United States House of Representatives elections, 1820
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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 17th Congress took place in the various states took place between July 3, 1820 (Louisiana) and August 10, 1821 (Tennessee). In four states (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi) the election coincided with the taking of the 4th Census (August 7, 1820). Future enumerations would henceforth be held at a different time of year.
James Monroe won reelection and the Era of Good Feelings, a period of near-complete dominance of national politics by the Democratic-Republican Party, continued after this campaign. However, the Democratic-Republicans lost a small number of seats, due to midterm discontent in some urban, eastern areas. However, the huge Democratic-Republican majority remained intact and the Federalist Party started to become increasingly fragmented.
Contents
- 1 Election summaries
- 2 Complete returns
- 2.1 Alabama
- 2.2 Connecticut
- 2.3 Delaware
- 2.4 Georgia
- 2.5 Illinois
- 2.6 Indiana
- 2.7 Kentucky
- 2.8 Louisiana
- 2.9 Maine
- 2.10 Maryland
- 2.11 Massachusetts
- 2.12 Mississippi
- 2.13 Missouri
- 2.14 New Hampshire
- 2.15 New Jersey
- 2.16 New York
- 2.17 North Carolina
- 2.18 Ohio
- 2.19 Pennsylvania
- 2.20 Rhode Island
- 2.21 South Carolina
- 2.22 Tennessee
- 2.23 Vermont
- 2.24 Virginia
- 2.25 Non-voting delegates
- 3 See also
- 4 Notes
- 5 References
- 6 Bibliography
- 7 External links
Election summaries
One seat was added during this Congress for the new State of Missouri[1]
| 155 | 32 |
| Democratic-Republican | Federalist |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic- Republican |
Federalist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
| Delaware | At-large | October 3, 1820 | 2 | 1 |  |
1 | |
| Georgia | At-large | October 2, 1820 | 6 | 6 | |
0 | |
| Illinois | At-large | August 7, 1820 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | |
| Indiana | At-large | August 7, 1820 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | |
| Kentucky | District (10) | August 7, 1820 | 10 | 10 | |
0 | |
| Louisiana | At-large | July 3-5, 1820 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | |
| Maine[Note 2] | District (7) | November 7, 1820[Note 3] | 7 | 5 |  1[Note 4] |
2 |  1[Note 4] |
| Maryland | District (8[Note 5]) | October 2, 1820 | 9 | 6 | |
3 | |
| Massachusetts | District (13) | November 6, 1820[Note 6] | 13[Note 7] | 6 | 1[Note 8] |
7 | 1[Note 8] |
| Mississippi | At-large | August 7-8, 1820 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | |
| Missouri | At-large | August 28, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 | |
| New Hampshire | At-large | August 18, 1820 | 6 | 6 | |
0 | |
| New Jersey | At-large | November 7, 1820 | 6 | 6 | |
0 | |
| Ohio | District (6) | October 10, 1820 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | District (15[Note 9]) | October 10, 1820 | 23 | 15 | 4 |
8 | 4 |
| Rhode Island | At-large | August 29, 1820 | 2 | 2 | |
0 | |
| South Carolina | District (9) | October 9-10, 1820 | 9 | 9 | |
0 | |
| Vermont | District[Note 10] (6) | September 5, 1820[Note 11] | 6 | 6 | |
0 | |
| 1821 elections | |||||||
| Alabama | At-large | August 5-6, 1821 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | |
| Connecticut | At-large | April 2, 1821 | 7 | 7 | |
0 | |
| New York | District (22[Note 12]) | April 24-26, 1821 | 27 | 19 | 2 |
8 | 2 |
| North Carolina | District (13) | August 9, 1821 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
1 | 2 |
| Tennessee | District (6) | August 9-10, 1821 | 6 | 5[Note 13] | 1 |
0 | |
| Virginia | District (23) | April, 1821 | 23 | 21 | 1 |
2 | 1 |
| Total[Note 1] | 187 | 155 82.9% |
5 |
32 17.1% |
6 |
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Complete returns
Alabama
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama at-large | John Crowell | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Gabriel Moore (DR) 64.6% George W. Owen (DR) 32.6% Silas Dinsmoor 2.8% |
Connecticut
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
James Stevens | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Gideon Tomlinson (DR) 14.3% Noyes Barber (DR) 13.8% Henry W. Edwards (DR) 13.7% John Russ (DR) 13.5% Ebenezer Stoddard (DR) 13.4% Ansel Sterling (DR) 13.1% Daniel Burrows (DR) 9.6% Calvin Willey (DR) 4.1% Timothy Pitkin (F) 1.0% Others 3.5% |
| Jonathan O. Moseley | Democratic-Republican | 1804 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Gideon Tomlinson | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Elisha Phelps | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
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| John Russ | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Henry W. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Samuel A. Foot | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Delaware
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Louis McLane | Federalist | 1816 | Re-elected | Caesar A. Rodney (DR) 26.9% Louis McLane (F) 26.1% Willard Hall (DR) 23.5% John Mitchell (F) 23.3% Others 0.2% |
| Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
On January 24, 1822, Caesar A. Rodney resigned after being elected to the Senate, and was replaced in a special election by Daniel Rodney (F).
Georgia
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
William Terrell | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Robert R. Reid (DR) 14.8%% Alfred Cuthbert (DR) 12.5% Joel Abbot (DR) 12.3% George R. Gilmer (DR) 11.1% Edward F. Tattnall (DR) 11.1% Wiley Thompson (DR) 10.7% Thomas W. Cobb (DR) 10.6% George Walton 7.2% Zadock Cook (DR) 4.2% Gibson Clark 2.9% James Blair 2.7% |
| Joel Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Joel Abbot | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | ||
| John A. Cuthbert | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Robert R. Reid | Democratic-Republican | 1819 (special) | Re-electd | ||
| Thomas W. Cobb | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Illinois
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois at-large | Daniel P. Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Daniel P. Cook (DR) 64.7% Elias Kane 35.2% John McLean (DR) 0.1% |
Indiana
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana at-large | William Hendricks | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | William Hendricks (DR) 91.0% Reuben W. Nelson 9.0% |
Hendricks resigned July 25, 1822 to run for Governor of Indiana. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy which elected Jonathan Jennings (DR-J).
Kentucky
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky 1 | David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | David Trimble (DR) 68.5% William P. Fleming 31.5% |
| Kentucky 2 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Samuel H. Woodson (DR) 59.4% John Pope (DR) 37.8% Thomas T. Barr 2.8% |
| Kentucky 3 | William Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John T. Johnson (DR) 98.6% Thomas A. Grimes 1.4% |
| Kentucky 4 | Thomas Metcalfe | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Thomas Metcalfe[Note 14] (DR) |
| Kentucky 5 | Alney McLean | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1818 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Anthony New[Note 14] (DR) John Daviess Dickson Gwen |
| Kentucky 6 | Previous incumbent David Walker (DR) died March 1, 1820 | Democratic-Republican hold | Francis Johnson[Note 15] (DR) 57.2% John Breathitt 41.8% Willis Wills 1.0% |
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| Kentucky 7 | George Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | George Robertson[Note 14] (DR) |
| Kentucky 8 | Richard C. Anderson, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Wingfield Bullock[Note 14] (DR) Norborne B. Beall Samuel Churchill John Logan |
| Kentucky 9 | Previous incumbent Tunstall Quarles (DR) resigned June 15, 1820 | Democratic-Republican hold | Thomas Montgomery[Note 14][Note 15] (DR) | ||
| Kentucky 10 | Benjamin Hardin | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1818 |
Re-elected | Benjamin Hardin[Note 14] (DR) Richard Rudd John Hays |
Vacancies occurred in the 7th and 8th districts during the 17th Congress. In the 7th district, George Robertson (DR) resigned sometime before the start of the 17th Congress, and was replaced by John S. Smith (DR). In the 8th district, Wingfield Bullock (DR) died October 13, 1821 and was replaced in a special election by James D. Breckinridge (DR)
Louisiana
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana at-large | Thomas Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Josiah S. Johnston (DR) 50.9% Edward Livingston (DR) 49.1% |
Maine
This was the first election in Maine since its separation from Massachusetts. In the previous election, Massachusetts had had 20 representatives. Seven seats (representing the 14th-20th districts) were reassigned from Massachusetts to Maine. In addition, under the terms of the law which admitted Maine to the union, any vacancies in the 16th Congress by Representatives elected to represent Massachusetts but residing in the new states of Maine would be filled by a resident of Maine.[2] John Holmes, who had been elected to the House for the former 14th district of Massachusetts was elected as one of the first two senators for Maine. The vacancy was filled in a special election by Joseph Dane (F). Dane was the only Representative officially considered as representing Maine in the 16th Congress. The Representatives from the 15th-20th districts were still classified as being from Massachusetts for the remainder of the 16th Congress.
Maine law required a majority to win election, necessitating additional ballots if a majority was not received.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||
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| First trial | Second trial | Third trial | |||||
| Maine 1 | Joseph Dane | Federalist | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | Joseph Dane (F) 52.8% Alexander Rice (DR) 38.7% Isaac Lyman 6.0% William Moody 2.4% |
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| Maine 2 | Ezekiel Whitman Redistricted from Massachusetts' 15th district |
Federalist | 1808 1816 |
Re-elected | Ezekiel Whitman (F) 74.1% James Irish 24.6% Mark Harris[Note 16] (DR) 1.3% |
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| Maine 3 | Mark Langdon Hill Redistricted from Massachusetts' 16th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Mark Langdon Hill (DR) 49.9% Joseph F. Wingate (DR) 39.8% Joshua Head 4.4% Daniel Rose (DR) 3.5% Pearl Stafford 2.4% |
Mark Langdon Hill (DR) 54.2% Joseph F. Wingate (DR) 44.7% Others 1.1% |
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| Maine 4 | Martin Kinsley Redistricted from Massachusetts' 17th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William Durkee Williamson (DR) 44.7% Jacob MacGaw (F) 21.2% John Cooper 11.8% Martin Kinsley (DR) 11.2% John Wilkins (DR) 9.3% Josiah Kedder 1.3% |
William Durkee Williamson (DR) 45.8% Jacob MacGaw (F) 22.8% John Wilkins (DR) 13.1% Martin Kinsley (DR) 9.6% John Cooper 7.1% |
William Durkee Williamson (DR) 50.2% Thomas Cobb 17.8% Jabez Mowry 17.4% Martin Kinsley (DR) 8.1% |
| Maine 5 | James Parker Redistricted from Massachusetts' 18th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1812 1818 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Ebenezer Herrick (DR) 38.2% Ebenezer T. Warren (DR) 31.3% James Parker (DR) 21.6% Joshua Gage (DR) 4.7% Peter Grant (F) 1.5% Others 2.8% |
Ebenezer Herrick (DR) 38.1% Joshua Gage (DR) 27.6% Ebenezer T. Warren (DR) 24.7% Peter Grant (F) 8.6% James Parker (DR) 1.0% |
Ebenezer Herrick (DR) 52.7% Ebenezer T. Warren (DR) 24.6% Peter Grant (F) 10.5% Joshua Gage (DR) 7.1% James Parker (DR) 5.2% |
| Maine 6 | Joshua Cushman Redistricted from Massachusetts' 19th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Joshua Cushman (DR) 100% | ||
| Maine 7 | Enoch Lincoln Redistricted from Massachusetts' 20th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Re-elected | Enoch Lincoln (DR) 95.9% Samuel A. Bradley 1.5% Others 2.6% |
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In the 2nd district, Ezekiel Whitman (F) resigned June 1, 1822 and was replaced in a special election by Mark Harris (DR)
Maryland
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland 1 | Raphael Neale | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | Raphael Neale (F) 54.0% Nicholas Stonestreet (F) 46.0% |
| Maryland 2 | Joseph Kent | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Joseph Kent (DR) 96.9% John C. Herbert (F) 2.2% |
| Maryland 3 | Henry R. Warfield | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | Henry R. Warfield (F) 99.3% |
| Maryland 4 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1816 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Nelson (DR) 57.9% Thomas C. Worthington (F) 41.9% |
| Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1792 1816 |
Re-elected | Peter Little (DR) 50.0% Samuel Smith 50.0% |
| Peter Little | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1816 |
Re-elected | ||
| Maryland 6 | Stevenson Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1811 (special) 1818 |
Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jeremiah Cosden (DR) 49.9% Philip Reed (DR) 49.9% |
| Maryland 7 | Thomas Culbreth | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Robert Wright (DR) 50.5% Thomas Culbreth (DR) 49.5% |
| Maryland 8 | Thomas Bayly | Federalist | 1816 | Re-elected | Thomas Bayly (F) 99.5% |
In the 6th district, Cosden and Reed were tied. Under Maryland law at the time, a tie vote was settled by lot, which Cosden won. However, Reed contested this election, alleging that there were 7 votes for him which had not been counted.[3] Reed was successful, and on March 22, 1822[4] was awarded the seat.
In the 5th district, Samuel Smith resigned his seat on December 17, 1822 after being elected to the Senate. A special election was held which elected Isaac McKim (DR) to fill the vacancy beginning January 8, 1823[4]
Massachusetts
This was the first election in Massachusetts after the separation of the former District of Maine as the new State of Maine, taking the old 14th - 20th districts with it. Massachusetts had a majority requirement for election, which was not met in the 2nd district necessitating two additional elections.
| District[Note 17] | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||
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| First trial | Second trial | Third trial | |||||
| Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district |
Previous incumbent Jonathan Mason (F) resigned May 15, 1820 | Federalist hold | Benjamin Gorham[Note 15] (F) 57.9% Samuel Wells 40.2% Jesse Putname 1.4% Others 0.5% |
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| Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district |
Nathaniel Silsbee | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Willard Peele (I) 38.5% Gideon Barstow (DR) 34.0% Leverett Saltonstall I (F) 27.4% |
Gideon Barstow (DR) 48.4% John Hooper (F) 28.1% Willard Peele (I) 10.1% Charles Saunders 9.1% Others 4.4% |
Gideon Barstow (DR) 53.9% Timothy Pickering (F) 44.7% Others 1.4% |
| Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district |
Jeremiah Nelson | Federalist | 1804 1814 |
Re-elected | Jeremiah Nelson (F) 85.7% Amos Spaulding 12.6% Others 1.7% |
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| Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district |
Timothy Fuller | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Timothy Fuller (DR) 58.2% John Hart (DR) 20.9% Samuel P. Fay (F) 17.8% Others 3.1% |
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| Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district |
Samuel Lathrop | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | Samuel Lathrop (F) 73.7% Thomas Shepherd (DR) 26.3% |
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| Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district |
Samuel C. Allen | Federalist | 1816 | Re-elected | Samuel C. Allen (F) 92.4% Others 7.6% |
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| Massachusetts 7 Known as the Berkshire district |
Henry Shaw | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Federalist gain |
Henry W. Dwight (F) 51.4% William P. Walker (DR) 43.9% Others 4.7% |
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| Massachusetts 8 Known as the Plymouth district |
Previous incumbent Zabdiel Sampson (DR) resigned July 26, 1820 | Democratic-Republican hold | Aaron Hobart (DR) 54.4% William Baylies (F) 45.6% |
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| Massachusetts 9 Known as the Barnstable district |
Walter Folger, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
John Reed, Jr. (F) 65.9% Walter Folger, Jr. (DR) 22.9% Others 11.2% |
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| Massachusetts 10 Known as the Bristol district |
Marcus Morton | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
Francis Baylies (F) 52.5% Marcus Morton (DR) 47.5% |
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| Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester South district |
Benjamin Adams | Federalist | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Jonathan Russell (DR) 52.9% Benjamin Adams (F) 42.9% Others 4.2% |
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| Massachusetts 12 Known as the Worcester North district |
Jonas Kendall | Federalist | 1818 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Lewis Bigelow (F) 51.7% Edmund Cushing (DR) 26.1% Jonas Kendall (F) 22.1% |
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| Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district |
William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | William Eustis (DR) 65.0% James Richardson (F) 30.7% Richard Sullivan (F) 4.3% |
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Mississippi
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi at-large | Christopher Rankin | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Christopher Rankin (DR) 100%% |
Missouri
Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821,[4] but elections had been held in 1820.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri at-large | None (District created) | New seat Democratic-Republican gain |
John Scott (DR) 93.6% James Caldwell 6.4% |
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New Hampshire
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Josiah Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | William Plumer, Jr. (DR) 16.6% Nathaniel Upham (DR) 16.5% Josiah Butler (DR) 16.2% Matthew Harvey (DR) 14.9% Aaron Matson (DR) 14.2% Thomas Whipple, Jr. (DR) 10.6% Arthur Livermore (DR) 5.9% Levi Jackson (F) 2.7% Clifton Clagett (DR) 2.2% |
| Nathaniel Upham | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | ||
| Clifton Clagett | Democratic-Republican | 1802 1816 |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Joseph Buffum, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| William Plumer, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Arthur Livermore | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
New Jersey
New Jersey had a large number of candidates in 1820, 119 candidates according to one contemporary newspaper.[5] A number of candidates ran under an "Anti-Caucus" ticket, indicated by DR-AC or F-AC here.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
John Linn | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Ephraim Bateman (DR) 16.4% George Holcombe (DR) 15.1% George Cassedy (DR) 14.0% Samuel Swan (DR) 13.9% John Linn (DR) 12.2% James Matlack (DR) 11.7% Lewis Condict[Note 16] (DR-AC) 5.6% John Rutherford (DR-AC) 1.7% James Parker (F) 1.5% Joseph McIlvaine (DR-AC) 1.4% Samuel L. Southard (DR-AC) 1.4% Joseph Hopkinson (DR-AC) 1.1% John Frelinghuysen (F-AC) 1.1% Others 2.9% |
| Bernard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Henry Southard | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Ephraim Bateman | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Re-elected | ||
| Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Charles Kinsey | Democratic-Republican | 1816 1820? (special) |
Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Linn (DR) died on January 5, 1821, after the election but prior to the start of the 17th Congress. He was replaced in a special election by Lewis Condict (DR).
New York
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The 21st district, previously a plural district with two seats, was divided into two single-member districts for the 17th Congress, the 21st and 22nd.
The Democratic-Republican party in New York at this time was divided into two factions, the "Bucktails" and the Clintonians. The Clintonians ran on a joint ticket with the remaining Federalists. In a few cases, it is unclear whether a candidate on the joint ticket was Democratic-Republican or Federalist. Those candidates will be marked "C/F" for Clintonian/Federalist.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| New York 1 Plural district with 2 seats |
Silas Wood | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | Silas Wood (F) 27.1% Peter Sharpe (DR) 23.1% Cadwallader D. Colden (F) 22.9% Joshua Smith (DR) 22.8% "Cadwallader Colden" 2.7% Cadwallader D. Colder 1.5% |
| James Guyon, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| New York 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
Henry Meigs | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John J. Morgan (DR) 49.5% Churchill C. Cambreleng (DR) 29.6% Henry Eckford (C/F) 20.9% |
| Peter H. Wendover | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| New York 3 | Caleb Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jeremiah H. Pierson (DR) John T. Smith (C/F) 37.7% Peter S. Van Orden (DR) 9.4% |
| New York 4 | Randall S. Street | Federalist | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
William W. Van Wyck (DR) 56.8% William Taber (C/F) 43.2% |
| New York 5 | James Strong | Federalist | 1818 | Retired Federalist hold |
Walter Patterson (F) 57.8% Philip J. Schuyler (DR) 42.0% |
| New York 6 | Walter Case | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Selah Tuthill (DR) 61.6% James W. Wilkin (DR) 38.3% |
| New York 7 | Jacob H. De Witt | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Federalist gain |
Charles H. Ruggles (F) 54.6% William Gillespie (DR) 45.3% |
| New York 8 | Robert Clark | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Richard McCarty (DR) 58.8% Jacob Haight (DR) 41.1% |
| New York 9 | Solomon Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | Solomon Van Rensselaer (F) 57.1% Harmanus Bleecker (DR) 42.8% |
| New York 10 | John D. Dickinson | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | John D. Dickinson (F) 55.5% James L. Hogeboom (DR) 42.4% Simon Newcomb (C/F) 2.0% |
| New York 11 | John W. Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Re-elected | John W. Taylor (DR) 53.3% Guert Van Schoonhoven (DR) 46.5% |
| New York 12 Plural district with 2 seats |
Nathaniel Pitcher | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Reuben H. Walworth (DR) 27.9% Nathaniel Pitcher (DR) 26.1% John Crary (C/F) 23.5% Ezra C. Gross (DR) 22.5% |
| Ezra C. Gross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
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| New York 13 | Harmanus Peek | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Gebhard (DR) 51.0% William Mann (DR) 49.0% |
| New York 14 | John Fay | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Alfred Conkling (DR) 52.4% John Herkimer (DR) 47.6% |
| New York 15 Plural district with 2 seats |
Robert Monell | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
James Hawkes (DR) 28.5% Samuel Campbell (DR) 27.8% Robert Monell (DR) 22.3% Alvan Stewart (C/F) 21.5% |
| Joseph S. Lyman | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| New York 16 | Henry R. Storrs | Federalist | 1816 | Retired Federalist hold |
Joseph Kirkland (F) 56.5% Nathan Williams (DR) 43.4% |
| New York 17 | Aaron Hackley, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas H. Hubbard (DR) 51.0% David Woods (DR) 48.9% |
| New York 18 | William D. Ford | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Federalist gain |
Micah Sterling (F) 52.3% Perley Keyes (DR) 47.3% |
| New York 19 | George Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Elisha Litchfield (DR) 51.4% George Hall (DR) 48.5% |
| New York 20 Plural district with 2 seats |
Jonathan Richmond | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
William B. Rochester (DR) 29.6% David Woodcock (DR) 24.7% Jonathan Richmond (DR) 23.9% Herman Camp (DR) 21.8% |
| Caleb Baker | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
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| New York 21 | Nathaniel Allen | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Elijah Spencer (DR) 49.6% Nathaniel Allen (DR) 48.6% Daniel W. Lewis (C/F) 1.7% |
| New York 22 | Albert H. Tracy Redistricted from the 21st district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Albert H. Tracy (DR) 50.8% Benjamin Ellicott (DR) 49.2% |
In the 1st district, the winners were initially declared to be Silas Wood (F) and Peter Sharpe (DR). Sharpe's election was challenged. Initial returns showed 3,339 votes for Cadwallader D. Colden (F), with 395 for "Cadwallader Colden" and 220 for "Cadwallader D. Colder". After those votes were declared to be for Cadwallader D. Colden, he finished in 2nd place with 3,954 votes (27.1%), and thus received one of the two seats for that district in place of Sharpe.
Two vacancies occurred in the 17th Congress. In the 6th district, Selah Tuthill died on September 7, 1821 and was replaced by Charles Borland, Jr. (DR). The second vacancy occurred in the 9th district after Solomon Van Rensselaer resigned on January 14, 1822, which was filled by Stephen Van Rensselaer
North Carolina
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina 1 | Lemuel Sawyer | Democratic-Republican | 1807 1817 |
Re-elected | Lemuel Sawyer (DR) 63.5% James Iredell, Jr. (F) 24.6% Thomas Williams (DR) 11.9% |
| North Carolina 2 | Hutchins G. Burton | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Hutchins G. Burton (DR) 100% |
| North Carolina 3 | Thomas H. Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | Thomas H. Hall (DR) 53.0% William Clarke (F) 47.0% |
| North Carolina 4 | Jesse Slocumb | Federalist | 1817 | Retired Democratic-Republican gain |
William S. Blackledge (DR) 61.5% John P. Daves (F) 38.5% |
| North Carolina 5 | Charles Hooks | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) 1819 |
Re-elected | Charles Hooks (DR) 65.3% Daniel Glisson (F) 34.7% |
| North Carolina 6 | Weldon N. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Re-elected | Weldon N. Edwards (DR) 99.3% Others 0.7% |
| North Carolina 7 | John Culpepper | Federalist | 1807 1819 |
Lost re-election Federalist hold |
Archibald McNeill (F) 52.4% John Culpepper (F) 47.6% |
| North Carolina 8 | James S. Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Josiah Crudup[Note 14] (DR) John Scott (F) |
| North Carolina 9 | Thomas Settle | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Romulus M. Saunders[Note 14] (DR) |
| North Carolina 10 | Charles Fisher | Democratic-Republican | 1819 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John Long[Note 14] (DR) John L. Henderson (F) |
| North Carolina 11 | William Davidson | Federalist | 1818 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Henry W. Connor (DR) 52.9% William Davidson (F) 47.1% |
| North Carolina 12 | Felix Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | Felix Walker (DR) 62.1% Robert B. Vance (DR) 37.9% |
| North Carolina 13 | Lewis Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Re-elected | Lewis Williams[Note 14] (DR) |
Ohio
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio 1 | Thomas R. Ross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Thomas R. Ross (DR) 100% |
| Ohio 2 | John W. Campbell | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | John W. Campbell[Note 14] (DR) |
| Ohio 3 | Henry Brush | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Levi Barber (DR) 37.8% Henry Brush (DR) 32.9% Thomas Scott 29.3% |
| Ohio 4 | Samuel Herrick | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John C. Wright (DR) 50.1% David Chambers[Note 16] (DR) 49.9% |
| Ohio 5 | Philemon Beecher | Federalist | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain |
Joseph Vance (DR) 40.9%[Note 18] Philemon Beecher (F) 44.6% Daniel Smith (F) 7.9% Orris Parrish (DR) 6.3% John Kilbourn 0.3% |
| Ohio 6 | John Sloane | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | John Sloane (DR) 91.7% Alred Kelley (DR) 8.2% Others 0.1% |
In the 4th district, Representative-elect John C. Wright (DR) resigned his seat March 3, 1821, the day before the start of the 17th Congress. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy which was won by David Chambers (DR).[4]
Pennsylvania
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats |
Joseph Hemphill | Federalist | 1800 1818 |
Re-elected | John Sergeant (F[Note 19]) 24.8% Joseph Hemphill (F) 15.1% William Milnor (F) 14.8% Samuel Edwards (F) 13.6% Thomas Forrest[Note 16] (F) 10.5% Nicholas Biddle (DR) 10.5% Joseph Engle (DR) 9.9% Gideon Humphrey 0.8% |
| Samuel Edwards | Federalist | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Thomas Forrest | Federalist | 1818 | Lost re-election Federalist hold |
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| John Sergeant | Federalist | 1815 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Darlington | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1818 |
Re-elected | William Darlington (DR) 26.1% Samuel Gross (DR) 26.0% Charles Miner (F) 24.1% John Henderson (F) 23.8% |
| Samuel Gross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats |
James M. Wallace | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
James Buchanan (F) 27.9% John Phillips (F) 27.5% Jacob Hibshman (DR) 22.8% James M. Wallace (DR) 21.8% |
| Jacob Hibshman | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Federalist gain |
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| Pennsylvania 4 | Jacob Hostetter | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
James S. Mitchell (DR) 54.4% Jacob Hostetter (F[Note 20]) 45.6% |
| Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Andrew Boden | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
James McSherry (DR) 27.2% James Duncan (DR) 26.4% James Wilson (F) 23.1% Isaiah Graham (F) 22.8% Robert K. Lowry (I) 0.6% |
| Previous incumbent David Fullerton (DR) resigned May 15, 1820 | Democratic-Republican hold | ||||
| Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Samuel Moore (DR) 30.7% Thomas J. Rogers (DR) 28.6% Daniel W. Dingman (F) 21.1% Matthais Morris (F) 19.6% |
| Thomas J. Rogers | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Re-elected | ||
| Pennsylvania 7 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1798 1814 |
Retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania Federalist gain |
Ludwig Worman (F) 55.5% Gabriel Hiester (DR) 44.5% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Robert Philson | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Tod (DR) 75.7% Robert Philson (F[Note 20]) 24.3% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | William P. Maclay | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
John Brown (DR) 54.6% William P. Maclay (DR) 45.4% |
| Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats |
George Denison | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | George Denison (DR) 34.0% William Cox Ellis (F) 23.3% Abiel Fellows (F) 16.1% Thomas Murray (DR) 15.7% Thomas Murray, Jr.[Note 16] (DR) 11.0% |
| John Murray | Democratic-Republican | 1817 (special) | Retired Federalist gain |
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| Pennsylvania 11 | David Marchand | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George Plumer (DR) 54.7% Alexander W. Foster (F) 45.3% |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Thomas Patterson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Thomas Patterson (DR) 67.3% Thomas McGiffen (F) 32.7% |
| Pennsylvania 13 | Christian Tarr | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Andrew Stewart (DR) 48.3% Christian Tarr (DR) 40.1% Charles Porter (F) 11.6% |
| Pennsylvania 14 | Henry Baldwin | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Henry Baldwin (DR) 63.8% William Marks (F) 36.2% |
| Pennsylvania 15 | Robert Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Patrick Farrelly (DR) 53.7% Robert Moore (F[Note 20]) 43.4% Beven Pearson 2.9% |
Six vacancies appeared in the 17th Congress, two of which appeared before Congress assembled.[4]
The first vacancy occurred in the 5th district, when James Duncan resigned in April, 1821 and was replaced in a special election by John Findlay (DR)
The second vacancy occurred in the 10th district when William Cox Ellis (F) resigned on July 20, 1821 and was replaced in a special election by Thomas Murray, Jr. (DR)
Two vacancies occurred on May 8, 1822 (the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress), one in the 1st district when William Milnor (F) resigned and the other in the 14th district when Henry Baldwin (DR) resigned. The vacancy in the 1st district was filled by Thomas Forrest (F) and the vacancy in the 14th district was filled by Walter Forward (DR)
The fifth vacancy occurred shortly afterwards, on May 22, 1822, in the 6th district when Samuel Moore (DR) resigned. This vacancy was filled by Samuel D. Ingham. The vacancies in the 1st, 6th, and 14th districts were filled a week before the elections for the 18th Congress, by which time redistricting had occurred, so that the districts used for the special elections were different from those used for the general election.
The last vacancy occurred in the 7th district after Ludwig Worman (F) died on October 17, 1822 and was replaced in a special election by Daniel Udree (DR).
Rhode Island
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Samuel Eddy | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Job Durfee[7][Note 21] (DR) 31.5% Samuel Eddy (DR) 25.5% Samuel Bridgham (F) 24.5% Nathaniel Hazard (DR) 17.9% Others 0.6% |
| Nathaniel Hazard | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
South Carolina
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina 1 | Charles Pinckney | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Joel R. Poinsett (DR) 52.1% John Geddes (DR) 47.9% |
| South Carolina 2 | William Lowndes | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Re-elected | William Lowndes (DR) 100% |
| South Carolina 3 | James Ervin | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Thomas R. Mitchell (DR) 49.5% Benjamin Huger (F) 39.2% John R. Wilson (DR) 11.3% |
| South Carolina 4 | James Overstreet | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | James Overstreet (DR) 70.3%[Note 18] John M. Felder (F) 29.7% |
| South Carolina 5 | Starling Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Starling Tucker[Note 14] (DR) William Strother (DR) |
| South Carolina 6 | Eldred Simkins | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
George McDuffie (DR) 100% |
| South Carolina 7 | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | 1804 1816 |
Lost releection Democratic-Republican hold |
John Wilson (DR) 55.8%[Note 18] Elias Earle (DR) 44.2% |
| South Carolina 8 | John McCreary | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost releection Democratic-Republican hold |
Joseph Gist (DR) 50.7%[Note 18] John McCreary (DR) 49.3% |
| South Carolina 9 | Joseph Brevard | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
John S. Richards (DR) 100% |
Four vacancies leading to special elections arose in the 17th Congress.[4] The first was in the 9th district caused by Representative-elect Richards declining to serve. The second was also in the 9th district when James Blair (DR) resigned May 8, 1822. The third was in the 2nd district, also on May 8, 1822, when William Lowndes (DR) resigned. The fourth was in the 4th district caused James Overstreet (DR)'s death on May 24, 1822.
Tennessee
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee 1 | John Rhea | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1817 |
Re-elected | John Rhea (DR) 40.4% John Tipton 35.6% John A. Rogers 24.1% |
| Tennessee 2 | John Cocke | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | John Cocke (DR) 100% |
| Tennessee 3 | Francis Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | Francis Jones (DR) 99.6% Reuben Lidwell 0.4% |
| Tennessee 4 | Robert Allen | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Robert Allen (DR) 100% |
| Tennessee 5 | Newton Cannon | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) 1819 |
Re-elected | Newton Cannon (DR) 99.0% Fitzgerald Beasley 1.0% |
| Tennessee 6 | Henry H. Bryan | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Henry H. Bryan (DR) 62.5% Eldridge B. Robertson 34.5% Colmore Duvall 3.0% |
In the 6th district, Bryan won re-election but never appeared to take his seat in the 17th Congress, leaving that seat vacant. The vacancy was never filled, and thus, Tennessee had only 5 Representatives for the duration of the 17th Congress.
Vermont
In 1820, Vermont went back to using districts. This would prove to be the only election in which the 6th district would be used. A majority was required for election, which was not met in the 2nd or 3rd district, requiring additional ballots to achieve a majority. The 2nd district required 7 ballots. The 3rd district required two additional ballots.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates | ||||||
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| First ballot | Second ballot | Third ballot | Fourth ballot | Fifth ballot | Sixth ballot | Seventh ballot | |||||
| Vermont 1 | Rollin Carolas Mallary Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Re-elected | Rollin Carolas Mallary (DR) 51.9% Orsamus Cook Merrill (DR) 31.1% Chauncey Langdon (F) 14.9% Others 2.1% |
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| Vermont 2 | Mark Richards Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Phineas White (DR) 37.4% Mark Richards (DR) 34.5% James Elliot (F) 15.8% William Hall, Jr. (F) 4.2% Samuel Elliot (F) 2.7% Aaron Leland (DR) 2.5% Others 3.0% |
Phineas White (DR) 41.3% Mark Richards (DR) 37.2% James Elliot (F) 11.% Samuel Elliot (F) 4.4% Jonathan Hunt (F) 4.2% Others 1.8% |
Phineas White (DR) 41.9% Mark Richards (DR) 37.6% James Elliot (F) 12.1% Thomas G. Fessenden (I) 3.6% Aaron Leland (DR) 3.4% Others 1.4% |
Mark Richards (DR) 43.6% Phineas White (DR) 39.4% James Elliot (F) 7.9% Aaron Leland (DR) 4.0% Thomas G. Fessenden (I) 3.7% Others 1.5% |
Mark Richards (DR) 48.6% Phineas White (DR) 46.9% Others 4.5% |
Mark Richards (DR) 48.4% Phineas White (DR) 45.6% Others 6.1% |
Phineas White (DR) 49.9% (DR) Mark Richards (DR) 42.6% James Elliot (F) 2.9% William Hall (F) 1.6% Martin Field (DR) 1.2% Others 1.8% |
| Vermont 3 | Charles Rich Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1812 1816 |
Re-elected | Charles Rich (DR) 38.9% David Edmonds (F) 27.9% Ezra Meech (DR) 17.0% Henry Olin (DR) 13.9% Others 2.3% |
Charles Rich (DR) 49.7% David Edmonds (F) 42.4% Ezra Meech (DR) 5.7% Henry Olin (DR) 2.2% |
Charles Rich (DR) 50.6% David Edmonds (F) 41.2% Ezra Meech (DR) 8.2% |
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| Ezra Meech Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
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| Vermont 4 | William Strong Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 1818 |
Lost re-election | Elias Keyes (DR) 50.6% Horace Everett (DR) 24.8% Uriel C. Hatch (DR) 15.8% William Strong (DR) 5.8% Others 3.0% |
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| Vermont 5 | Samuel C. Crafts Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Re-elected | Samuel C. Crafts (DR) 58.6% Heman Allen (DR) 40.1% Others 1.3% |
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| Vermont 6 | None (District created) | Democratic-Republican gain | John Mattocks (DR) 54.3% Daniel A. A. Buck (DR) 41.7% William Cahoon (DR) 1.9% Others 2.1% |
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Virginia
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia 1 | Edward B. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | Edward B. Jackson (DR) 75.2% Thomas Wilson (F) 24.8% |
| Virginia 2 | Thomas Van Swearingen | Federalist | 1819 | Re-elected | Thomas Van Swearingen (F) 83.2% Robert Bailey (DR) 16.8% |
| Virginia 3 | Jared Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Jared Williams (DR) 63.3% William Steinbergen (DR) 36.7% |
| Virginia 4 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | William McCoy[Note 14] (DR) |
| Virginia 5 | John Floyd | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | John Floyd[Note 14] (DR) |
| Virginia 6 | Alexander Smyth | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | Alexander Smyth[Note 14] (DR) |
| Virginia 7 | Ballard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
William Smith (DR) 53.2% James Wilson (DR) 46.8% |
| Virginia 8 | Charles F. Mercer | Federalist | 1817 | Re-elected | Charles F. Mercer (F) 55.0% Sydnor Bailey (DR) 44.8% |
| Virginia 9 | William Lee Ball | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | William Lee Ball (DR) 89.5% John P. Hungerford (DR) 10.5% |
| Virginia 10 | Thomas L. Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | Thomas L. Moore (DR) 70.7% Mark A. Chilton (DR) 29.3% |
| Virginia 11 | Philip P. Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Re-elected | Philip P. Barbour[Note 14] (DR) |
| Virginia 12 | Robert S. Garnett | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Re-elected | Robert S. Garnett (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 13 | Severn E. Parker | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Burwell Bassett (DR) 66.6% John Patterson (F) 30.0% Brazure W. Pryor (F) 3.4% |
| Virginia 14 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Jabez Leftwich (DR) 93.5% James Calloway (DR) 6.5% |
| Virginia 15 | George Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | George Tucker (DR) 87.5% William R. Roane (F) 12.5% |
| Virginia 16 | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1799 1819 |
Re-elected | John Randolph (DR) 68.7% Archibald Austin (DR) 31.3% |
| Virginia 17 | William S. Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | William S. Archer (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 18 | Mark Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | Mark Alexander (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 19 | James Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Re-elected | James Jones (DR)[Note 14] |
| Virginia 20 | John C. Gray | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold |
Arthur Smith (DR) 60.3% John C. Gray (DR) 39.7% |
| Virginia 21 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Re-elected | Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR) 94.7% Others 5.3% |
| Virginia 22 | Hugh Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Re-elected | Hugh Nelson (DR) 100% |
| Virginia 23 | John Tyler | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Retired Democratic-Republican hold |
Andrew Stevenson (DR) 100% |
Two vacancies occurred in the 17th Congress. The first was in the 2nd district when Thomas Van Swearingen (F) died on August 19, 1822, he was replaced in a special election by James Stephenson (F). The second was in the 22nd district when Hugh Nelson resigned on January 14, 1823. The 22nd district was left vacant for the rest of the 17th Congress.
Non-voting delegates
There were four territories that had the right to send a delegate to at least part of the 17th Congress, only three of which actually sent delegates. Missouri Territory's seat remained vacant, as the territory was admitted as the State of Missouri early in the 17th Congress. Florida Territory sent its first delegate in 1822
| District | Incumbent | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Territory at-large | James Woodson Bates | 1819 | Re-elected | James Woodson Bates 51.5% Matthew Lyon 48.5% |
| Michigan Territory at-large | Solomon Sibley | 1820 (special) | Re-elected | Solomon Sibley 47.0% Augustus B. Woodward 28.2% James MacCloskey 24.5% Others 0.3% |
See also
- List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1789–1822
- United States Senate elections, 1820
- United States presidential election, 1820
- 17th United States Congress
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Includes late elections
- ↑ Previously part of Massachusetts
- ↑ Majority requirement for election, which was not met in 3 districts requiring additional elections on January 22, 1821 and September 10, 1821
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Compared to the districts comprising the former District of Maine (former MA-14 to MA-20)
- ↑ Includes 1 plural district
- ↑ Majority requirement for election which was not met in 1 district requiring additional elections on January 8 and April 16, 1821
- ↑ Seven districts moved to the new state of Maine
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Compared to districts 1-13 in 1818
- ↑ Includes 6 plural districts
- ↑ Changed from at-large
- ↑ Majority requirement for election which was not met in 2 districts requiring 6 additional elections held on December 11, 1820, February 19, May 1, July 2, September 4, and October 22, 1821
- ↑ Includes 5 plural districts
- ↑ The 6th district remained vacant for the entirety of the 17th Congress
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Also elected in special election to fill vacancy in 16th Congress
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Subsequently elected in special election
- ↑ District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Based on incomplete returns
- ↑ Also supported by the Democratic-Republicans
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Changed parties
- ↑ Received votes in many towns from Federalists
References
- ↑ 3 Stat. 545
- ↑ Sixteenth Congress (membership roster) – see footnote 21
- ↑ A New Nation Votes: MD 1820 (see footnotes 1,2, and 5)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Seventeenth Congress (membership roster)
- ↑ A New Nation Votes: NJ 1820
- ↑ Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project
- ↑ A New Nation Votes: RI 1820
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External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
