1816–17 United States House of Representatives elections
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 15th Congress were held in the various states between April 1816 (in New York) and August 14, 1817 (in North Carolina). The Congress first met on December 1, 1817.
The Democratic-Republican Party made significant gains during this election cycle, which helped to usher in what is known as the Era of Good Feelings under President James Monroe, who was elected that year. The Federalist Party was in a state of collapse, in part because of the secessionist doctrine espoused by some party members from New England at the Hartford Convention of 1814–15. This created an almost treasonous image of the Federalist party outside its base in urban New England. The War of 1812 concluded in 1815 with a feeling of national pride, since the small American military had fought the much more powerful British forces to a stalemate. The end of the war and the foolhardy posturing of New England Federalists led voters to rally around the dominant Democratic-Republicans and usher in a period of nonpartisan, consensus governance, despite the remnants of party divisions.
The proportion of seats held by the Federalist party in the House of Representatives fell to less than a quarter. Even at that, the election of 1816 gave them the highest proportion of seats that they were ever able to secure before the national party ceased to function as of 1824. In the same period, the Democratic-Republicans enjoyed majorities never again approached by any American political party until the era of Reconstruction in the late 1860s.
Election summaries
The States of Mississippi and Illinois were admitted during the 15th Congress, adding one seat each.[1][2] Mississippi was represented for most of both sessions, while Illinois was only represented during the 2nd session.
| 145 | 40 |
| Democratic-Republican | Federalist |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic- Republican |
Federalist | ||
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| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
| Connecticut | At-large | September 16, 1816 | 7 | 0 | 
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7 |
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| Delaware | At-large | October 7, 1816 | 2 | 1 |  1
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1 |  1
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| Georgia | At-large | October 7, 1816 | 6 | 6 |
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0 |
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| Kentucky | District (10) | August 5, 1816 | 10 | 10 |
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0 |
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| Louisiana | At-large | July 1–3, 1816 | 1 | 1 |
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0 |
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| Maryland | District (8[Note 4]) | October 6, 1816 | 9 | 5 | 1
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4 | 1
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| Massachusetts | District (20) | November 4, 1816[Note 5] | 20 | 9 | 7
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11 | 7
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| New Hampshire | At-large | August 26, 1816 | 6 | 6 | 6
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0 | 6
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| New Jersey | At-large | November 4–5, 1816 | 6 | 6 |
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0 |
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| New York | District (21[Note 6]) | April 30 – May 2, 1816 | 27 | 22 | 1
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5 | 1
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| Ohio | District (6) | October 8, 1816 | 6 | 5 | 1
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1 | 1
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| Pennsylvania | District (15[Note 6]) | October 8, 1816 | 23 | 19 | 1
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4 | 1
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| Rhode Island | At-large | August 27, 1816 | 2 | 0 |
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2 |
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| South Carolina | District (9) | October 14–15, 1816 | 9 | 9 | 1
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0 | 1
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| Vermont | At-large | September 3, 1816 | 6 | 6 | 6
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0 | 6
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| Indiana | At-large | August 4, 1817 | 1 | 1 |
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0 |
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| Mississippi | At-large | August 4–5, 1817 | 1 | 1 | 1
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0 |
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| North Carolina | District (13) | August 14, 1817 | 13 | 11 |
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2 |
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| Tennessee | District (6) | August 7–8, 1817 | 6 | 6 |
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0 |
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| Virginia | District (23) | April, 1817 | 23 | 20 | 1
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3 | 1
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| Illinois | At-large | September 17–19, 1818 | 1 | 1 | 1
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0 |
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| Total[Note 2] | 185 | 145[Note 3] 78.4% |
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40[Note 3] 21.6% |
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Late elections to the 14th Congress
Indiana was admitted as a state of the Union on December 11, 1816,[3] during the Second Session of the 14th United States Congress.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana at-large | None (District created) | New seat Democratic-Republican gain |
William Hendricks (DR) 80.2% Allen Thom 19.7% | ||
Hendricks took his seat on December 11, 1816.
Complete returns
Illinois elected its first representative in 1818
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
Benjamin Tallmadge | Federalist | 1801 (special) | Retired Federalist hold |
Sylvanus Backus (F) 13.7% Samuel B. Sherwood (F) 9.0% Charles Dennison (F) 8.9% Timothy Pitkin (F) 8.8% Thomas Scott Williams (F) 7.1% Jonathan O. Moseley (F) 7.0% Uriel Holmes (F) 6.7% Ebenezer Huntington[Note 7] (F) 6.6% Lyman Law (F) 6.4% Lewis B. Sturges (F) 6.2% Epaphroditus Champion (F) 5.9% Asa Bacon Jr. (F) 5.4% Nathaniel Terry[Note 7] (F) 4.4% Sylvester Gilbert[Note 7] (DR) 4.2% |
| Jonathan O. Moseley | Federalist | 1804 | Re-elected | ||
| Epaphroditus Champion | Federalist | 1806 | Lost re-election Federalist hold | ||
| Timothy Pitkin | Federalist | 1805 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| Lewis B. Sturges | Federalist | 1805 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist hold | ||
| John Davenport | Federalist | 1798 | Retired Federalist hold | ||
| Lyman Law | Federalist | 1810 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Sylvanus Backus (F) died on February 15, 1817, and Charles Dennison declined to serve. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancies, which elected Ebenezer Huntington (F) and Nathaniel Terry (F).
Uriel Holmes (F) resigned in 1818, and was replaced in a special election by Sylvester Gilbert (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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| Delaware at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Thomas Clayton | Federalist | 1814 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Louis McLane (F) 24.0% Willard Hall (DR) 23.6% Caesar A. Rodney (DR) 23.5% Caleb Rodney (F) 23.0% Thomas Clayton (F) 3.3% Thomas Cooper (F) 2.6% |
| Thomas Cooper | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Georgia at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Wilson Lumpkin | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Terrell (DR) 10.9% Joel Crawford (DR) 10.5% Joel Abbot (DR) 9.6% Zadock Cook (DR) 8.4% Thomas W. Cobb (DR) 8.2% John Forsyth (DR) 7.9% John Dooly 7.3% Richard Henry Wilde (DR) 7.0% Homer Virgil Milton 6.8% Wilson Lumpkin (DR) 6.8% Alfred Cuthbert (DR) 6.4% Allen Daniel 6.3% Thomas Telfair (DR) 2.3% James Wood 1.6% |
| Richard Henry Wilde | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Bolling Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Zadock Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| John Forsyth | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
| Thomas Telfair | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Forsyth (DR) resigned on November 23, 1818, after being elected to the Senate. A special election was held on January 4, 1819, to fill the vacancies left in both the remainder of the 15th Congress and in the 16th Congress to which he had been re-elected before his resignation.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana at-large | William Hendricks | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | William Hendricks (DR) 60.1% Thomas Posey (DR) 39.9% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky 1 | Previous incumbent James Clark (DR) resigned by August, 1816 | Democratic-Republican hold | David Trimble (DR) 55.3% George Stockton 44.7% | ||
| Kentucky 2 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 |
Re-elected | Henry Clay (DR) 57.6% John Pope (DR) 42.4% |
| Kentucky 3 | Richard M. Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Re-elected | Richard M. Johnson (DR) 56.6% Benjamin Taylor (F) 43.4% |
| Kentucky 4 | Joseph Desha | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Re-elected | Joseph Desha (DR) 56.1% William Garrard 43.9% |
| Kentucky 5 | Alney McLean | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Anthony New (DR) 64.4% Benjamin W. Patton 35.6% |
| Kentucky 6 | Solomon P. Sharp | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
David Walker (DR) 54.2% William Thompson 37.7% Solomon P. Sharp (DR) 8.2% |
| Kentucky 7 | Samuel McKee | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George Robertson (DR) 62.3% Robert Caldwell 37.7% |
| Kentucky 8 | Stephen Ormsby | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (DR) 56.8% Edward George 34.6% Stephen Ormsby (DR) 8.6% |
| Kentucky 9 | Micah Taul | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Tunstal Quarles[Note 9] (DR) Rife[Note 10] |
| Kentucky 10 | Benjamin Hardin | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Speed (DR) 42.3% James Crutcher 31.2% John Lancaster 26.5% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana at-large | Thomas B. Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) 100% |
On April 20, 1818, Thomas B. Robertson (DR) resigned and was replaced in a special election by Thomas Butler (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland 1 | Philip Stuart | Federalist | 1810 | Re-elected | Philip Stuart (F) 99.1% |
| Maryland 2 | John C. Herbert | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | John C. Herbert (F) 50.6% Joshua Barney (DR) 49.2% |
| Maryland 3 | Previous incumbent Alexander C. Hanson (F) resigned after being elected to the Senate | Federalist hold | George Peter[Note 11] (F) 46.0% Charles Kilgour (F) 30.4% Nicholas Snethen (DR) 23.6% | ||
| Maryland 4 | George Baer, Jr. | Federalist | 1796 1814 |
Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Samuel Ringgold (DR) 53.6% Matthew Van Lear (F) 46.3% |
| Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1792 1816 (special) |
Re-elected | Samuel Smith[Note 11] (DR) 42.0% Peter Little[Note 11] (DR) 31.4% Tobias Stansbury (DR) 26.6% |
| Previous incumbent William Pinkney (DR) resigned April 18, 1816 | Democratic-Republican hold | ||||
| Maryland 6 | Stevenson Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1811 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Philip Reed (DR) 51.5% Stevenson Archer (DR) 48.5% |
| Maryland 7 | Robert Wright | Democratic-Republican | 1810 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Culbreth (DR) 50.8% William Potter (F) 49.2% |
| Maryland 8 | Charles Goldsborough | Federalist | 1804 | Retired Federalist hold |
Thomas Bayly (F) 51.7% Ephraim King Wilson (F) 46.6% Thomas Williams (DR) 1.8% |
Massachusetts' electoral law required a majority for election. In five districts this was not met on the first election, requiring additional trials to be held.
| District[Note 12] | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||||||
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| Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district |
Artemas Ward Jr. | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
James Lloyd (F) 98.0% Benjamin Austin (DR) 2.0% |
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| Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district |
Timothy Pickering | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Nathaniel Silsbee (DR) 50.5% Thomas Stevens (F) 49.5% |
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| Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district |
Jeremiah Nelson | Federalist | 1804 1814 |
Re-elected | William B. Banister (F) 44.0% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 39.4% Samuel L. Knapp (F) 9.7% Ebenezer Moseley (F) 5.7% Jeremiah Nelson (F) 1.2% |
William B. Banister (F) 46.0% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 39.0% Jeremiah Nelson (F) 11.8% Others 3.2% |
Jeremiah Nelson (F) 57.7% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 33.9% Others 8.4% |
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| Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district |
Asahel Stearns | Federalist | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Timothy Fuller (DR) 55.0% Asahel Stearns (F) 45.0% |
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| Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district |
Elijah H. Mills | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | Elijah H. Mills (F) 81.0% Enos Foot (DR) 9.9% Lewis Strong (F) 6.7% Others 2.5% |
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| Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district |
Samuel Taggart | Federalist | 1803 | Retired Federalist hold |
Samuel C. Allen (F) 67.7% Noah Webster (I) 15.6% Elihu Lyman (DR) 13.6% Others 3.2% |
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| Massachusetts 7 Known as the Berkshire district |
John W. Hulbert | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Henry Shaw (DR) 52.2% Daniel Noble (F) 46.0% Others 1.8% |
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| Massachusetts 8 Known as the Plymouth district |
William Baylies | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Zabdiel Sampson (DR) 49.2% Wilkes Wood (F) 46.2% Others 4.6% |
Zabdiel Sampson (DR) 51.8% Wilkes Wood (F) 47.0% Others 1.2% |
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| Massachusetts 9 Known as the Barnstable district |
John Reed Jr. | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Walter Folger Jr. (DR) 49.7% John Reed Jr. (F) 36.4% Elijah Cobb (F) 10.4% Others 3.5% |
Walter Folger Jr. (DR) 46.9% John Reed Jr. (F) 30.2% Thadeus Coffin (F) 21.4% Elijah Cobb (F) 1.5% |
Walter Folger Jr. (DR) 52.8% John Reed Jr. (F) 39.5% William Wills (F) 6.2% Others 1.6% |
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| Massachusetts 10 Known as the Bristol district |
Laban Wheaton | Federalist | 1808 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Marcus Morton (DR) 50.6% Samuel Crocker (F) 46.3% Others 3.1% |
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| Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester South district |
Elijah Brigham | Federalist | 1810 | Retired Federalist hold |
Benjamin Adams (F) 66.3% Abraham Lincoln (DR) 30.6% Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) 3.1% |
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| Massachusetts 12 Known as the Worcester North district |
Solomon Strong | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | Solomon Strong (F) 69.4% Edmund Cushing (DR) 30.6% |
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| Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district |
Nathaniel Ruggles | Federalist | 1812 | Re-elected | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) 50.4% Ebenezer Seaver D(R) 46.9% Others 2.7% |
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| District of Maine | Massachusetts 14 Known as the 1st Eastern district |
Cyrus King | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
John Holmes (DR) 58.9% Cyrus King (F) 38.0% Others 3.1% |
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| Massachusetts 15 Known as the 2nd Eastern district |
George Bradbury | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
Ezekiel Whitman (F) 51.5% Mark Harris (DR) 48.5% |
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| Massachusetts 16 Known as the 3rd Eastern district |
Benjamin Brown | Federalist | 1812 | Ran for re-election in the 18th district Federalist hold |
Benjamin Orr (F) 63.3% Erastus Foote (DR) 36.7% |
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| Massachusetts 17 Known as the 4th Eastern district |
James Carr | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Federalist gain |
John Wilson (F) 55.2% Martin Kinsley (DR) 44.8% |
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| Massachusetts 18 Known as the 5th Eastern district |
Thomas Rice | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | Benjamin Brown (F) 41.2% Nathan Cutler (DR) 31.6% Samuel S. Conner (DR) 27.2% |
Benjamin Brown (F) 45.0% Samuel S. Conner (DR) 22.5% Nathan Cutler (DR) 21.9% Others 10.6% |
Benjamin Brown (F) 39.4% Samuel S. Conner (DR) 31.4% Nathan Cutler (DR) 15.9% Obed Wilson (DR) 7.0% Joshua Cushman (DR) 3.1% Others 3.2% |
Thomas Rice (F) 48.7% Samuel S. Conner (DR) 37.8% Obed Wilson (DR) 7.5% Joshua Cushman (DR) 2.5% Others 3.5% |
Joshua Cushman (DR) 47.2% Thomas Rice (F) 40.4% Others 12.4% |
Thomas Rice (F) 51.0% Joshua Cushman (DR) 45.6% Others 3.4% | |
| Massachusetts 19 Known as the 6th Eastern district |
Samuel S. Conner | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Ran in 18th district Democratic-Republican hold |
James Parker (DR) 42.9% Thomas Rice (F) 41.2% John Chandler (DR) 15.0% Others 0.9% |
Thomas Rice (F) 38.2% John Chandler (DR) 31.7% James Parker (DR) 30.1% |
James Parker (DR) 43.8% Peter Grant (F) 39.0% Thomas Rice (F) 6.5% Joshua Gage (DR) 5.6% John Chandler (DR) 5.1% |
Peter Grant (F) 50.0%[Note 13] James Parker (DR) 32.2% Joshua Gage (DR) 11.9% Others 5.9% |
Joshua Gage (DR) 60.4% Peter Grant (F) 39.6% |
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| Massachusetts 20 Known as the 7th Eastern district |
Albion K. Parris | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | Albion K. Parris (DR) 58.2% Samuel A. Bradley (F) 35.8% Levi Hubbard (DR) 6.0% |
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James Lloyd (F) of the 1st district did not serve, apparently resigning before the start of the 15th Congress, and was replaced in a special election by Jonathan Mason
Albion K. Parris (DR) of the 20th district resigned February 3, 1818, having been named judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine. The resulting vacancy was filled in a special election by Enoch Lincoln (DR).
Mississippi was admitted as a state of the Union on December 10, 1817.[4] from the western half of the former Mississippi Territory (the eastern half became Alabama Territory) It elected its first representative to Congress in 1817.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi at-large | None (District created) | Democratic-Republican gain | George Poindexter (DR) 99.8% Christopher Rankin (DR) 0.2% | ||
George Poindexter had previously served as a Delegate for Mississippi Territory in the 9th-12th Congresses.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
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| New Hampshire at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Bradbury Cilley | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Josiah Butler (DR) 8.9% Nathaniel Upham (DR) 8.9% Clifton Clagett (DR) 8.9% Salma Hale (DR) 8.9% John F. Parrott (DR) 8.7% Arthur Livermore (DR) 8.7% William Hale (F) 7.8% Jeremiah Smith (F) 7.8% Jeduthun Wilcox (F) 7.8% Roger Vose (F) 7.8% Bradbury Cilley (F) 7.7% Parker Noyes (F) 7.7% |
| Charles Humphrey Atherton | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| William Hale | Federalist | 1808 1812 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Roger Vose | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Daniel Webster | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Jeduthun Wilcox | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
In 1816, the Democratic-Republican candidates ran unopposed.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Lewis Condict | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Linn (DR) 17.1% Charles Kinsey (DR) 16.8% Henry Southard (DR) 16.7% Joseph Bloomfield (DR) 16.6% Benjamin Bennet (DR) 16.5% Ephraim Bateman (DR) 16.4% |
| Thomas Ward | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Henry Southard | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Ephraim Bateman | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Ezra Baker | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Benjamin Bennet | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York 1 Plural district with 2 seats |
George Townsend | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | George Townsend (DR) 26.9% Tredwell Scudder (DR) 26.8% Nathaniel Smith (F) 23.2% Samuel Jones (F) 23.2% |
| Henry Crocheron | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| New York 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Irving | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Re-elected | William Irving (DR) 29.0% Peter H. Wendover (DR) 28.9% Josiah Ogden Hoffman Sr. (F) 21.1% Isaac Ely (F) 21.0% |
| Peter H. Wendover | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| New York 3 | Jonathan Ward | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Caleb Tompkins (DR) 56.8% Abraham Odell (F) 42.8% |
| New York 4 | Abraham H. Schenck | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Henry B. Lee (DR) 52.6% Henry A. Livingston (F) 47.2% |
| New York 5 | Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
Philip J. Schuyler (F) 58.8% James I. Van Alen (DR) 41.1% |
| New York 6 | James W. Wilkin | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Re-elected | James W. Wilkin (DR) 55.4% James Burt (F) 44.6% |
| New York 7 | Samuel R. Betts | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Josiah Hasbrouck (DR) 51.7% John Sudam (F) 48.2% |
| New York 8 | Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | 1802 1814 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Dorrance Kirtland (DR) 56.2% Samuel Sherwood (F) 43.7% |
| New York 9 | John Lovett | Federalist | 1812 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Rensselaer Westerlo (F) 56.2% Elisha Jenkins (DR) 36.6% John Lovett (F) 7.1% |
| New York 10 | Hosea Moffitt | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
John P. Cushman (F) 54.9% Thomas Turner (DR) 44.9% |
| New York 11 | John W. Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John W. Taylor (DR) 53.4% Elisha Powell (F) 46.6% |
| New York 12 Plural district with 2 seats |
John Savage | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | John Savage (DR) 27.2% John Palmer (DR) 24.5% Henry H. Ross (F) 24.3% Zebulon R. Shipherd (F) 24.1% |
| Asa Adgate | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| New York 13 | John B. Yates | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Lawyer (DR) 54.9% William Beekman (F) 45.1% |
| New York 14 | Daniel Cady | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
John Herkimer (DR) 50.8% Richard Van Horn (F) 49.2% |
| New York 15 Plural district with 2 seats |
Jabez D. Hammond | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Isaac Williams, Jr. (DR) 26.6% John R. Drake (DR) 26.6% James Clapp (F) 23.4% James Hyde (F) 23.4% |
| James Birdsall | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| New York 16 | Thomas R. Gold | Federalist | 1808 1814 |
Retired Federalist hold |
Henry R. Storrs (F) 52.5% Nathan Williams (DR) 47.3% |
| New York 17 | Westel Willoughby, Jr. | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Thomas H. Hubbard (DR) 51.5% Simeon Ford (F) 48.4% |
| New York 18 | Moss Kent | Federalist | 1812 | Retired Federalist hold |
David A. Ogden (F) 50.4% Ela Collins (DR) 49.5% |
| New York 19 | Victory Birdseye | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
James Porter (DR) 55.3% James Geddes (F) 44.5% |
| New York 20 Plural district with 2 seats |
Enos T. Throop | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Daniel Cruger (DR) 35.5% Oliver C. Comstock (DR) 25.7% Elijah Miller (F) 14.5% Benjamin Johnson (F) 10.1% Enos T. Throop (DR) 7.1% Eleazer Lindsley (F) 4.0% |
| Oliver C. Comstock | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | ||
| New York 21 Plural district with 2 seats |
Micah Brooks | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Benjamin Ellicott (DR) 29.4% John C. Spencer (DR) 27.0% Phillip Church (F) 20.6% Graham Newell (F) 20.4% Micah Brooks (DR) 2.2% |
| Previous incumbent Peter B. Porter (DR) resigned January 23, 1816 | Democratic-Republican hold | ||||
On February 18, 1817, Representative-elect Lee in the 4th district died. A special election was held to fill that vacancy. It resulted in the election of James Tallmadge, Jr. (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| North Carolina 1 | William H. Murfree | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Lemuel Sawyer (DR) 38.0% Joseph Ferebee (DR) 33.1% Henry Skinner (F) 28.9% |
| North Carolina 2 | Joseph H. Bryan | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Joseph H. Bryan[Note 9] (DR) |
| North Carolina 3 | James W. Clark | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas H. Hall (DR) 100% |
| North Carolina 4 | William Gaston | Federalist | 1813 | Retired Federalist hold |
Jesse Slocumb (F) 54.0% Henry J. G. Ruffin (DR) 46.0% |
| North Carolina 5 | Charles Hooks | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
James Owen (DR) 55.4% Charles Hooks (DR) 44.6% |
| North Carolina 6 | Weldon N. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | Weldon N. Edwards (DR) 80.5% Solomon Green (F) 19.5% |
| North Carolina 7 | John Culpepper | Federalist | 1806 1813 |
Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Alexander McMillan (F) 58.7% John Culpepper (F) 41.3% |
| North Carolina 8 | Samuel Dickens | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
James S. Smith (DR) 52.3% Samuel Dickens (DR) 46.9% |
| North Carolina 9 | Bartlett Yancey | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Settle (DR) 78.4% Romulus M. Saunders (DR) 21.6% |
| North Carolina 10 | William C. Love | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George Mumford (DR) 53.9% John L. Henderson (F) 46.1% |
| North Carolina 11 | Daniel M. Forney | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Daniel M. Forney[Note 9] (DR) |
| North Carolina 12 | Israel Pickens | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Felix Walker (DR) 42.8% John Paxton (DR) 38.5% William Porter (DR) 18.7% |
| North Carolina 13 | Lewis Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Lewis Williams[Note 9] |
Alexander McMillan (F) of the 7th district died before Congress assembled,[4] and was replaced in a special election by James Stewart (DR)
George Mumford (DR) of the 10th district died December 31, 1818,[4] and was replaced in a special election by Charles Fisher (DR).
Daniel M. Forney (DR) of the 11th district resigned in 1818,[4] and was replaced in a special election by William Davidson (F).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio 1 | Previous incumbent John McLean (DR) resigned April, 1816 | Democratic-Republican hold | William Henry Harrison[Note 11] (DR) 57.2% Thomas R. Ross (DR) 24.0% William Corry (F) 10.4% William C. Schenck (F) 6.0% Matthias Ross (DR) 1.5% | ||
| Ohio 2 | John Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John W. Campbell (DR) 55.9% Isaiah Morris (DR) 23.0% Thomas Morris (DR) 17.4% John Alexander (DR) 1.8% Thomas Foote (DR) 1.2% |
| Ohio 3 | William Creighton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Levi Barber (DR) 40.7% Henry Brush (DR) 31.5% Joseph Kerr (DR) 12.8% Samuel Monett (DR) 10.8% John A. Fulton (DR) 4.1% |
| Ohio 4 | James Caldwell | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Samuel Herrick (DR) 57.7% John C. Wright (DR) 41.9% |
| Ohio 5 | James Kilbourne | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Federalist gain |
Philemon Beecher (F) 19.6% Joseph Vance (DR) 18.6% Joseph Foos (DR) 13.9% Daniel C. Cooper (F) 13.6% William Ludlow (DR) 9.1% Daniel Smith (DR) 8.7% Fielding Lowry (DR) 8.2% Robert F. Slaughter (DR) 4.7% Chester Griswold (DR) 3.6% |
| Ohio 6 | David Clendenin | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Peter Hitchcock (DR) 57.5% Joseph Richardson (DR) 28.0% John G. Young (DR) 8.5% David Clendenin (DR) 5.9% |
Herrick's election in the 4th district was unsuccessfully contested.[4]
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8][5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats |
Joseph Hopkinson | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | Adam Seybert (DR) 13.9% William Anderson (DR) 13.8% John Sergeant (F) 12.5% Joseph Hopkinson (F) 12.3% William Milnor (F) 12.2% Samuel Edwards (F) 12.1% Jacob Summer (DR) 8.8% John Conard (DR) 8.1% William J. Duane (DR) 6.3% |
| William Milnor | Federalist | 1806 1814 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Thomas Smith | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| John Sergeant | Federalist | 1815 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Darlington | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Levi Pawling (F) 25.5% Isaac Darlington (F) 25.1% William Darlington (DR) 25.1% John Hahn 24.3% |
| John Hahn | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Federalist gain | ||
| Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats |
James M. Wallace | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Re-elected | John Whiteside (DR) 39.4% James M. Wallace (DR) 39.0% Amos Slaymaker (F) 21.6% |
| John Whiteside | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 4 | Hugh Glasgow | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jacob Spangler (DR) 67.1% Jacob Hay (F) 32.9% |
| Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Maclay (DR) 31.0% Andrew Boden (DR) 27.8% James McSherry (F) 19.8% John McClelland (F) 18.1% William Crawford (DR) 3.3% |
| William Maclay | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel D. Ingham | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John Ross (DR) 50.8% Samuel D. Ingham (DR) 49.2% |
| John Ross | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 7 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1798 1814 |
Re-elected | Joseph Hiester (DR) 85.0% Charles Shoemaker (DR) 8.6% Daniel Udree (DR) 6.4% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | William Piper | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Alexander Ogle (DR) 99.7% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | Previous incumbent Thomas Burnside (DR) resigned to accept a judicial appointment | Democratic-Republican hold | William P. Maclay[Note 11] (DR) 75.7% James A. Banks (F) 24.3% | ||
| Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | William Wilson (DR) 32.5% David Scott (DR) 31.5% William Buyers (F) 14.8 George Kremer (DR) 8.8% Roswell Wells (F) 8.8% Charles Maus 3.5% |
| Jared Irwin | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold | ||
| Pennsylvania 11 | William Findley | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
David Marchand (DR) 52.8% George Armstrong (F) 47.2% |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Aaron Lyle | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Patterson (DR) 87.2% John Hughes (F) 12.8% |
| Pennsylvania 13 | Isaac Griffin | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Christian Tarr (DR) 50.8% Presley C. Lane (DR) 19.7% Henry Heaton (DR) 14.2% Thomas McKibben (DR) 11.7% Thomas Hersey (DR) 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania 14 | John Woods | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Henry Baldwin (DR) 61.6% Walter Lowrie (DR) 38.4% |
| Pennsylvania 15 | Thomas Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Robert Moore (DR) 51.1% William Clark (F) 48.9% |
Jacob Spangler (DR) of the 4th district resigned April 20, 1818, and was replaced in a special election by Jacob Hostetter (DR)
John Ross (DR) of the 6th district resigned on February 24, 1818. Samuel D. Ingham (DR) also of the 6th district resigned on July 6, 1818. Special elections were held after each resignation, electing, respectively, Thomas J. Rogers (DR) and Samuel Moore (DR)
David Scott (DR) of the 10th district resigned before Congress started and was replaced in a special election by John Murray (DR)
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
John L. Boss Jr. | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected | John L. Boss Jr. (F) 50.1% James B. Mason (F) 49.9% |
| James B. Mason | Federalist | 1814 | Re-elected |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina 1 | Henry Middleton | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | Henry Middleton (DR) 56.4% William Crafts Jr. (F) 43.6% |
| South Carolina 2 | William Lowndes | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | William Lowndes (DR) 92.5% Others 7.5% |
| South Carolina 3 | Benjamin Huger | Federalist | 1798 1814 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
James Ervin (DR) 54.8% Benjamin Huger (F) 45.2% |
| South Carolina 4 | John J. Chappell | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Joseph Bellinger (DR) 47.2% John J. Chappell (DR) 31.6% John C. Allen (DR) 21.2% |
| South Carolina 5 | William Woodward | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Starling Tucker[Note 9] (DR) William Woodward (DR) |
| South Carolina 6 | John C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | John C. Calhoun (DR) 43.2% Edmund Bacon (F) 31.5% William Butler (DR) 25.3% |
| South Carolina 7 | John Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Elias Earle (DR) 50.7% Andrew Pickens (DR) 26.7% John Taylor (DR) 22.6% |
| South Carolina 8 | Thomas Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1800 1814 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Wilson Nesbitt (DR) 41.4% James MacKibben (DR) 32.3% William Smith (DR) 20.3% William Rice (DR) 5.9% |
| South Carolina 9 | Previous incumbent William Mayrant (DR) resigned October 21, 1816. | Democratic-Republican hold | Stephen D. Miller[Note 11] (DR) 73.6% William Mayrant (DR) 26.4% | ||
In the 6th district, John C. Calhoun resigned on November 3, 1817,[4] after being appointed Secretary of War and was replaced in a special election by Eldred Simkins (DR).
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee 1 | Samuel Powell | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Rhea (DR) 63.9% Alexander Sevier (DR) 36.1% |
| Tennessee 2 | William G. Blount | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Re-elected | William G. Blount (DR) 61.8% John Cocke (DR) 38.2% |
| Tennessee 3 | Isaac Thomas | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Francis Jones (DR) 35.2% James Rogers 24.7% Joseph Pickens 24.1% Queen Morton 16.0% |
| Tennessee 4 | Bennett H. Henderson | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Samuel Hogg (DR) 63.5% Archibald Overton (DR) 36.5% |
| Tennessee 5 | Newton Cannon | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas Claiborne (DR) 47.6% Newton Cannon (DR) 28.5% Robert Weakley (DR) 23.9% |
| Tennessee 6 | James B. Reynolds | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
George W. L. Marr (DR) 46.5% Peter R. Booker 26.8% Thomas Johnson 19.3% James B. Reynolds (DR) 4.2% Samuel Goodridge 3.1% |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Daniel Chipman | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Mark Richards (DR) 9.2% William Hunter (DR) 9.2% Heman Allen (DR) 9.1% Orsamus Cook Merrill (DR) 9.1% Samuel C. Crafts (DR) 9.1% Charles Rich (DR) 9.1% Chauncey Langdon (F) 7.6% Jonathan H. Hubbard (F) 7.6% Phineas White (F) 7.6% Asa Lyon (F) 7.6% David Edmonds (F) 7.6% Samuel Prentiss (F) 7.5% |
| Luther Jewett | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Chauncey Langdon | Federalist | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Asa Lyon | Federalist | 1814 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| Charles Marsh | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain | ||
| John Noyes | Federalist | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Heman Allen (DR) resigned April 20, 1818, at the end of the 1st session.[4] His seat remained vacant for the duration of the 15th Congress.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia 1 | John G. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1813 |
Retired Federalist gain |
James Pindall (F) 100% |
| Virginia 2 | Magnus Tate | Federalist | 1815 | Retired Federalist hold |
Edward Colston (F) 61.2% Daniel Morgan (DR) 30.9% Robert Bailey (DR) 7.9% |
| Virginia 3 | Henry St. George Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Henry St. George Tucker (DR) 67.8% William Carson (DR) 32.2% |
| Virginia 4 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | William McCoy[Note 9] (DR) |
| Virginia 5 | James Breckinridge | Federalist | 1809 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
John Floyd (DR) 57.6 Elijah MacClannahan (F) 42.4% |
| Virginia 6 | Daniel Sheffey | Federalist | 1809 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
Alexander Smyth (DR) 67.0% Benjamin Estill (F) 33.0% |
| Virginia 7 | Ballard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Ballard Smith (DR) 94.7% John Gray (F) 5.3% |
| Virginia 8 | Joseph Lewis, Jr. | Federalist | 1803 | Retired Federalist hold |
Charles F. Mercer (F) 52.6% Armistead Mason (DR) 47.4% |
| Virginia 9 | John P. Hungerford | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Lee Ball (DR) 44.6% John P. Hungerford (DR) 40.9% Henry Lee Jr. (F) 14.5% |
| Virginia 10 | Aylett Hawes | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George Strother (DR) 51.3% John Shackleford (F) 48.7% |
| Virginia 11 | Philip P. Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Re-elected | Philip P. Barbour[Note 9] (DR) |
| Virginia 12 | William H. Roane | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Robert S. Garnett[Note 9] (DR) Edwin Upshaw (DR) William H. Roane (DR) |
| Virginia 13 | Burwell Bassett | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Burwell Bassett (DR) 73.3% John Eyre (F) 24.8% M. S. Pitts[Note 10] (F) 1.9% |
| Virginia 14 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (special) | Re-elected | William A. Burwell[Note 9] (DR) |
| Virginia 15 | John Kerr | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
William J. Lewis (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 16 | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1799 1815 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Archibald Austin (DR) 61.5% John Randolph (DR) 38.5% |
| Virginia 17 | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | James Pleasants (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 18 | Thomas M. Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | Thomas M. Nelson (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 19 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Re-elected | Peterson Goodwyn (DR) 96.9% John Pegram[Note 7] (DR) 3.1% |
| Virginia 20 | James Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Re-elected | James Johnson (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 21 | Thomas Newton Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) 93.5% Littleton W. Tazewell (DR) 6.5% |
| Virginia 22 | Hugh Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | Hugh Nelson (DR) 72.7% Thomas W. Maury (DR) 27.3% |
| Virginia 23 | John Tyler | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | John Tyler (DR) 53.7% Andrew Stevenson (DR) 46.3% |
In the 19th district, Peterson Goodwyn (DR) died on February 21, 1818, and was replaced in a special election by John Pegram (DR).
Non-voting delegates
There were four territories with the right to send delegates during at least part of the 15th Congress. Mississippi Territory only existed during the first few months of the 15th Congress, but did not elect a delegate, since it was admitted to the Union as a state a few days into the 1st Session of the 15th Congress. Illinois Territory also only existed during the 1st Session, as it was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois on December 3, 1818. Alabama Territory was formed from the eastern half of Mississippi Territory, and its first (and only) delegate was seated on March 9, 1818.[4]
| District | Incumbent | First elected |
Result | Candidates[Note 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Territory at-large | None (District created) | John Crowell[Note 9] | ||
| Illinois Territory at-large | Nathaniel Pope | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | Nathaniel Pope[Note 9] John Caldwell |
| Missouri Territory at-large | Rufus Easton | 1814 | Lost re-election | John Scott 49.8% Rufus Easton 49.4% |
| John Scott 54.4% Rufus Easton 45.6% | ||||
There were two elections held for the delegate from Missouri Territory. The first was contested by Rufus Easton on the grounds of electoral fraud. This election was declared void, and a second election was held on August 4, 1817.[4] It was won without controversy by John Scott, who took his seat on December 8, 1817.
See also
Notes
- ^ Excludes states admitted during the 15th Congress
- ^ a b c Includes late elections
- ^ a b c d Figures are at variance with both Dubin (p. 62, which includes "140 Republicans, 1 Independent Republican, and 2 vacancies", in addition to "41 Federalists"), and Martis (p. 84) and "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. (which both report 146 Democrat-Republicans, and 39 Federalists). But Dubin appears to incorrectly list Lewis Williams of NC-13 as a "Federalist" (see pg. 60 and 55, etc.) instead of a "Democrat-Republican", while Martis lists Philemon Beecher of OH-05 as a "Democrat-Republican" instead of a "Federalist", which if accounted for would revise both Dubin's and Martis' totals to 40 Federalists (and therefore 145 Democrat-Republicans).
- ^ Includes 1 plural district
- ^ A majority was required for election, which was not met in the initial election for 5 districts requiring additional trials to be held on January 27, May 1, July 21, September 29, and December 1, 1817
- ^ a b Includes 6 plural districts
- ^ a b c d Subsequently elected in special election
- ^ a b c d e f g h Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source
- ^ a b Full name unknown
- ^ a b c d e f Also elected in special election to fill vacancy in 14th Congress
- ^ District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here
- ^ Exactly 50%
References
- ^ 3 Stat. 349
- ^ 3 Stat. 430
- ^ "Fourteenth Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
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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)