1814–15 United States House of Representatives elections
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 14th Congress were held at various dates in each state between April 1814 (in New York) and August 10, 1815 (in North Carolina) during James Madison's second term. The Congress' first session began on December 4, 1815.
This election took place in the middle of the War of 1812. Although the war was extremely unpopular in certain portions of the country, particularly New England, the dominant Democratic-Republican Party made small gains. The failed American invasion of Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1812-13 and the Burning of Washington by the British in 1814 were embarrassing setbacks, but the war was viewed by many as reasonably successful. National morale was high because the small American military overall had been able to fight British forces to a draw in coastal and frontier conflict.
The election of 1814 was the last in which the declining Federalist Party was able to secure more than a third of the seats in the House of Representatives - and it was only barely able to do so.
Election summaries
One new seat was added with the admission of Indiana during the 2nd session of the 14th Congress[1]
119 | 64 |
Democratic-Republican | Federalist |
State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic- Republican |
Federalist | ||
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Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
Connecticut | At-large | September 19, 1814 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
Delaware | At-large | October 4, 1814 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Georgia | At-large | October 3, 1814 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Kentucky | District (10) | August 3, 1814 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
Louisiana | At-large | July 4–6, 1814 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Maryland | District (8[Note 3]) | October 3, 1814 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Massachusetts | District (20) | November 7, 1814[Note 4] | 20 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
New Hampshire | At-large | August 29, 1814 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
New Jersey | At-large[Note 5] | October 10–11, 1814 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
New York | District (21[Note 6]) | April 26–28, 1814 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
Ohio | District (6) | October 11, 1814 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Pennsylvania | District (15[Note 6]) | October 11, 1814 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Rhode Island | At-large | August 30, 1814 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
South Carolina | District (9) | October 10–11, 1814 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vermont | At-large | September 6, 1814 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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North Carolina | District (13) | August 10, 1815 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Tennessee | District (6) | August 3–4, 1815 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Virginia | District (23) | April, 1815 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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Indiana | At-large | August 5, 1816 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Total[Note 2] | 183 | 119 65.0% |
5 | 64 35.0% |
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Complete returns
Indiana held elections in 1816 for this Congress.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
Benjamin Tallmadge | Federalist | 1801 (special) | Re-elected | Epaphroditus Champion[Note 7] (F) John Davenport (F) Lyman Law (F) Jonathan O. Moseley (F) Timothy Pitkin (F) Lewis B. Sturges (F) Benjamin Tallmadge (F) Sylvanus Backus (F) Asa Bacon (F) Charles Dennison (F) Sylvester Gilbert (F) James Gould (F) Uriel Holmes (F) Ebenezer Huntington (F) Samuel B. Sherwood (F) Nathan Smith (F) Nathaniel Terry (F) Thomas S. Williams (F) |
Jonathan O. Moseley | Federalist | 1804 | Re-elected | ||
Epaphroditus Champion | Federalist | 1806 | Re-elected | ||
Timothy Pitkin | Federalist | 1805 (special) | Re-elected | ||
Lewis B. Sturges | Federalist | 1805 (special) | Re-elected | ||
John Davenport | Federalist | 1798 | Re-elected | ||
Lyman Law | Federalist | 1810 | Re-elected |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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Delaware at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | 1810 | Retired Federalist hold |
Thomas Clayton (F) 30.4% Thomas Cooper (F) 30.4% Willard Hall (DR) 19.6% George Read, Jr. (DR) 19.6% |
Thomas Cooper | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Georgia at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
William Barnett | Democratic-Republican | 1812 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Forsyth (DR) 17.0% Alfred Cuthbert (DR) 15.7% Wilson Lumpkin (DR) 13.7% Richard Henry Wilde (DR) 12.4% Bolling Hall (DR) 11.4% Thomas Telfair (DR) 10.6% William Barnett (DR) 9.8% Joel Abbot (DR) 8.5% Hiram Storrs 0.9% |
George M. Troup | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
Bolling Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | ||
Alfred Cuthbert | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Re-elected | ||
John Forsyth | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
Thomas Telfair | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected |
Alfred Cuthbert resigned November 9, 1816. The vacancy left was filled in a special election by Zadock Cook (DR)
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Kentucky 1 | James Clark | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | James Clark (DR) 100% |
Kentucky 2 | Joseph H. Hawkins | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Henry Clay[Note 7] (DR) |
Kentucky 3 | Richard M. Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Re-elected | Richard M. Johnson (DR) 100% |
Kentucky 4 | Joseph Desha | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Re-elected | Joseph Desha (DR) 100% |
Kentucky 5 | Samuel Hopkins | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Alney McLean (DR) 54.1% Anthony New (DR) 27.1% Rezin Davidge 18.8% |
Kentucky 6 | Solomon P. Sharp | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Solomon P. Sharp (DR) 100% |
Kentucky 7 | Samuel McKee | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Re-elected | Samuel McKee (DR) 61.3% Samuel South 38.7% |
Kentucky 8 | Stephen Ormsby | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | Stephen Ormsby[Note 7] (DR) James Moore |
Kentucky 9 | Thomas Montgomery | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Micah Taul[Note 7] (DR) Thomas Montgomery (DR) |
Kentucky 10 | William P. Duval | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Benjamin Hardin[Note 7] (DR) Matthew Walton (DR) |
Henry Clay was elected to the 2nd district, which he had represented in the 12th and 13th Congresses until he resigned to accept a position as diplomatic envoy to Great Britain. He was still out of the country at the time of the general election. Kentucky's governor, unsure of the implications of a situation in which Clay held the office of United States Representative and diplomatic envoy simultaneously, declared his seat vacant. A subsequent special election was held in 1815, which Clay won without opposition.[2] Kentucky's 2nd district was thus officially considered to be vacant from the March 4, 1815 (the start of the 14th Congress), until October 30 of the same year. The 14th Congress did not meet until December 4,[3] however, so there was no effective vacancy.
In the 1st district, James Clark (DR) resigned in 1816. A special election was held that elected Thomas Fletcher (DR) to fill the vacancy left by Clark's resignation.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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Louisiana at-large | Thomas B. Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) 90.6% John B. Prevost (F) 8.2% |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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Maryland 1 | Philip Stuart | Federalist | 1810 | Re-elected | Philip Stuart (F) 99.8% |
Maryland 2 | Joseph Kent | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
John C. Herbert (F) 57.3% Joseph Kent (DR) 42.6% |
Maryland 3 | Alexander C. Hanson | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Alexander C. Hanson (F) 99.4% |
Maryland 4 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
George Baer, Jr. (F) 51.4% Samuel Ringgold (DR) 48.5% |
Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Nicholas R. Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1812 |
Re-elected | Nicholas R. Moore (DR) 38.3% William Pinkney (DR)38.0% John E. Howard (F) 22.9% |
Alexander McKim | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
Maryland 6 | Stevenson Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1811 (special) | Re-elected | Stevenson Archer (DR) 51.8% Abraham Jarrett (F) 48.1% |
Maryland 7 | Robert Wright | Democratic-Republican | 1810 (special) | Re-elected | Robert Wright (DR) 52.5% Samuel W. Thomas (F) 47.5% |
Maryland 8 | Charles Goldsborough | Federalist | 1804 | Re-elected | Charles Goldsborough (F) 96.2% Thomas E. Waggaman (DR) 3.8% |
Alexander C. Hanson (F) of the 3rd district resigned in 1816 upon being elected to the Senate and was replaced in a special election by George Peter (F)
Nicholas R. Moore (DR) of the 5th district resigned in 1815, prior to the start of the 15th Congress. Also in the 5th district, William Pinkney (DR) resigned on April 18, 1816 after being named Minister to Russia. Two separate special elections were held to replace them which elected Samuel Smith (DR) and Peter Little (DR).
District[Note 9] | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||
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Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district |
Artemas Ward, Jr. | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Artemas Ward, Jr. (F) 96.9% Benjamin Austin (DR) 3.1% |
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Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district |
Timothy Pickering Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Timothy Pickering (F) 89.2% Daniel Kilham (DR) 10.8% |
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Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district |
William Reed Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Federalist | 1810 | Retired Federalist hold |
Daniel A. White (F) 89.6% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 10.2% |
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Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district |
Samuel Dana | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Asahel Stearns (F) 53.5% Samuel Dana (DR) 46.5% |
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Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district |
William Ely | Federalist | 1804 | Retired Federalist hold |
Elijah H. Mills (F) 89.4% Enos Foot (DR) 10.6% |
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Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district |
Samuel Taggart | Federalist | 1803 | Re-elected | Samuel Taggart (F) 61.7% Samuel C. Allen (F) 30.2% Solomon Snead (DR) 8.2% |
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Massachusetts 7 Known as the Berkshire district |
John W. Hulbert Redistricted from the 12th district |
Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | John W. Hulbert (F) 55.6% William P. Walker (DR) 44.4% |
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Massachusetts 8 Known as the Plymouth district |
William Baylies Redistricted from the 7th district |
Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | William Baylies (F) 65.3% Seth Sprague (DR) 33.5% Joseph Rice (DR) 1.2% |
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Massachusetts 9 Known as the Barnstable district |
John Reed, Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district |
Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | John Reed, Jr. (F) 78.4% Thomas Hazard, Jr. (DR) 19.5% Joseph Dimmick (DR) 2.1% |
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Massachusetts 10 Known as the Bristol district |
Laban Wheaton Redistricted from the 9th district |
Federalist | 1808 | Re-elected | Laban Wheaton (F) 65.2% Marcus Morton (DR) 34.8% |
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Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester South district |
Elijah Brigham Redistricted from the 10th district |
Federalist | 1810 | Re-elected | Elijah Brigham (F) 66.2% John Spurr (DR) 33.8% |
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Massachusetts 12 Known as the Worcester North district |
Abijah Bigelow Redistricted from the 11th district |
Federalist | 1810 | Retired Federalist hold |
Solomon Strong (F) 74.8% Edmund Cushing (DR) 25.2% |
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Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district |
Nathaniel Ruggles | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) 57.4% Thomas Boylston Adams (DR) 42.6% |
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District of Maine | Massachusetts 14 Known as the 1st Eastern district |
Cyrus King | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Cyrus King (F) 53.1% John Holmes (DR) 46.9% |
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Massachusetts 15 Known as the 2nd Eastern district |
George Bradbury | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | George Bradbury (F) 64.7% Ezekiel Whitman (DR) |
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Massachusetts 16 Known as the 3rd Eastern district |
Abiel Wood Redistricted from the 17th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Benjamin Brown (F) 61.7% Abiel Wood (DR) 38.3% |
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Massachusetts 17 Known as the 4th Eastern district |
John Wilson Redistricted from the 18th district |
Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
John Wilson (F) 49.3% James Carr (F) 48.3% Others 2.4% |
James Carr (F) 57.0% John Wilson (F) 43.0% | |
Massachusetts 18 Known as the 5th Eastern district |
James Parker Redistricted from the 19th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Thomas Rice (F) 56.4% James Parker (DR) 43.6% | ||
Massachusetts 19 Known as the 6th Eastern district |
Samuel Davis Redistricted from the 16th district |
Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Samuel S. Conner (DR) 49.3% Timothy Boutelle (F) 48.8% William Reed (DR) 1.5% Others 0.4% |
Samuel S. Conner (DR) 52.4% Timothy Boutelle (F) 47.6% | |
Massachusetts 20 Known as the 7th Eastern district |
Levi Hubbard | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Albion K. Parris (DR) 56.6% Samuel A. Bradley (F) 43.4% |
Daniel A. White (F) of the 3rd district was offered, and accepted, the position of Probate Judge in Essex County before taking his seat in Congress. A special election was held in 1815 electing Jeremiah Nelson (F) to fill the vacated seat.
Elijah Brigham (F) of the 11th district died on February 22, 1816. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, electing Benjamin Adams (F) to fill the vacancy.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New Hampshire at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Bradbury Cilley | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | William Hale (F) 8.7% Daniel Webster (F) 8.7% Roger Vose (F) 8.7% Jeduthun Wilcox (F) 8.7% Bradbury Cilley (F) 8.7% Charles Humphrey Atherton (F) 8.7% John Fabyan Parrott (DR) 8.0% David Morrill (DR) 8.0% Stephen P. Webster (DR) 8.0% Nathaniel Upham (DR) 8.0% Elisha Huntley (DR) 8.0% Josiah Butler (DR) 7.9% |
Samuel Smith | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold | ||
William Hale | Federalist | 1808 1812 |
Re-elected | ||
Roger Vose | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
Daniel Webster | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
Jeduthun Wilcox | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected |
New Jersey returned to an at-large basis for electing its representatives, abolishing the short-lived districts of the previous election.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Lewis Condict Redistricted from the 1st district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | Henry Southard (DR) 8.6% Lewis Condict (DR) 8.6% Ephraim Bateman (DR) 8.6% Ezra Baker (DR) 8.6% Benjamin Bennet (DR) 8.6% Thomas Ward (DR) 8.6% John Frelinghuysen (F) 8.1% John N. Cumming (F) 8.1% James Parker (F) 8.1% James Giles (F) 8.0% Samuel W. Harrison (F) 8.0% Jacob S. Thompson (F) 8.0% |
Thomas Ward Redistricted from the 1st district |
Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | ||
James Schureman Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Federalist | 1789 1813 |
Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
Richard Stockton Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Federalist | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
William Coxe, Jr. Redistricted from the 3rd district |
Federalist | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
Previous incumbent, Jacob Hufty (F), died May 20, 1814 | Democratic-Republican gain |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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New York 1 Plural district with 2 seats |
Ebenezer Sage | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George Townsend (DR) 26.8% Henry Crocheron (DR) 26.8% William Townsend (F) 22.7% Cornelius Bedell (F) 22.6% |
John Lefferts | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
New York 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Irving | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Re-elected | William Irving (DR) 26.3% Peter H. Wendover (DR) 26.0% John Anthon (F) 23.7% Jacob Lorillard (F) 23.7% |
Jotham Post, Jr. | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
New York 3 | Peter Denoyelles | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jonathan Ward (DR) 45.6% Richard Valentine Morris (F) 43.8% Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) 10.6% |
New York 4 | Thomas J. Oakley | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Abraham H. Schenck (DR) 54.0% Abraham Bockee (F) 46.0% |
New York 5 | Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Thomas P. Grosvenor (F) 61.7% Edward P. Livingston (DR) 38.3% |
New York 6 | Jonathan Fisk | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Jonathan Fisk (DR) 78.0% Jonas Storey (F) 22.0% |
New York 7 | Abraham J. Hasbrouck | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Samuel R. Betts (DR) 56.6% Elnathan Sears (F) 43.7% |
New York 8 | Samuel Sherwood | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
John Adams (F) 47.1% Erastus Root[Note 10] (DR) 39.2% "Erastus Rott" 13.8% |
New York 9 | John Lovett | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | John Lovett (F) 63.9% Robert L. Tillotson (DR) 36.1% |
New York 10 | Hosea Moffitt | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Hosea Moffitt (F) 57.9% Josiah Masters (DR) 42.1% |
New York 11 | John W. Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John W. Taylor (DR) 57.8% Elisha Powell (F) 42.2% |
New York 12 Plural district with 2 seats |
Zebulon R. Shipherd | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
John Savage (DR) 25.8% Benjamin Pond (DR) 25.6% Elisha I. Winter (F) 24.4% Zebulon R. Shipherd (F) 24.3% |
Elisha I. Winter | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
New York 13 | Alexander Boyd | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
John B. Yates (DR) 57.8% Lawrence Vrooman (F) 42.2% |
New York 14 | Jacob Markell | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
Daniel Cady (F) 51.9% John McCarthy (DR) 48.1% |
New York 15 Plural district with 2 seats |
Isaac Williams, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jabez D. Hammond (DR) 28.0% James Birdsall (DR) 27.8% Robert Campbell (F) 22.2% Tracy Robinson (F) 22.0% |
Joel Thompson | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
New York 16 | Morris S. Miller | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
Thomas R. Gold (F) 56.6% Nathan Williams (DR) 43.4% |
New York 17 | William S. Smith | Federalist | Re-elected | William S. Smith (F) 47.5% Westel Willoughby, Jr.[Note 10] (DR) 46.7% "Westel Willoughby" 5.8% | |
New York 18 | Moss Kent | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Moss Kent (F) 53.9% Samuel Whittlesey (DR) 46.1% |
New York 19 | James Geddes | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Victory Birdseye (DR) 58.9% James Geddes (F) 41.1% |
New York 20 Plural district with 2 seats |
Daniel Avery | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Enos T. Throop (DR) 36.8% Oliver C. Comstock (DR) 36.5% Emanuel Coryell (F) 13.4% Seth Phelps (F) 13.3% |
Oliver C. Comstock | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
New York 21 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel M. Hopkins | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Micah Brooks (DR) 27.6% Peter B. Porter (DR) 27.1% Daniel W. Lewis (F) 22.7% Richard Smith (F) 22.6% |
Nathaniel W. Howell | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
There were four vacancies (three resignations and one death) in the New York congressional delegation during the 14th Congress that resulted in special elections.
In the 12th district, Benjamin Pond (DR) died on October 6, 1814, before the start of the 14th Congress. A special election was held which elected Asa Adgate (DR) to fill the resulting vacancy.
In the 6th district, Jonathan Fisk (DR) resigned in March, 1815, before the 1st session but after the term began, to accept a position as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was replaced in a special election by James W. Wilkin (DR).
In the 20th district, Enos T. Throop (DR) resigned on June 4, 1816, after losing his re-election bid, and was replaced in a special election by Daniel Avery (DR).
Finally, in the 21st district, Peter B. Porter (DR) resigned January 23, 1816 after being appointed a Commissioner under the Treaty of Ghent and was replaced in a special election by Archibald S. Clarke (DR).
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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North Carolina 1 | William H. Murfree | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | William H. Murfree (DR) 57.0% Lemuel Sawyer (DR) 37.0% William S. Hinton (DR) 5.4% |
North Carolina 2 | Willis Alston | Democratic-Republican | 1798 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Joseph H. Bryan (DR) 52.2% Thomas Burgess (F) 47.8% |
North Carolina 3 | William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1813 (special) |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
James W. Clark (DR) 53.3% James B. Haughton (F) 46.7% |
North Carolina 4 | William Gaston | Federalist | 1813 | Re-elected | William Gaston[Note 7] (F) |
North Carolina 5 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | William R. King[Note 7] (DR) |
North Carolina 6 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | 1791 | Re-elected | Nathaniel Macon (DR) 71.6% William Person (F) 28.4% |
North Carolina 7 | John Culpepper | Federalist | 1806 1813 |
Re-elected | John Culpepper (F) 86.6% Richard Powell 3.6% Benjamin Robinson 3.0% John Winslow 1.0% |
North Carolina 8 | Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Re-elected | Richard Stanford (DR) 52.3% Roger Tillman (DR) 47.3% |
North Carolina 9 | Bartlett Yancey | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | Bartlett Yancey (DR) 60.0% John Caldwell (F) 25.9% Alexander Sneed 14.1% |
North Carolina 10 | Joseph Pearson | Federalist | 1808 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
William C. Love (DR) 53.1% Joseph Pearson (F) 46.9% |
North Carolina 11 | Peter Forney | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Daniel M. Forney (DR) 53.0% Joseph Graham (F) 47.0% |
North Carolina 12 | Israel Pickens | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | Israel Pickens (DR) 51.8% Felix Walker (DR) 48.2% |
North Carolina 13 | Meshack Franklin | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Lewis Williams (DR) 57.2% Meshack Franklin (DR) 42.8% |
William R. King (DR) of the 5th district resigned November 4, 1816, upon being assigned to a diplomatic post in Russia and was replaced in a special election by Charles Hooks (DR).
Nathaniel Macon (DR) of the 6th district resigned December 15, 1815, upon being elected to the Senate and was replaced in a special election by Weldon N. Edwards.
Richard Stanford (DR) of the 8th district died April 16, 1815, and was replaced in a special election by Samuel Dickens (DR).
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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Ohio 1 | John McLean | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John McLean (DR) 100% |
Ohio 2 | John Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John Alexander (DR) 50.6% Thomas Morris (DR) 41.6% John W. Campbell (DR) 7.8% |
Ohio 3 | William Creighton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Re-elected | William Creighton, Jr. (DR) 83.1% Levin Belt (F) 16.9% |
Ohio 4 | James Caldwell | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | James Caldwell (DR) 61.2% Bazaleel Wells (F) 38.3% |
Ohio 5 | James Kilbourne | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | James Kilbourne (DR) 45.4% Samuel MacCulloch (DR) 24.3% Philemon Beecher (F) 21.2% Robert E. Slaughter (DR) 4.6% Robert Cloud (DR) 2.2% Hiram M. Curry (DR) 2.2% |
Ohio 6 | Previous incumbent Reasin Beall (DR) resigned June 7, 1814 to take appointment at Federal Land Office in Wooster, Ohio | Democratic-Republican hold | David Clendenin[Note 11] (DR) 55.7% Lewis Kinney (DR) 24.7% John G. Young (DR) 15.2% Thomas G. Jones (DR) 4.4% |
In April 1816, John McLean (DR) of the 1st district resigned and was replaced in a special election by William Henry Harrison (DR).
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[4] |
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Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats |
Adam Seybert | Democratic-Republican | 1809 (Special) | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Jonathan Williams (F) 13.6% Joseph Hopkinson (F) 13.6% William Milnor (F) 13.2% Thomas Smith (F) 13.2% Adam Seybert (DR) 11.8% William Anderson (DR) 11.8% Charles J. Ingersoll (DR) 11.4% John Conard (DR) 11.3% |
William Anderson | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
Charles J. Ingersoll | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
John Conard | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
Roger Davis | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
William Darlington (DR) 25.1% John Hahn (DR) 25.0% Isaac Wayne (F) 25.0% Samuel Henderson[Note 11] (F) 24.9% |
Incumbent Jonathan Roberts (DR) resigned February 24, 1814 | Democratic-Republican hold | ||||
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats |
Edward Crouch | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Amos Ellmaker (DR) 28.9% John Whiteside (DR) 28.4% Amos Slaymaker[Note 11] (F) 22.0% Samuel Rex (F) 20.7% |
Incumbent James Whitehill (DR) resigned September 1, 1814 | Democratic-Republican hold | ||||
Pennsylvania 4 | Hugh Glasgow | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Hugh Glasgow (DR) 100% |
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Re-elected | William Maclay (DR) 27.6% William Crawford (DR) 25.7% Edward Crawford (F) 23.9% Alexander Cobean (F) 19.7% |
John Rea | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel D. Ingham | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Samuel D. Ingham (DR) 34.1% John Ross (DR) 30.0% William Rodman (F) 15.9% James Hollingshead (F) 12.5% James Ralston (DR) 4.3% Samuel Sitgreaves 3.1%(F) |
Robert Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1798 (Special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
Pennsylvania 7 | Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Joseph Hiester (DR) 60.7% Daniel Udree 39.3% |
Pennsylvania 8 | William Piper | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | William Piper (DR) 62.4% John Anderson (F) 37.6% |
Pennsylvania 9 | David Bard | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | David Bard (DR) 78.0% John Blair (F) 22.0% |
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats |
Isaac Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Wilson (DR) 28.9% Jared Irwin (DR) 25.8% David Scott (DR) 25.6% John Boyd (F) 18.0% Isaac Smith (DR) 1.7% |
Jared Irwin | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
Pennsylvania 11 | William Findley | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Re-elected | William Findley (DR) 55.3% James Brady (F) 44.7% |
Pennsylvania 12 | Aaron Lyle | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Re-elected | Aaron Lyle (DR) 61.3% Obadiah Jennings (F) 34.2% Thomas L. Birch (DR) 4.4% |
Pennsylvania 13 | Isaac Griffin | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Re-elected | Isaac Griffin (DR) 100% |
Pennsylvania 14 | Adamson Tannehill | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
John Woods (F) 50.5% Adamson Tannehill (DR) 49.5% |
Pennsylvania 15 | Thomas Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Re-elected | Thomas Wilson (DR) 78.1% Epaphroditus Cossitt (F) 21.9% |
Three vacancies appeared in Pennsylvania's representation before the start of the 15th Congress. On March 12, 1815, David Bard of the 9th district died and was replaced in a special election by Thomas Burnside (DR). On May 16 of the same year, Jonathan Williams (F) of the 1st district also died and was replaced in a special election by John Sergeant (DR). Finally, on July 3, Amos Ellmaker of the 3rd district resigned after being appointed and commissioned president judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of Pennsylvania and was replaced in a special election by James M. Wallace (DR).
A fourth special election was held in the 9th district on October 8, 1816, after Thomas Burnside resigned to accept a judicial position.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Richard Jackson, Jr. | Federalist | 1808 | Retired Federalist hold |
John L. Boss, Jr. (F) 28.3% James B. Mason (F) 27.5% Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) 22.1% John DeWolf, Jr. (DR) 22.1% |
Elisha R. Potter | Federalist | 1808 | Retired Federalist hold |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Carolina 1 | Langdon Cheves | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Henry Middleton (DR) 62.8% Thomas Rhett Smith (F) 37.2% |
South Carolina 2 | William Lowndes | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | William Lowndes (DR) 100% |
South Carolina 3 | Theodore Gourdin | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Benjamin Huger (F) 51.6% Theodore Gourdin (DR) 48.4% |
South Carolina 4 | John J. Chappell | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John J. Chappell[Note 7] (DR) |
South Carolina 5 | David R. Evans | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
William Woodward[Note 7] (DR) |
South Carolina 6 | John C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | John C. Calhoun[Note 7] (DR) Benjamin C. Yancey (DR) |
South Carolina 7 | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | 1804 1810 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Taylor (DR) 75.4% Elias Earle (DR) 24.1% |
South Carolina 8 | Samuel Farrow | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired[Note 12] Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Moore[Note 7] (DR) Bowen[Note 13] (F) Samuel Farrow[Note 12] (DR) |
South Carolina 9 | John Kershaw | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Mayrant (DR) 66.1% John Kershaw (DR) 33.9% |
In the 9th district, William Mayrant resigned on October 21, 1816,[3] and was replaced in a special election by Stephen D. Miller (DR).
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tennessee 1 | John Rhea | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Samuel Powell (DR) 58.9% John Rhea (DR) 41.1% |
Tennessee 2 | John Sevier | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | John Sevier (DR) 100% |
Tennessee 3 | Thomas K. Harris | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Isaac Thomas (DR) 54.4% Thomas K. Harris (DR) 45.6% |
Tennessee 4 | John H. Bowen | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Bennett H. Henderson (DR) 66.1% Archibald W. Overton 23.4% Willis Jones 10.5% |
Tennessee 5 | Newton Cannon | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Re-elected | Newton Cannon (DR) 100% |
Tennessee 6 | Parry W. Humphreys | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
James B. Reynolds (DR) 33.7% Peter R. Booker 31.6% George W. L. Marr 28.8% James Holland (DR) 5.8% |
In the 2nd district, John Sevier (DR) died in office. A special election was held that led to the election of William G. Blount (DR) to fill that vacancy.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vermont at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
William Czar Bradley | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Chauncey Langdon (F) 8.5% Charles Marsh (F) 8.5% Asa Lyon (F) 8.5% Daniel Chipman (F) 8.5% John Noyes (F) 8.5% Luther Jewett (F) 8.5% Ezra Butler (DR) 8.2% Richard Skinner (DR) 8.2% William Czar Bradley (DR) 8.2% James Fisk (DR) 8.2% William Strong (DR) 8.2% Charles Rich (DR) 8.1% |
William Strong | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
James Fisk | Democratic-Republican | 1805 1810 |
Incumbent lost re-election. Federalist gain. | ||
Charles Rich | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
Richard Skinner | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
Ezra Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Virginia 1 | John G. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1813 |
Re-elected | John G. Jackson (DR) 94.7% Others 5.3% |
Virginia 2 | Francis White | Federalist | 1813 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Magnus Tate (F) 63.4% Francis White (DR) 36.6% |
Virginia 3 | John Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Henry St. George Tucker (DR) 71.5% Griffin Taylor (F) 27.6% |
Virginia 4 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | William McCoy (DR) 51.0% Robert Porterfield (F) 49.0% |
Virginia 5 | James Breckinridge | Federalist | 1809 | Re-elected | James Breckinridge (F) 51.5% John Floyd (DR) 48.5% |
Virginia 6 | Daniel Sheffey | Federalist | 1809 | Re-elected | Daniel Sheffey[Note 7] (F) |
Virginia 7 | Hugh Caperton | Federalist | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Ballard Smith[Note 7] (DR) John Matthews (F) |
Virginia 8 | Joseph Lewis, Jr. | Federalist | 1803 | Re-elected | Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F) 52.0% Armistead Mason (DR) 48.0% |
Virginia 9 | John P. Hungerford | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | John P. Hungerford (DR) 56.9% William Brent (DR) 43.1% |
Virginia 10 | Aylett Hawes | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | Aylett Hawes (DR) 59.4% John Scott (F) 40.6% |
Virginia 11 | Philip P. Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Re-elected | Philip P. Barbour[Note 7] (DR) John Mercer (DR) |
Virginia 12 | John Roane | Democratic-Republican | 1809 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
William H. Roane (DR) 78.1% James M. Garnett (F) 21.9% |
Virginia 13 | Thomas M. Bayly | Federalist | 1811 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Burwell Bassett (DR) 52.6% John Eyre (F) |
Virginia 14 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (special) | Re-elected | William A. Burwell[Note 7] (DR) |
Virginia 15 | John Kerr | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Matthew Clay (DR) 42.5% John Kerr (DR) 34.1% William Rice (F) 20.3% White[Note 13] (F) 3.1% |
Virginia 16 | John W. Eppes | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1813 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Randolph (DR) 51.6% John W. Eppes (DR) 48.4% |
Virginia 17 | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | James Pleasants[Note 7] (DR) |
Virginia 18 | Thomas Gholson, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1808 (special) | Re-elected | Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) 88.1 John C. Goode (F) 11.9% |
Virginia 19 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Peterson Goodwyn[Note 7] (DR) |
Virginia 20 | James Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | James Johnson (DR) 52.2% Edwin Gray (F) 47.8% |
Virginia 21 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | Thomas Newton, Jr.[Note 7] (DR) |
Virginia 22 | Hugh Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | Hugh Nelson[Note 7] (DR) |
Virginia 23 | John Clopton | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Re-elected | John Clopton[Note 7] (DR) |
Matthew Clay (DR) of the 15th district died on May 27, 1815 and was replaced in a special election by John Kerr (DR).
Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of the 18th district died July 4, 1816 and was replaced in a special election by Thomas M. Nelson (DR).
John Clopton (DR) of the 23rd district died September 11, 1816 and was replaced in a special election by future President John Tyler (DR).
Non-voting delegates
Four territories sent delegates to the 14th Congress. There was no election held in Illinois Territory
District | Incumbent | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Indiana Territory at-large | Jonathan Jennings | 1809 | Re-elected | Jonathan Jennings[Note 7] Elisha Sparks |
Mississippi Territory at-large | William Lattimore | 1803 1813 |
Re-elected | William Lattimore 58.6% Cowles Mead 41.4% |
Missouri Territory at-large | Edward Hempstead | 1812 | Retired | Rufus Easton 36.7% Alexander MacNair 33.1% Samuel Hammond 28.8% Thomas F. Riddick 1.4% |
This was the last election for Indiana Territory, as it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1816. In Missouri Territory, Hempstead resigned and Easton also filled his seat for the remainder of the 13th Congress
See also
Notes
- ^ Excludes states admitted during the 14th Congress
- ^ a b c Includes late elections
- ^ Includes 1 plural district
- ^ Majority required for election, which was not met in two districts, requiring a second election, held on January 6, 1815
- ^ Changed from districts
- ^ a b includes 6 plural districts
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source
- ^ a b c d e f g Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
- ^ District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here
- ^ a b See: Successfully contested elections in New York in 1814.
- ^ a b c Won special election to fill vacancy in 13th Congress
- ^ a b The source indicates uncertainty as to whether Farrow ran in 1814.
- ^ a b Source did not provide full name
References
- ^ 3 Stat. 290
- ^ A New Nation Votes: Kentucky's 2nd district special election, 1815
- ^ a b "Fourteenth Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
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- 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.
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- "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)