1804–05 United States House of Representatives elections
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 9th Congress were held at various dates in each state between April 24, 1804 (in New York) and August 5, 1805 (in Tennessee). The Congress first met on December 2, 1805. The elections occurred at the same time as President Thomas Jefferson's re-election.
Under Jefferson's popular administration, his party continued to gain seats in the House. Territorial acquisitions from the Louisiana Purchase and economic expansion gave voters a positive view of the Democratic-Republicans, whose majority, already commanding in the 8th Congress, now surpassed three-quarters of the total membership. Following this election, Federalists were able to secure few seats outside of New England and party legitimacy deteriorated as political thought turned away from Federalist ideals perceived to be elitist and anti-democratic.
Election summaries
| 114 | 28 |
| Democratic-Republican | Federalist |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic- Republican |
Federalist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
| Connecticut | At-large | September 17, 1804 | 7 | 0 | 
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7 |
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| Delaware | At-large | October 2, 1804 | 1 | 0 |  1
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1 |  1
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| Georgia | At-large | October 2, 1804 | 4 | 4 |
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0 |
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| Kentucky | District (6) | August 6, 1804 | 6 | 6 |
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0 |
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| Maryland | District (8[Note 1]) | October 1, 1804 | 9 | 7 | 1
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2 | 1
|
| Massachusetts | District (17) | November 5, 1804 | 17 | 10 | 3
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7 | 3
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| New Hampshire | At-large | August 27, 1804 | 5 | 0 |
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5 |
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| New Jersey | At-large | November 6–7, 1804 | 6 | 6 |
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0 |
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| New York | District (16[Note 1]) | April 24–26, 1804 | 17 | 15 | 3
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2 | 3
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| North Carolina | District (12) | August 10, 1804 | 12 | 12 | 1
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0 | 1
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| Ohio | At-large | October 9, 1804 | 1 | 1 |
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0 |
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| Pennsylvania | District (11[Note 2]) | October 9, 1804 | 18 | 17 | 1
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1 | 1
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| Rhode Island | At-large | August 28, 1804 | 2 | 2 |
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0 |
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| South Carolina | District (8) | October 8–9, 1804 | 8 | 8 | 2
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0 | 2
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| Vermont | District (4) | September 4, 1804[Note 3] | 4 | 2 | 1
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2 | 1
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| 1805 elections | |||||||
| Tennessee | District[Note 4] (3) | August 4–5, 1805 | 3 | 3 |
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0 |
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| Virginia | District (22) | April, 1805 | 22 | 21 | 3
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1 | 3
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| Total | 142 | 114 80.3% |
11
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28 19.7% |
11
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Complete returns
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
Benjamin Tallmadge | Federalist | 1801 (special) | Re-elected | Calvin Goddard (F) 15.1% Samuel W. Dana (F) 14.9% John Davenport (F) 14.4% Roger Griswold (F) 14.4% Benjamin Tallmadge (F) 13.3% John Cotton Smith (F) 11.4% Jonathan O. Moseley (F) 10.8% Timothy Pitkin[Note 5] (F) 3.1% Lewis B. Sturges[Note 5] (F) 0.7% Theodore Dwight[Note 5] (F) 0.5% Others 1.4% |
| Simeon Baldwin | Federalist | 1803 (special) | Retired Federalist hold | ||
| John Cotton Smith | Federalist | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| Roger Griswold | Federalist | 1794 | Re-elected | ||
| Calvin Goddard | Federalist | 1801 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| John Davenport | Federalist | 1798 | Re-elected | ||
| Samuel W. Dana | Federalist | 1796 | Re-elected |
Griswold and Goddard resigned before the start of the 9th Congress and were replaced by Timothy Pitkin (F) and Lewis B. Sturges (F). In August, 1806, John C. Smith (F) resigned and was replaced by Theodore Dwight (F)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware at-large | Caesar A. Rodney | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
James A. Bayard (F) 52.1% Caesar A. Rodney (DR) 47.9% |
James A. Bayard (F) resigned before the start of the 9th Congress having been elected to the Senate. A special election was held to replace him, which elected James M. Broom (F)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
Peter Early | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Peter Early (DR) 24.2% David Meriwether (DR) 22.9% Joseph Bryan (DR) 21.3% Cowles Mead (DR) 10.9% Thomas Spalding (DR) 10.5% Thomas Carr 6.7% Obadiah Jones 2.4% Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2% |
| David Meriwether | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Joseph Bryan | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Samuel Hammond | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Initially, Cowles Mead (DR) was declared the winner of the 4th seat. The votes from Camden, Liberty and Tatnal counties were not received in time and were originally not counted. When it was later decided to count them as valid, it resulted in Thomas Spalding (DR) overtaking Cowles Mead for the fourth and final seat by 39 votes. Spalding was then given the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in place of Mead.[1]
There were two subsequent vacancies. The first was caused by Joseph Bryan (DR) resigning in 1806. A special election was held to replace him which elected Dennis Smelt (DR). The second was caused by Thomas Spalding (DR) resigning later that same year. He was replaced by William W. Bibb (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky 1 | Matthew Lyon | Democratic-Republican | 1796[Note 6] 1803 |
Re-elected | Matthew Lyon[Note 7] (DR) Samuel Hopkins |
| Kentucky 2 | John Boyle | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | John Boyle[Note 7] (DR) |
| Kentucky 3 | Matthew Walton | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Matthew Walton[Note 7] (DR) |
| Kentucky 4 | Thomas Sandford | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Thomas Sandford[Note 7] (DR) |
| Kentucky 5 | John Fowler | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Re-elected | John Fowler (DR) 61.9% Benjamin Howard (DR) 38.1% |
| Kentucky 6 | George M. Bedinger | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | George M. Bedinger (DR) 70.1% Robert H. Grayson (DR) 17.6% Philemon Thomas (DR) 12.3% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland 1 | John Campbell | Federalist | 1801 | Re-elected | John Campbell (F) 99.6% |
| Maryland 2 | Walter Bowie | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Leonard Covington (DR) 52.0% Archibald Van Horne (DR) 46.8% Clement Hill (F) 1.1% |
| Maryland 3 | Thomas Plater | Federalist | 1801 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Patrick Magruder (DR) 56.0% Thomas Plater (F) 44.0% |
| Maryland 4 | Roger Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (special) | Re-elected | Roger Nelson (DR) 98.5% |
| Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Nicholas R. Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Nicholas R. Moore (DR) 50.9% William McCreery (DR) 46.3% Robert Goodloe Harper (F) 1.8% Others 1.0% |
| William McCreery | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | ||
| Maryland 6 | John Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | John Archer (DR) 100% |
| Maryland 7 | Joseph H. Nicholson | Democratic-Republican | 1798 (special) | Re-elected | Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) 99.6% |
| Maryland 8 | John Dennis | Federalist | 1796 | Retired Federalist hold |
Charles Goldsborough (F) 56.6% Henry Waggaman (DR) 43.4% |
A vacancy occurred in the 7th district when Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) resigned March 1, 1806. A special election was held which elected Edward Lloyd (DR) in his place.
The majority requirement was met in all 17 districts in the 1804 elections
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district |
William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Josiah Quincy (F) 51.0% William Eustis (DR) 49.0% | |
| Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district |
Jacob Crowninshield | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Jacob Crowninshield (DR) 58.7% Nathan Read (F) 41.2% | |
| Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district |
Manasseh Cutler | Federalist | 1801 | Retired Federalist hold |
Jeremiah Nelson (F) 56.8% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 43.2% | |
| Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district |
Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | 1794 | Re-elected | Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) 71.5% Timothy Bigelow (F) 28.0% | |
| Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district |
Thomas Dwight | Federalist | 1803 | Retired Federalist hold |
William Ely (F) 62.9% Samuel Fowler (DR) 36.7% | |
| Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district |
Samuel Taggart | Federalist | 1803 | Re-elected | Samuel Taggart (F) 69.3% Solomon Snead (DR) 30.5% | |
| Massachusetts 7 Known as the Plymouth district |
Nahum Mitchell | Federalist | 1803 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Joseph Barker (DR) 60.4% Nahum Mitchell (F) 38.3% Others 1.3% | |
| Massachusetts 8 Known as the Barnstable district |
Lemuel Williams | Federalist | 1798 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Isaiah L. Green (DR) 60.1% Lemuel Williams (F) 39.4% | |
| Massachusetts 9 Known as the Bristol district |
Phanuel Bishop | Democratic-Republican | 1798 | Re-elected | Phanuel Bishop (DR) 62.2% Nicholas Tillinghast (F) 30.8% Josiah Deane (DR) 3.4% John Bowers (F) 3.4% | |
| Massachusetts 10 Known as the Worcester South district |
Seth Hastings | Federalist | 1801 (special) | Re-elected | Seth Hastings (F) 51.2% Edward Bangs (DR) 48.8% | |
| Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester North district |
William Stedman | Federalist | 1803 | Re-elected | William Stedman (F) 60.8% John Whiting (DR) 39.0% | |
| Massachusetts 12 Known as the Berkshire district |
Simon Larned | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Barnabas Bidwell (DR) 59.7% Daniel Dewey (F) 40.3% | |
| Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district |
Ebenezer Seaver | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Ebenezer Seaver (DR) 64.6% Thomas B. Adams (F) 35.0% | |
| District of Maine | Massachusetts 14 Known as the York district |
Richard Cutts | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | Richard Cutts (DR) 51.9% Joseph Leland (F) 31.4% Daniel Cleaves 16.7% |
| Massachusetts 15 Known as the Cumberland district |
Peleg Wadsworth | Federalist | 1792 | Re-elected | Peleg Wadsworth (F) 63.8% William Widgery (DR) 19.1% Isaac Parsons (DR) 17.1% | |
| Massachusetts 16 Known as the Lincoln district |
Samuel Thatcher | Federalist | 1802 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Orchard Cook (DR) 54.6% Samuel Thatcher 45.4% | |
| Massachusetts 17 Known as the Kennebec district |
Phineas Bruce | Federalist | 1803 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
John Chandler (DR) 64.5% Benjamin Whitwell (F) 35.5% | |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire at-large 5 seats on a general ticket |
Silas Betton | Federalist | 1802 | Re-elected | Samuel Tenney (F) 10.4% David Hough (F) 10.4% Thomas W. Thompson (F) 10.4% Silas Betton (F) 10.4% Caleb Ellis (F) 10.4% Nahum Parker (DR) 9.7% Ezra Bartlett (DR) 9.6% Thomas Cogswell (DR) 9.6% Clement Storer (DR) 9.6% Jedediah K. Smith (DR) 9.6% |
| Samuel Hunt | Federalist | 1802 | Retired Federalist hold | ||
| Samuel Tenney | Federalist | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| David Hough | Federalist | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Clifton Clagett | Federalist | 1802 | Retired Federalist hold |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Adam Boyd | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Henry Southard (DR) 16.6% Ebenezer Elmer (DR) 16.6% John Lambert (DR) 16.6% William Helms (DR) 16.6% James Sloan (DR) 16.4% Ezra Darby (DR) 16.4% Aaron Ogden (F) 0.2% Peter DeVroom (F) 0.2% Franklin Davenport (F) 0.1% James H. Imlay (F) 0.1% Lambert Cadwalader (F) 0.1% William Colfax (F) 0.1% |
| Ebenezer Elmer | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| William Helms | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| James Mott | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Retired Federalist hold | ||
| Henry Southard | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| James Sloan | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected |
The Federalist ticket was announced only a week before the election, with no active campaigning
New York held elections for the 9th Congress on April 24–26, 1804. For this year and the next election year, the 2nd and 3rd districts had combined returns, effectively a plural district with 2 seats, though still numbered as separate districts. At the time, District 2 consisted of only part of New York County, while District 3 consisted of the remainder of New York County plus Kings and Richmond Counties. By consolidating the two, it ensured that New York County would be combined into a single district.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York 1 | Incumbent John Smith (DR) was elected to the Senate | Democratic-Republican hold. | Eliphalet Wickes (DR) 35.8% Samuel Riker[Note 9] (DR) 35.6% Joshua Smith (F) 28.6% | ||
| New York 2/3 Joint ticket |
Joshua Sands | Federalist | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) 27.8% Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) 27.7% Nicholas Fish (F) 22.3% Wynandt Van Zandt (F) 22.2% |
| Samuel L. Mitchill | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | ||
| New York 4 | Philip Van Courtlandt | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Re-elected | Philip Van Courtlandt (DR) 64.8% John Herring (DR) 35.2% |
| New York 5 | Andrew McCord | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Blake, Jr. (DR) 63.1% David M. Westcott (F) 36.9% |
| New York 6 | Daniel C. Verplanck | Democratic-Republican | 1803 (special) | Re-elected | Daniel C. Verplanck (DR) 58.0% Benjamin Akin (F) 42.0% |
| New York 7 | Josiah Hasbrouck | Democratic-Republican | 1803 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Martin G. Schuneman (DR) 60.0% Gerrit Abeel (F) 40.0% |
| New York 8 | Henry W. Livingston | Federalist | 1802 | Re-elected | Henry W. Livingston (F) 54.8% Edward P. Livingston (DR) 45.2% |
| New York 9 | Killian Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 1800 | Re-elected | Killian Van Rensselaer (F) 56.4% David McCarty (DR) 43.6% |
| New York 10 | George Tibbits | Federalist | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Josiah Masters (DR) 55.4% Jonathan Brown (F) 44.6% |
| New York 11 | Beriah Palmer | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Peter Sailly (DR) 100% |
| New York 12 | David Thomas | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | David Thomas (DR) 70.3% Reuben Skinner (F) 29.7% |
| New York 13 | Thomas Sammons | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Thomas Sammons (DR) 100% |
| New York 14 | Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Russell (DR) 85.8% Benjamin Gilbert (F) 6.0% Solomon Martin (F) 3.6% Erastus Root (DR) 3.6% Thomas R. Gold (F) 1.0% |
| New York 15 | Gaylord Griswold | Federalist | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Nathan Williams (DR) 57.4% Thomas R. Gold (F) 42.6% |
| New York 16 | John Paterson | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Uri Tracy (DR) 62.8% Edward Edwards (F) 37.2% |
| New York 17 | Oliver Phelps | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Silas Halsey (DR) 40.4% Nathaniel W. Howell (F) 37.5% Joseph Grover (DR) 11.2% Peter Hughes (DR) 10.8% |
A special election to fill the vacancy in the 1st district in the 8th Congress was held at the same time as the election for the 9th Congress. Unusually, a single election was held for both the seat in the 9th Congress and the remainder of the 8th Congress, with the individual receiving the highest number of votes being elected to the 9th Congress and the individual with the second-highest number of votes being elected to the remainder of the 8th Congress.
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) of the 2nd/3rd district was appointed on July 2, 1804 to the New York Supreme Court. A special election was held in September, 1804 to replace him, electing Gurdon S. Mumford (DR).
Samuel L. Mitchill (DR), also of the 2nd/3rd district, resigned November 22, 1804 after being elected to the Senate, and a special election was held to replace him, elecing George Clinton, Jr. (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina 1 | Thomas Wynns | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (special) | Re-elected | Thomas Wynns[Note 7] (DR) Thomas Harvey |
| North Carolina 2 | Willis Alston | Democratic-Republican | 1798 | Re-elected | Willis Alston (DR) 66.6% John Binford (F) 20.7% William R. Davie (F) 12.7% |
| North Carolina 3 | William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Blount (DR) 51.4% William Kennedy (DR) 48.6% |
| North Carolina 4 | William Blackledge | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | William Blackledge (DR) 96.6% John Stanly (F) 3.4% |
| North Carolina 5 | James Gillespie | Democratic-Republican | 1793 1803 |
Re-elected | James Gillespie (DR) 52.5% Benjamin Smith (F) 40.2% Samuel Ashe (DR) 7.3% |
| North Carolina 6 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | 1791 | Re-elected | Nathaniel Macon (DR) 99.9% |
| North Carolina 7 | Samuel D. Purviance | Federalist | 1803 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Duncan McFarlan (DR) 36.8% Joseph Pickett (F) 31.7% William Martin (F) 31.1% |
| North Carolina 8 | Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Re-elected | Richard Stanford[Note 10] (DR) Duncan Cameron Archibald Murphey John Hinton, Jr. |
| North Carolina 9 | Marmaduke Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Marmaduke Williams (DR) 98.9% Theophilus Lacey (DR) 1.0% |
| North Carolina 10 | Nathaniel Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Nathaniel Alexander[Note 7] (DR) |
| North Carolina 11 | James Holland | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | James Holland (DR) 100% |
| North Carolina 12 | Joseph Winston | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Joseph Winston (DR) 57.0% Meshack Franklin (DR) 43.0% |
In the 5th district, James Gillespie (DR) died on January 5, 1805, before the start of the 10th Congress, a special election was held for his replacement which elected Thomas Kenan (DR)
In the 10th district, Nathaniel Alexander (DR) resigned upon being elected Governor of North Carolina and was replaced in a special election by Evan S. Alexander (DR)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio at-large | Jeremiah Morrow | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Jeremiah Morrow (DR) 70.2% Elias Langham (F) 29.4% Rufus Putnam 0.4% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 3 seats |
Joseph Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Joseph Clay (DR) 33.6% Jacob Richards (DR) 31.7% Michael Leib (DR) 18.0% William Penrose (DR) 16.7% |
| Jacob Richards | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Michael Leib | Democratic-Republican | 1798 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 3 seats |
Robert Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1798 (Special) | Re-elected | John Pugh (DR) 32.2% Frederick Conrad (DR) 31.7% Robert Brown (DR) 21.8% John Ross (Quid) 13.0% Samuel Preston (Quid) 1.3% |
| Frederick Conrad | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Isaac Van Horne | Democratic-Republican | 1801 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 3 seats |
Isaac Anderson | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Christian Lower (DR) 33.1% John Whitehill (DR) 23.0% Isaac Anderson (DR) 22.9% Thomas Boude (F) 10.7% Isaac Wayne (F) 10.3% |
| Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1797 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| John Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 2 seats |
John A. Hanna | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Re-elected | David Bard (DR) 34.6% John A. Hanna (DR) 31.2% Oliver Pollock (DR) 18.1% Robert Mitchell (DR) 16.1% |
| David Bard | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 5 | Andrew Gregg | Democratic-Republican | 1791 | Re-elected | Andrew Gregg (DR) 100% |
| Pennsylvania 6 | John Stewart | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
James Kelly (F) 58.5% John Stewart (DR) 41.5% |
| Pennsylvania 7 | John Rea | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | John Rea (DR) 100% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | William Findley | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | William Findley (DR) 64.7% John Brandon (F) 35.3% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | John Smilie | Democratic-Republican | 1792 1798 |
Re-elected | John Smilie (DR) 100% |
| Pennsylvania 10 | William Hoge | Democratic-Republican | 1801 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Hamilton (DR) John Israel (F)[Note 11] |
| Pennsylvania 11 | John Lucas | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | John Lucas (DR) 64.8% James O'Hara (F) 35.2% |
John Lucas (DR), re-elected to the 11th district, resigned before the start of the 9th Congress. A special election was held for his replacement, electing Samuel Smith (DR).
On July 23, 1805, before the first meeting of the 9th Congress, John A. Hanna (DR) of the 4th district died. A special election was held to fill the vacancy, electing Robert Whitehill (DR).
Finally, on February 14, 1806, Michael Leib (DR) of the 1st district resigned and was replaced in a special election by John Porter (DR)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Nehemiah Knight | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Nehemiah Knight (DR) 49.9% Joseph Stanton, Jr. (DR) 49.5% |
| Joseph Stanton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina 1 Also known as the Charleston district |
Thomas Lowndes | Federalist | 1800 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Robert Marion (DR) 60.6% Thomas L. Smith (F) 37.0% Scattering 2.4% |
| South Carolina 2 Also known as the Beaufort and Edgefield district |
William Butler, Sr. | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | William Butler, Sr.[Note 7] (DR) |
| South Carolina 3 Also known as the Georgetown district |
Benjamin Huger | Federalist | 1798 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
David R. Williams (DR) 58.0% Robert Witherspoon (DR) 29.0% Joseph Blyth (DR) 13.0% |
| South Carolina 4 Also known as the Orangeburgh district |
Wade Hampton | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
O'Brien Smith[Note 7] (DR) John Taylor (DR) |
| South Carolina 5 Also known as the Sumter district |
Richard Winn | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (special) | Re-elected | Richard Winn[Note 7] (DR) John Kershaw |
| South Carolina 6 Also known as the Abbeville district |
Levi Casey | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Levi Casey[Note 7] (DR) |
| South Carolina 7 Also known as the Chester district |
Thomas Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Re-elected | Thomas Moore[Note 7] (DR) |
| South Carolina 8 Also known as the Pendleton district |
John B. Earle | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | John B. Earle[Note 7] (DR) |
In the 8th district, John B. Earle (DR) Resigned before the 9th Congress met, replaced in a special election by Elias Earle (DR)
Levi Casey of the 6th district died February 7, 1807. His seat remained vacant for the remainder of the 9th Congress.
Beginning with the 9th Congress, Tennessee was divided into 3 districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee 1 Known as the Washington district |
John Rhea Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | John Rhea (DR) 100% |
| Tennessee 2 Known as the Hamilton district |
George W. Campbell Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | George W. Campbell (DR) 100% |
| Tennessee 3 Known as the Mero district |
William Dickson Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | William Dickson (DR) 100% |
Vermont law at this time required a majority for election, which frequently mandated runoff elections. The 2nd, and 3rd districts both required second elections in this election cycle, and the 3rd district required a third election.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First ballot | Second ballot | Third ballot | |||||
| Vermont 1 Known as the Southwestern district |
Gideon Olin | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | Gideon Olin (DR) 56.1% Jonas Galusha (DR) 24.0% Chauncey Langdon 18.6% Others 1.4% |
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| Vermont 2 Known as the Southeastern district |
James Elliot | Federalist | 1802 | Re-elected | James Elliot (F) 41.9% Samuel Fletcher (F) 15.6% Mark Richards (DR) 15.5% Pascal P. Enos (DR) 12.1% Aaron Leland (DR) 4.3% Lewis R. Morris (F) 3.1% Elias Keyes (DR) 2.9% Paul Brigham (DR) 1.4% Others 3.1% |
James Elliot (F) 62.0% Mark Richards (DR) 36.4% Others 1.6% | |
| Vermont 3 Known as the Northeastern district |
William Chamberlain | Federalist | 1802 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
William Chamberlain (F) 48.0% James Fisk (DR) 38.4% Nathaniel Niles (DR) 9.9% Samuel C. Crafts (DR) 2.6% Others 1.2% |
William Chamberlain (F) 49.3% James Fisk (DR) 49.1% Others 1.6% |
James Fisk (DR) 56.1% William Chamberlain (F) 42.7% Others 1.2% |
| Vermont 4 Known as the Northwestern district |
Martin Chittenden | Federalist | 1802 | Re-elected | Martin Chittenden (F) 50.4% Ezra Butler (DR) 46.7% Others 3.0% |
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia 1 | John G. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | John G. Jackson (DR) 57.2% Thomas Wilson (F) 42.8% |
| Virginia 2 | James Stephenson | Federalist | 1803 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
John Morrow[Note 7] (DR) James Stephenson (F) |
| Virginia 3 | John Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | John Smith[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 4 | David Holmes | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | David Holmes[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 5 | Alexander Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (special) | Re-elected | Alexander Wilson (DR) 60.6% Robert Bailey (Quid) 39.4% |
| Virginia 6 | Abram Trigg | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | Abram Trigg[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 7 | Joseph Lewis, Jr. | Federalist | 1803 | Re-elected | Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F) 54.3% William Elzey (DR) 45.7% |
| Virginia 8 | Walter Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Walter Jones (DR) 99.0% Henry Lee (F) 1.0% |
| Virginia 9 | Philip R. Thompson | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Re-elected | Philip R. Thompson[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 10 | John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | John Dawson (DR) 66.2% James Barbour (Quid) 33.8% |
| Virginia 11 | Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
James M. Garnett[Note 7] (DR) Carter Braxton John Roane (DR?) John Smith Archibald Ritchie |
| Virginia 12 | Thomas Griffin | Federalist | 1803 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Burwell Bassett (DR) 65.1% Thomas Griffin (F) 34.9% |
| Virginia 13 | Christopher H. Clark | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (special) | Re-elected | Christopher H. Clark[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 14 | Matthew Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | Matthew Clay (DR) 88.9% William Lewis (F) 11.1% |
| Virginia 15 | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Re-elected | John Randolph[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 16 | John W. Eppes | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | John W. Eppes[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 17 | Thomas Claiborne | Democratic-Republican | 1793 1801 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Claiborne (DR) 72.7% Mark Alexander (DR) 27.3% |
| Virginia 18 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Peterson Goodwyn[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 19 | Edwin Gray | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Re-elected | Edwin Gray[Note 7] (DR) |
| Virginia 20 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Re-elected | Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 21 | Thomas M. Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Thomas M. Randolph (DR) 63.7% Walter Leake (Quid) 36.3% |
| Virginia 22 | John Clopton | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | John Clopton[Note 7] (DR) |
In the 13th district, Christopher H. Clark (DR) resigned on July 1, 1806 and was replaced by William A. Burwell
Non-voting delegates
There were three territories with non-voting delegates in the 9th Congress, one of which (the Orleans Territory) did not send its first representative until 1806. The delegates were elected by the territorial legislatures, votes here are the number of members of the territorial legislatures voting for each candidate.
| District | Incumbent | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First ballot | Second ballot | Third ballot | ||||
| Indiana Territory at-large | None (District created) | Benjamin Parke 5 Thomas J. Davis 5 Jesse B. Thomas 1 |
Benjamin Parke 5 Thomas J. Davis 5 Bond[Note 12] 1 |
Benjamin Parke 7 Thomas J. Davis 4 | ||
| Mississippi Territory at-large | William Lattimore | 1802 | Re-elected | William Lattimore 5 Cato West 5 William Gordon Freeman 4 |
William Lattimore 10 Cato West 2 John Ellis 1 | |
In the Mississippi Territory, the territorial legislature was locked. The first vote given above was on the 7th ballot, after which point the territorial legislature adjourned, the second vote was at a later session of the territorial legislature.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Includes 1 plural district
- ^ Includes 4 plural districts
- ^ Majority required for election, which was not met in 2 districts necessitating additional elections on December 18, 1804 and March 25, 1805
- ^ Changed from at-large
- ^ a b c Elected in subsequent special election
- ^ In Vermont
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
- ^ a b c d e Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
- ^ Elected to fill vacancy in 8th Congress
- ^ Source does not give complete results, but partial results suggest a very large majority
- ^ Source did not have returns for Israel
- ^ Source does not give full name
References
Bibliography
- "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)