 when California gained a seat in the House the top three vote-getters were elected.

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
California at-large
2 seats on a general ticket		 Edward C. Marshall Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Joseph W. McCorkle Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold.
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Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[8]
Connecticut 1 Charles Chapman Whig 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut 2 Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Connecticut 3 Chauncey F. Cleveland Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Nathan Belcher (Democratic) 50.4%
  • ▌Daniel P. Tyler (Whig) 34.8%
  • ▌Albert G. Stark (Free Soil) 14.8%
Connecticut 4 Origen S. Seymour Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
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Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware

Election was held November 8, 1852.

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Delaware at-large George R. Riddle Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
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Florida

Main article: 1852 United States House of Representatives election in Florida
See also: List of United States representatives from Florida
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Florida at-large Edward C. Cabell Whig 1846 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
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Georgia

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1 Joseph W. Jackson Southern Rights 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Georgia 2 James Johnson Constitutional Union 1851 Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig.
Democratic gain.
Georgia 3 Jack Bailey Southern Rights 1851 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Georgia 4 Charles Murphey Constitutional Union 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Georgia 5 Elijah W. Chastain Constitutional Union 1851 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Georgia 6 Junius Hillyer Constitutional Union 1851 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Junius Hillyer (Democratic) 64.8%
  • ▌ [FNU] Wofld (Democratic) 35.2%
Georgia 7 None (new district) New seat.
Whig gain.
Georgia 8 Alexander H. Stephens
Redistricted from the 7th district		 Constitutional Union 1843 Incumbent re-elected as a Whig.
Whig gain.


Robert Toombs Constitutional Union 1844 Incumbent retired.
Constitutional Union loss.
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[5]

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1 Thompson Campbell

Redistricted from the 6th district

 Democratic 1850 Incumbent lost re-election.
Whig gain.
Illinois 2 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
Illinois 3 Orlando B. Ficklin Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Whig gain.
Illinois 4 Richard S. Molony Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Whig gain.
  • ▌Green tickY James Knox (Whig) 47.4%
  • ▌Lewis W. Rop (Democratic) 46.5%
  • ▌L. W. Curtis (Free Soil) 6.2%
Illinois 5 William Alexander Richardson Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected
Illinois 6 Richard Yates Sr.
Redistricted from the 7th district		 Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected
Illinois 7 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY James C. Allen (Democratic) 54.1%
  • ▌ Charles C. Constable (Whig) 45.8%
Illinois 8 William Henry Bissell

Redistricted from the 1st district

 Democratic 1848 Incumbent re-elected as an Independent Democrat.
Independent Democratic gain.
Illinois 9 Willis Allen
Redistricted from the 2nd district		 Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected
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Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1 James Lockhart Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Smith Miller (Democratic) 59.0%
  • ▌ [FNU] Kea (Whig) 41.0%
Indiana 2 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 3 Cyrus L. Dunham

Redistricted from the 2nd district

 Democratic 1840 Incumbent re-elected
John L. Robinson Democratic 1847 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Indiana 4 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 5 Samuel W. Parker
Redistricted from the 4th district		 Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected
Indiana 6 Thomas A. Hendricks
Redistricted from the 5th district		 Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected
Willis A. Gorman Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Indiana 7 John G. Davis Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected
  • ▌Green tickY John G. Davis (Democratic) 56.3%
  • ▌ [FNU] Barbour (Whig) 43.7%
Indiana 8 Daniel Mace Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected ▌Green tickY Daniel Mace (Democratic) 54.4%

▌ Robert Gregory (Whig) 45.6%

Indiana 9 Graham N. Fitch Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Indiana 10 Samuel Brenton Whig 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 11 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
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Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1 Bernhart Henn Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected
Iowa 2 Lincoln Clark Democratic 1850 Incumbent lost re-election.
Whig gain.
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Kentucky

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 Linn Boyd Democratic 1839 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Linn Boyd (Democratic) 57.6%
  • ▌Jefferson Brown (Independent Democratic) 42.4%
Kentucky 2 Benjamin E. Grey Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 3 Presley Ewing Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 4 William Thomas Ward Whig 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Kentucky 5 James W. Stone Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
Whig gain.
Kentucky 6 Addison White Whig 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Kentucky 7 William Preston Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 8 John C. Breckinridge Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 9 John Calvin Mason Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Whig gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Leander Cox (Whig) 52.5%
  • ▌ James M. Rice (Democratic) 47.5%
Kentucky 10 Richard H. Stanton Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
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Louisiana

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Louisiana 1 Louis St. Martin Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 2 Joseph Aristide Landry Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Whig hold.
Louisiana 3 Alexander G. Penn Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 4 John Moore Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.

▌Green tickY Roland Jones (Democratic) 56.8%

▌ [FNU] Smith (Whig) 43.2%

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Maine

See also: List of United States representatives from Maine
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maine 1 Moses Macdonald Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 2 John Appleton Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.


Maine 3 Robert Goodenow Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Whig hold.
  • ▌Green tickYE. Wilder Farley (Whig) 36.4%
  • ▌ [FNU] Kimball (Democratic) 32.6%
  • ▌ [FNU] Smith (Democratic) 26.8%
Maine 4 Isaac Reed Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
Whig hold.
  • ▌Green tickYSamuel P. Benson (Whig) 54.4%
  • ▌ Charles Porter Kimball (Democratic) 33.9%
  • ▌ [FNU] May (Free Soil) 9.9%
Maine 5 Israel Washburn Jr.
Redistricted from the 6th district		 Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected
  • ▌Green tickYIsrael Washburn Jr. (Whig) 51.1%
  • ▌ Hastings Strickland (Democratic) 27.2%
  • ▌ [FNU] Waterhouse (Democratic) 21.4%
Ephraim K. Smart Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Maine 6 Thomas J. D. Fuller
Redistricted from the 7th district		 Democratic 1848 Incumbent re-elected
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Maryland

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1
Maryland 2
Maryland 3
Maryland 4
Maryland 5
Maryland 6
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Massachusetts

See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts

The elections were held November 8, 1852. However, many of the districts went to a December 13, 1852 second ballot.

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 Zeno Scudder
Redistricted from the 10th district		 Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected on the second ballot.
First ballot (November 8, 1852)
Second ballot (December 13, 1852)
Massachusetts 2
Massachusetts 3
Massachusetts 4
Massachusetts 5
Massachusetts 6
Massachusetts 7
Massachusetts 8
Massachusetts 9
Massachusetts 10
Massachusetts 11
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Michigan

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Michigan 1 Ebenezer J. Penniman Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Michigan 2 Charles E. Stuart Democratic 1847 (special)
1848 (lost)
1850		 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Democratic hold.
Michigan 3 James L. Conger Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Michigan 4 None (New seat) New seat.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Hestor L. Stevens (Democratic) 51.8%
  • ▌George Bradley (Whig) 43.1%
  • ▌Ephraim Calkins (Free Soil) 5.1%[18]
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Mississippi

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi

Elections held late, from November 7 to 8, 1853

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Mississippi at-large None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 1 Benjamin D. Nabers Union 1851 Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 2 John A. Wilcox Union 1851 Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 3 John D. Freeman Union 1851 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Mississippi 4 Albert G. Brown Southern Rights 1847 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.		 ▌Green tickY Wiley P. Harris (Democratic) 100%[23]
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Missouri

See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire

New Jersey

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey

New York

See also: List of United States representatives from New York

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Ohio

See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

South Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 4, 1853.

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 Andrew Johnson Democratic 1842 Incumbent retired to run for Governor.
Democratic loss.
Albert G. Watkins
Redistricted from the 2nd district		 Whig 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Tennessee 2 William M. Churchwell
Redistricted from the 3rd district		 Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 3 None (new district) New seat.
Democratic gain.
Tennessee 4 John H. Savage Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
William Cullom
Redistricted from the 8th district		 Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 5 None (new district) New seat.
Whig gain.
Tennessee 6 William H. Polk Independent
Democratic		 1851 Incumbent retired.
Independent Democratic loss.		 ▌Green tickY George W. Jones (Democratic) 100%[29]
George W. Jones
Redistricted from the 5th district		 Democratic 1842 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7 Meredith P. Gentry Whig 1845 Incumbent retired.
Whig hold.
Tennessee 8 None (new district) New seat.
Whig gain.
Tennessee 9 Isham G. Harris Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Christopher H. Williams
Redistricted from the 11th district		 Whig 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
Whig hold.
Tennessee 10 Frederick P. Stanton Democratic 1845 Incumbent re-elected.
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Texas

See also: List of United States representatives from Texas

Vermont

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[34]
Vermont 1 James Meacham
Redistricted from the 3rd district		 Whig 1849 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Ahiman Louis Miner Whig 1850 Incumbent retired.
Whig loss.
Vermont 2 William Hebard Whig 1848 Incumbent retired.
Whig hold.
Vermont 3 None (new district) New seat.
Whig gain.
First ballot
  • ▌Alvah Sabin (Whig) 45.7%
  • ▌Henry Adams (Democratic) 30.8%
  • ▌A. Judson Rowell (Free Soil) 23.4%
Second ballot
  • ▌Green tickY Alvah Sabin (Whig) 48.3%
  • ▌William Heywood Jr. (Democratic) 32.2%
  • ▌Charles D. Kasson (Free Soil) 19.4%
Vermont 4 Thomas Bartlett Jr. Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
District eliminated.
Democratic loss.		 None
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Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia
More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[35]
Virginia 1 Thomas H. Bayly
Redistricted from the 7th district		 Democratic 1844 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 58.9%
  • ▌Louis H. C. Finney (Unknown) 39.9%
  • ▌George W. Lewis (Unknown) 1.1%
Virginia 2 John Millson
Redistricted from the 1st district		 Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Millson (Democratic) 56.7%
  • ▌Jonathan R. Chambliss (Whig) 36.6%
  • ▌William D. Roberts (Democratic) 6.7%
Virginia 3 Thomas H. Averett Democratic 1849 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic loss.
  • ▌Green tickY John Caskie (Democratic) 54.9%
  • ▌Clayton G. Coleman (Whig) 45.1%
John Caskie
Redistricted from the 6th district		 Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 Richard Kidder Meade
Redistricted from the 2nd district		 Democratic 1847 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William Goode (Democratic) 65.3%
  • ▌Wyatt Cardwell (Whig) 18.4%
  • ▌William C. Flournoy (Unknown) 14.6%
  • ▌William S. Scott (Unknown) 1.7%
Virginia 5 Thomas S. Bocock
Redistricted from the 4th district		 Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 6 Paulus Powell
Redistricted from the 5th district		 Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Paulus Powell (Democratic) 52.5%
  • ▌Alexander Mosely (Whig) 47.5%
Virginia 7 James F. Strother
Redistricted from the 9th district		 Whig 1851 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 8 Alexander Holladay Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
Democratic loss.
Charles J. Faulkner
Redistricted from the 10th district		 Whig 1851 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 9 John Letcher
Redistricted from the 11th district		 Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Letcher (Democratic) 74.4%
  • ▌Tyre Maupin (Whig) 25.6%
Virginia 10 None (new district) New district.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 11 None (new district) New district.
Democratic gain.
Virginia 12 Henry A. Edmundson Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 13 Fayette McMullen Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 14 James M. H. Beale Democratic 1849 Incumbents retired.
Districts eliminated.
Democratic loss.		 None
Virginia 15 Sherrard Clemens Democratic 1852 (special) None
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Wisconsin

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More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[36]
Wisconsin 1 Charles Durkee Free Soil 1848 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Wisconsin 2 Ben C. Eastman Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 3 James Duane Doty Independent
Democratic		 1848 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
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Non-voting delegates

More information District, Incumbent ...
District Incumbent This race
Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Minnesota Territory Henry Hastings Sibley Democratic 1848 (Wis. Territory: special)
1849 (Wis. Territory: eliminated)
1849 (Minn. Territory)		 Incumbent retired.
New delegate elected.
Democratic hold.
New Mexico Territory Richard H. Weightman Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New delegate elected in 1853.
Democratic hold.
Oregon Territory Joseph Lane Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes one Benton Democrat, three Southern Democrats, and two Union Democrats
  2. [b]
    Includes one Union Whig
  3. [c]
    The returns from Al-5, Al-7, TN-9, VA-1, VA-4, VA-6, VA-9, VA-10, VA-12, SC-1, SC-2, and SC-3 are incomplete
  4. [d]
    Included three Independent Democrats and one Independent Whig.
  5. [e]
    Includes one Independent and one Independent Democrat
  6. [f]
    Includes one Benton Democrat
  7. [g]
    In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform date for choosing presidential electors (see: Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721). Congressional elections were unaffected by this law, but the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections as well.
  8. [h]
    Includes 1 Independent Democrat, William Henry Bissell, elected to IL-08.
  9. [i]
    Caleb Lyon was elected to NY-23 as an Independent.
  10. [j]
    Backed by the Whigs
  11. [k]
    One Independent Democrat
  12. [l]
    Includes three Southern Rights Democrats and two Union Democrats
  13. [m]
    One Union Whig
  14. [n]
    Previous election had 1 Union member
  15. [o]
    Previous election had 6 Constitutional Union and 2 Southern Rights.
  16. [p]
    One Independent Whig
  17. [q]
    Previous election had 3 Union and 1 Southern Rights.
  18. [r]
    Manually added from[4]
  19. [s]
    9,639 votes
  20. [t]
    396 votes
  21. [u]
    381 votes
  22. [v]
    16,473 votes
  23. [w]
    Full name unpublished in source, presumably Alexander Wilkin (Whig)

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