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1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections

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1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1852 & 1853 August 4, 1854 – November 6, 1855 1856 & 1857 →

All 234 seats in the United States House of Representatives[1]
118 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader William A. Richardson Henry M. Fuller Nathaniel P. Banks
Party Democratic Whig Know Nothing
Leader's seat Illinois 5th Pennsylvania 12th Massachusetts 7th
Last election 150 seats 68 seats 0 seats
Seats won 83[a][2][3] 54[c] 51[2][3][d]
Seat change Decrease 69 Decrease 14 Increase 51
Popular vote 1,418,553[b] 580,929 631,510
Percentage 43.95% 18.00% 19.56%
Swing Decrease 5.87% Decrease 23.61% Increase 19.25%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Anti-Nebraska Republican People's
Last election Pre-creation Pre-creation Pre-creation
Seats won 22[c] 13[c] 9[4][c]
Seat change Increase 22 Increase 13 Increase 9
Popular vote 196,461 182,245 102,423
Percentage 6.09% 5.65% 3.17%
Swing New Party New Party New Party

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Free Soil Independent
Last election 4 seats 3 seats
Seats won 1[c] 1[e]
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 22,928 84,196[f]
Percentage 0.71% 2.61%
Swing Decrease 3.28% Decrease 0.18%

Results:
     Democratic gain      Whig gain
     Democratic hold      Whig hold
     American gain      Anti-Nebraska gain
     Republican gain      People's gain
     Independent gain

Speaker before election

Linn Boyd
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Nathaniel P. Banks
Know Nothing/American

The 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections were held in 31 states for all 234 seats between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, during President Franklin Pierce's term. Each state legislature separately set a date to elect representatives to the House of Representatives before the 34th Congress convened its first session on December 3, 1855.

This midterm election was among the most disruptive in American history, auguring the collapse of the Second Party System. Both major parties, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, organized as rivals for roughly 20 years, lost critical voter support. Northern voters strongly opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act shifted sharply against Democrats. Whigs also lost seats as the party disintegrated over slavery.

The elected majority temporarily coalesced as the Opposition Party. This transitional party included Whigs, Free Soil members, American Party members or Know Nothings, the People's Party of Indiana, Anti-Nebraska candidates, disaffected Northern Democrats, and members of the nascent Republican Party, which soon would absorb most of these factions and replace the Whigs to rival the Democrats.

Candidates opposed to the Democratic Party won widely in the North through November 1854. The American Party, ignoring slavery and opposing immigration (particularly by Catholics from Ireland and Germany) won seats from both major parties, but to the net loss of Democrats, in New England and the South from November 1854 into 1855.

Congress had passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act in May 1854 after aggressive sponsorship by the Pierce Administration and Democrats led by Senator Stephen Douglas, including radical pro-slavery legislators. The Act repealed the 1820 Missouri Compromise and triggered the Bleeding Kansas conflict. With widely foreseen risks and immediately negative results, the act publicly discredited the Democratic Party, fueling new partisan and sectional rancor. It created violent uncertainty on the frontier by abruptly making slavery potentially legal in territories originally comprising the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase and attractive to contemporary settlers. Settlers were expected to determine the status of slavery locally. This idea appealed to Democratic politicians and to some voters, but proved unworkable in Kansas where the status of slavery would be violently disputed between more numerous Northern settlers and geographically closer Southern settlers. Even some pro-slavery legislators and voters, particularly Southern Whigs, felt repealing the Missouri Compromise was politically reckless and attempting to push slavery by law and force into territories where most settlers predictably were unlikely to want it endangered slavery everywhere, even in the South. These fears proved prescient.

More than 21 representatives vied for the post of speaker of the House. After two months and 133 ballots, American Party representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts, also a Free Soiler, defeated Democrat William Aiken of South Carolina by plurality, 103–100.[5] To date, Banks is the only speaker to come from a third party.

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>> Now, Radicals are the ones who create the Republican Party in its initial phase in 1854, '55. And in 1856 the Republican Party holds its national convention. They nominate John C. Fremont, a well-known -- a guy named "The Pathfinder" who was a Western explorer and had been fighting -- helped to conquer California for the United States in the Mexican War. They nominate Fremont for president. The platform of the Republican Party in 1856 is all about slavery. It has almost nothing. There's no economic policy in it, except for a mention that we ought to build more railroads. Nothing about tariffs. Nothing about homesteads. It's slavery. They condemn it in a famous, or infamous, phrase talking about the Mormons in Utah: they condemn slavery and polygamy as the "twin relics of barbarism." Twin relics of barbarism. See, that's the Radical language, "barbarism" is what slavery is. Why they went after the Mormons, I don't know. But anyway, they attack the Ostend Manifesto, which was a manifesto issued by a few Southern American diplomats, claiming that the United States ought to basically just invade and take over Cuba as a slave state; they denounced that notion. And they talk a lot about the civil war in Kansas, which I'll talk about next time. So it's a pretty radical platform. Now, the Republican Party is new, it's not tremendously organized. It does -- one of the things that happens in 1856 that boosts Republican support is -- let's see if we can find this image. Yes, here we go. The assault in the Senate on Charles Sumner. This is Sumner being beaten on the floor of the Senate by Preston Brooks, a congressman from South Carolina. Brooks had given a speech called -- sorry, Sumner had given a speech called "The Crime Against Kansas" in which he made many negative comments about Senator Butler of South Carolina. Brooks, who was a cousin or relative of Butler, came into the Senate floor the next day, after the session was over, in order to confront Sumner. He generously waited until the lobby had cleared of ladies, he later said. And then he went up behind Sumner, who was sitting at his desk and said, "I have read your speech over twice. It is a libel on South Carolina and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine." As Sumner tried to get up from his desk, Brooks started pounding him on the head with this cane, this walking cane of his, raining down blows. Brooks later said the cane broke under the impact, but he continued hitting him. He said, "It made a great deal more noise after the stick was broken. I wore out my cane completely, but saved the head, which is gold." Sumner -- eventually other members of the Senate rushed in and stopped this. Sumner became a hero in the North, or a martyr, a victim, and was reelected to the Senate by Massachusetts even though he was injured so severely that he could not take his seat again for three more years. Brooks became a hero in the South. The reaction to this assault is a good symbol of how the sections were dividing. There were many dinners given in Brooks' honor in South Carolina, and he was given gold canes to replace the one he had broken in this... And Brooks said, and there were books about it, that this was all a reflection of honor. The notion of family honor was a major, you know, feature of Southern culture. Defending the honor of your kinsman, your relative, the reputation of your state. And you were sort of allowed to do that in an aggressive manner. And it was sort of a form of manliness, you know, to go out there and defend your honor in this violent way. Now, of course, another way of looking at it is sneaking up behind someone and banging them over the head doesn't seem very honorable. He might have tried to do it from the front at least. But, you know, he was pretty clever. Anyway, but many -- this outraged quite a few people in the North who were not sympathizers of Sumner. But anyway, in the end, let's see if we can find our map of the election. Here we go. Fremont is the Republican candidate. James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, who we'll talk about next time, is the Democratic candidate. And the Know-Nothings ran ex-president Millard Fillmore. So there are three parties running. If you just look at this map, the first thing that you see is how sectional it is: the red or orange states are carried by Fremont. All the other green states are carried by the Democrats, Buchanan, with the exception -- you can't really see it -- of Maryland, which is carried by Fillmore. But let's dig a little deeper into this. First of all, it's a remarkable accomplishment for a party which barely existed a year before. They get a third of the popular vote and about 40 percent of the electoral vote. But notice the Republicans have not swept the entire North. They have lost Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. That is what we call the Lower North, in contradistinction to the Upper North -- more conservative, many southern-born people living in southern Indiana, southern Illinois. These are places on the border with slave states. They share some cultural elements in common with the slave states. Looking at this map, it's pretty clear that to win in 1860 the Republicans are going to have to carry the Lower North, right? If they can win those states they lost -- Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois -- they will win the next election. The balance of power in those states is the Fillmore voters. Buchanan did not get a majority there; he got a plurality. But there was a large vote of mostly of former Whigs, conservative Whigs, who would not go over to the Democrats but did not want to join the Republican Party, either, because they thought it was exacerbating sectional divisions. So they went with Fillmore less on the anti-immigrant sentiment than on a more unionist sentiment. Fillmore also did very well in the Upper South -- in Virginia, in Kentucky -- again, for the same reason. That border area of the Lower North and the Upper South is far more moderate, so to speak, on the slavery issue than the Upper North and the Deep South. So the election of 1856 continues Democratic control of the national administration. But the Republicans certainly have great grounds for optimism after doing so well, after only existing for a year or so.

Election summaries

State Type Date Total
seats
Opposition Democratic Know Nothing
Seats Change[g] Seats Change Seats Change
Arkansas Districts August 4, 1854 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
Iowa Districts August 7, 1854 2 1 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Missouri Districts 7 6 Increase2 1 Decrease2 0 Steady
Vermont Districts September 5, 1854 3 3 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
California At-large September 6, 1854 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
Maine Districts September 11, 1854 6 5 Increase2 1 Decrease2 0 Steady
Florida At-large October 2, 1854 1 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
South Carolina Districts October 9–10, 1854 6 0 Steady 6 Steady 0 Steady
Indiana Districts October 10, 1854 11 9 Increase8 2 Decrease8 0 Steady
Ohio Districts 21 21 Increase12 0 Decrease12 0 Steady
Pennsylvania Districts 25 17 Increase8 7 Decrease9 1 Increase1
Illinois Districts November 7, 1854
(Election Day)[h]
9 4 Steady 5 Steady 0 Steady
Michigan Districts 4 3 Increase3 1 Decrease3 0 Steady
New Jersey Districts 5 4 Increase3 1 Decrease3 0 Steady
New York Districts 33 25 Increase13 5 Decrease16 3 Increase3
Wisconsin Districts 3 2 Increase2 1 Decrease2 0 Steady
Massachusetts Districts November 12, 1854 11 0 Decrease10 0 Decrease1 11 Increase11
Delaware At-large November 14, 1854 1 0 Steady 0 Decrease1 1 Increase1
Late elections (after the March 4, 1855 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire Districts March 13, 1855 3 0 Steady 0 Decrease3 3 Increase3
Connecticut Districts April 2, 1855 4 0 Steady 0 Decrease4 4 Increase4
Rhode Island Districts April 4, 1855 2 0 Steady 0 Decrease2 2 Increase2
Virginia Districts May 24, 1855 13 0 Steady 12 Decrease1 1 Increase1
North Carolina Districts August 2, 1855 8 0 Decrease3 5 Steady 3 Increase3
Tennessee Districts 10 0 Decrease5 5 Steady 5 Increase5
Alabama Districts August 6, 1855 7 0 Decrease1 5 Decrease1 2 Increase2
Kentucky Districts 10 0 Decrease5 4 Decrease1 6 Increase6
Texas Districts 2 0 Steady 1 Decrease1 1 Increase1
Georgia Districts October 1, 1855 8 0 Decrease2 6 Steady 2 Increase2
Louisiana Districts November 5, 1855 4 0 Decrease1 3 Steady 1 Increase1
Mississippi Districts[i] November 5–6, 1855 5 0 Steady 4 Decrease1 1 Increase1
Maryland Districts November 6, 1855 6 0 Decrease2 2 Decrease2 4 Increase4
Total 234 100[2][3]
42.7%
Increase29[j] 83[2][3]
35.0%
Decrease75 51[2][3]
21.8%
Increase51
83 51 100
Democratic Know Nothing Opposition
Popular vote
Democratic
43.95%
Know Nothing
19.56%
Whig
18.00%
Anti-Nebraska
6.09%
Republican
5.65%
People's
3.17%
Independent
2.61%
Free Soil
0.71%
Others
0.26%
House seats
Democratic
34.62%
Whig
23.08%
Know Nothing
21.79%
Anti-Nebraska
9.40%
Republican
5.56%
People's
3.85%
Independent
0.43%
Free Soil
0.43%

Special elections

There were four special elections to the 33rd United States Congress, listed here by date and district.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Pennsylvania 8 Henry A. Muhlenberg Democratic 1852 Incumbent died January 9, 1854.
New member elected February 4, 1854.
Democratic hold.
Massachusetts 1 Zeno Scudder Whig 1850 Incumbent resigned March 4, 1854.
New member elected April 17, 1854.
Whig hold.
New York 12 Gilbert Dean Democratic 1850 Incumbent resigned July 3, 1854.
New member elected November 7, 1854.
Whig gain.
Kentucky 3 Presley Ewing Whig 1851 Incumbent died September 27, 1854.
New member elected November 13, 1854.
Whig hold.

Alabama

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Alabama 1 Philip Phillips Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Alabama 2 James Abercrombie Whig 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Alabama 3 James Ferguson Dowdell Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 4 William Russell Smith Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Alabama 5 George S. Houston Democratic 1843 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 6 Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 7 Sampson Willis Harris Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected.

Arkansas

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Arkansas 1 Alfred B. Greenwood Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Arkansas 2 Edward A. Warren Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

California

Note: From statehood to 1864, California's representatives were elected at-large, with the top two vote-getters winning election from 1849 to 1858.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
California at-large
2 seats
Milton S. Latham Democratic 1852 Incumbent withdrew.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
(Elected on a general ticket)
James A. McDougall Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

Connecticut

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Connecticut 1 James T. Pratt Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Connecticut 2 Colin M. Ingersoll Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Connecticut 3 Nathan Belcher Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
  • Green tickY Sidney Dean (Know Nothing) 67.51%
  • Joel W. White (Democratic) 32.49%
Connecticut 4 Origen S. Seymour Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

Delaware

Delaware's result by county,
  Cullen—50-60%
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Delaware at-large George R. Riddle Democratic 1850 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

Florida

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Florida at-large Augustus Maxwell Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.

Georgia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1 James Lindsay Seward Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Georgia 2 Alfred H. Colquitt Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 3 David Jackson Bailey Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Georgia 4 William Barton Wade Dent Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 5 Elijah Webb Chastain Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Georgia 6 Junius Hillyer Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Howell Cobb (Democratic) 63.78%
  • Leonidas Franklin (Know Nothing) 36.22%
Georgia 7 David Addison Reese Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Georgia 8 Alexander Stephens Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic gain.

Illinois

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1 Elihu B. Washburne Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Elihu B. Washburne (Republican) 69.33%
  • William M. Jackson (Democratic) 22.99%
  • E. P. Ferry (Anti-Nebraska) 7.68%
Illinois 2 John Wentworth Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY James H. Woodworth (Republican) 53.05%
  • Robert S. Blackwell (Whig) 19.84%
  • John B. Turner (Democratic) 19.48%
  • Edward L. Mayo (Anti-Nebraska) 7.63%
Illinois 3 Jesse O. Norton Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Republican gain.
Illinois 4 James Knox Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Republican gain.
Illinois 5 William A. Richardson Democratic 1847 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 6 Richard Yates Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Illinois 7 James C. Allen Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Election disqualified.
Democratic loss.
Illinois 8 William Henry Bissell Independent
Democratic
1848 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Lyman Trumbull (Democratic) 59.87%
  • Philip Bond Fouke (Democratic) 40.13%
Illinois 9 Willis Allen Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Samuel S. Marshall (Democratic) 64.67%
  • G. Jay S. Turney (Republican) 22.15%
  • DeWitt C. Barber (Unknown) 9.71%
  • A. Grow (Unknown) 2.05%
  • S. A. Rowan (Unknown) 1.42%

Indiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1 Smith Miller Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 2 William Hayden English Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 3 Cyrus L. Dunham Democratic 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 4 James H. Lane Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 5 Samuel W. Parker Whig 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 6 Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 7 John G. Davis Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 8 Daniel Mace Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
People's gain.
  • Green tickY Daniel Mace (People's) 56.92%
  • James Davis (Democratic) 43.08%
Indiana 9 Norman Eddy Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 10 Ebenezer M. Chamberlain Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.
Indiana 11 Andrew J. Harlan Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
People's gain.

Iowa

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1 Bernhart Henn Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY Augustus Hall (Democratic) 50.27%
  • R. L. Clark (Whig) 49.50%
  • J. L. Ashbaugh (Independent) 0.23%
Iowa 2 William Vandever Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig hold.

Kentucky

Source: Tribune Almanac[8]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1 Linn Boyd Democratic 1839 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 2 Benjamin E. Grey Whig 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.[k]
Kentucky 3 Francis Bristow Whig 1854 (special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Kentucky 4 James Chrisman Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Kentucky 5 Clement S. Hill Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Joshua Jewett (Democratic) 51.64%
  • C. G. Wintersmith (Whig) 48.37%
Kentucky 6 John Milton Elliott Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Kentucky 7 William Preston Whig 1852 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span> Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Kentucky 8 John C. Breckinridge Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Kentucky 9 Leander Cox Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Richard H. Stanton
Redistricted from the 10th district
Democratic 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic loss.
Kentucky 10 None (New district) New seat.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

Louisiana

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Louisiana 1 William Dunbar Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Louisiana 2 Theodore Gaillard Hunt Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Louisiana 3 John Perkins Jr. Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Louisiana 4 Roland Jones Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

Maine

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maine 1 Moses Macdonald Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY John M. Wood (Republican) 59.36%
  • Samuel Wells (Democratic) 39.91%
  • Lorenzo D. Wilkinson (Independent) 0.74%
Maine 2 Samuel Mayall Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY John J. Perry (Republican) 56.88%
  • William K. Kimball (Democratic) 42.46%
  • Charles J. Gilman (Independent) 0.66%
Maine 3 E. Wilder Farley Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Maine 4 Samuel P. Benson Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Republican gain.
Maine 5 Israel Washburn Jr. Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Republican gain.
Maine 6 Thomas J. D. Fuller Democratic 1848 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1 John Rankin Franklin Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 2 Jacob Shower Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Maryland 3 Joshua Van Sant Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Maryland 4 William Thomas Hamilton Democratic 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Maryland 5 Henry May Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Maryland 6 Augustus Rhodes Sollers Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Massachusetts

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 Thomas D. Eliot Whig 1854 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 2 Samuel L. Crocker Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 3 J. Wiley Edmands Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
  • Green tickY William S. Damrell (Know Nothing) 74.76%
  • Nathaniel F. Safford (Whig) 16.67%
  • Edward Avery (Democratic) 5.38%
  • Arthur W. Austin (Independent) 2.26%
Massachusetts 4 Samuel H. Walley Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 5 William Appleton Whig 1850 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 6 Charles W. Upham Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 7 Nathaniel P. Banks Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 8 Tappan Wentworth Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 9 Alexander DeWitt Free Soil 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
  • Green tickY Alexander DeWitt (Know Nothing) 76.97%
  • Isaac Davis (Democratic) 13.36%
  • Ira M. Barton (Whig) 7.45%
  • Alfred Mowrey (Independent) 1.42%
  • William P. Marble (Independent) 0.46%
  • Scattering 0.34%
Massachusetts 10 Edward Dickinson Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Massachusetts 11 John Z. Goodrich Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

Michigan

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Michigan 1 David Stuart Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Michigan 2 David A. Noble Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Michigan 3 Samuel Clark Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Michigan 4 Hestor L. Stevens Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

Mississippi

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Mississippi 1 Daniel B. Wright Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 2 William S. Barry Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired to run for state representative.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Mississippi 3 William Barksdale
Redistricted from the at-large district
Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Mississippi 4 Otho R. Singleton
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Mississippi 5 None (New seat) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

Missouri

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Missouri 1 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
Missouri 2 Alfred W. Lamb Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
Missouri 3 James J. Lindley Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 4 Mordecai Oliver Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Mordecai Oliver (Whig) 41.95%
  • S.L. Leonard (Democratic) 34.21%
  • Shelton J. Howe (Benton Democratic) 19.08%
  • J. F. Pitt (Ind. Whig) 4.76%
Missouri 5 John G. Miller Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 6 John S. Phelps Democratic 1844 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 7 Samuel Caruthers Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.

New Hampshire

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Hampshire 1 George W. Kittredge Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
New Hampshire 2 George W. Morrison Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
New Hampshire 3 Harry Hibbard Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

New Jersey

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Jersey 1 Nathan T. Stratton Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
  • Green tickY Isaiah D. Clawson (Whig) 42.94%
  • Thomas W. Mulford (Democratic) 30.02%
  • John W. Hazelton (Temperance) 27.05%
New Jersey 2 Charles Skelton Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New Jersey 3 Samuel Lilly Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New Jersey 4 George Vail Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY George Vail (Democratic) 51.65%
  • Peter Osborne (Anti-Nebraska) 48.35%
New Jersey 5 Alexander C. M. Pennington Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.

New York

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New York 1 James Maurice Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
  • Green tickY William Valk (Know Nothing) 31.19%
  • Daniel B. Allen (Hard Shell Democratic) 20.49%
  • Harvey W. Vail (Whig) 19.81%
  • Frederick Lord (Soft Shell Democratic) 16.48%
  • Gabriel P. Disosway (Temperance) 11.40%
New York 2 Thomas W. Cumming Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 3 Hiram Walbridge Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
  • Green tickY Guy R. Pelton (Whig) 49.06%
  • George D. Clinton (Hard Shell Democratic) 30.70%
  • William Miner (Soft Shell Democratic) 20.24%
New York 4 Michael Walsh Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
  • Green tickY John Kelly (Soft Shell Democratic) 40.54%
  • Michael Walsh (Hard Shell Democratic) 40.30%
  • Sanford L. Macomber (Whig) 10.89%
  • John W. Boyce (Know Nothing) 8.27%
New York 5 William M. Tweed Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
New York 6 John Wheeler Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John Wheeler (Hard Shell Democratic) 51.58%
  • John M. Murphy (Soft Shell Democratic) 25.61%
  • Charles H. Marshall (Whig) 22.81%
New York 7 William A. Walker Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 8 Francis B. Cutting Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
  • Green tickY Abram Wakeman (Whig) 51.87%
  • James L. Curtis (Hard Shell Democratic) 32.52%
  • Edward B. Fellows (Soft Shell Democratic) 15.61%
New York 9 Jared V. Peck Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 10 William Murray Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
  • Green tickY Ambrose S. Murray (Whig) 44.05%
  • Charles S. Woodworth (Hard Shell Democratic) 38.59%
  • Jonathan Stratton (Soft Shell Democratic) 17.36%
New York 11 Theodoric R. Westbrook Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 12 Isaac Teller Whig 1854 (special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig hold.
  • Green tickY Killian Miller (Whig) 51.07%
  • Hugh McClelland (Soft Shell Democratic) 33.78%
  • William H. Wilson (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.16%
New York 13 Russell Sage Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Russell Sage (Whig) 63.22%
  • Henry A. Clum (Soft Shell Democratic) 18.86%
  • Alanson Cook (Hard Shell Democratic) 17.92%
New York 14 Rufus W. Peckham Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 15 Charles Hughes Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 16 George A. Simmons Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY George A. Simmons (Whig) 48.18%
  • Jerome B. Bailey (Know Nothing) 27.06%
  • Gorton T. Thomas (Soft Shell Democratic) 15.02%
  • Joseph R. Flanders (Hard Shell Democratic) 9.75%
New York 17 Bishop Perkins Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
New York 18 Peter Rowe Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 19 George W. Chase Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig hold.
  • Green tickY Jonas A. Hughston (Whig) 43.25%
  • Lewis R. Palmer (Soft Shell Democratic) 41.33%
  • William B. Hawes (Free Soil) 8.59%
  • Hezekiah Sturgis (Hard Shell Democratic) 6.84%
New York 20 Orsamus B. Matteson Whig Incumbent re-elected.
New York 21 Henry Bennett Whig 1848 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Henry Bennett (Whig) 56.03%
  • Edward Tompkins (Hard Shell Democratic) 32.04%
  • Oliver C. Crocker (Soft Shell Democratic) 11.93%
New York 22 Gerrit Smith Free Soil 1852 Incumbent resigned August 7, 1854.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 23 Caleb Lyon Independent 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 24 Daniel T. Jones Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 25 Edwin D. Morgan Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Edwin D. Morgan (Whig) 48.35%
  • George H. Middleton (Soft Shell Democratic) 43.50%
  • William F. Aldrich (Hard Shell Democratic) 8.15%
New York 26 Andrew Oliver Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Andrew Oliver (Soft Shell Democratic) 47.74%
  • James M. Seeley (Whig) 37.06%
  • Thomas M. Howell (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.20%
New York 27 John J. Taylor Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 28 George Hastings Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
New York 29 Davis Carpenter Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New York 30 Benjamin Pringle Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 31 Thomas T. Flagler Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Thomas T. Flagler (Whig) 76.63%
  • Alden S. Blair (Democratic) 13.12%
  • Edward J. Chase (Free Soil) 10.25%
New York 32 Solomon G. Haven Whig 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 33 Reuben Fenton Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
  • Green tickY Francis S. Edwards (Know Nothing) 55.49%
  • Reuben Fenton (Soft Shell Democratic) 42.47%
  • Ebenezer A. Lester (Hard Shell Democratic) 1.64%
  • George W. Patterson (Whig) 0.40%

North Carolina

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
North Carolina 1 Henry Marchmore Shaw Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
North Carolina 2 Thomas Hart Ruffin Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 3 William Shepperd Ashe Democratic 1849 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
North Carolina 4 Sion Hart Rogers Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
North Carolina 5 John Kerr Jr. Whig 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
North Carolina 6 Richard Clauselle Puryear Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 7 Francis Burton Craige Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
North Carolina 8 Thomas Lanier Clingman Democratic 1843
1845 (lost)
1847
Incumbent re-elected.

Ohio

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Ohio 1 David T. Disney Democratic 1848 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 2 John Scott Harrison Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 3 Lewis D. Campbell Whig 1848 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 4 Matthias H. Nichols Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 5 Alfred Edgerton Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
  • Green tickY Richard Mott (Anti-Nebraska) 61.62%
  • Henry S. Cowager (Democratic) 38.38%
Ohio 6 Andrew Ellison Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 7 Aaron Harlan Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 8 Moses Bledso Corwin Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
  • Green tickY Benjamin Stanton (Anti-Nebraska) 75.84%
  • Enoch G. Dial (Democratic) 23.10%
  • J. Newell (Unknown) 1.06%
Ohio 9 Frederick W. Green Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 10 John L. Taylor Democratic 1846 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 11 Thomas Ritchey Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 12 Edson B. Olds Democratic 1848 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 13 William D. Lindsley Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 14 Harvey H. Johnson Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 15 William R. Sapp Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 16 Edward Ball Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
  • Green tickY Edward Ball (Anti-Nebraska) 58.89%
  • William Galligher (Democratic) 41.11%
Ohio 17 Wilson Shannon Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 18 George Bliss Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 19 Edward Wade Free Soil 1852 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
  • Green tickY Edward Wade (Anti-Nebraska) 71.07%
  • Eli T. Wilder (Democratic) 28.42%
  • Irad Kelly (Independent) 0.51%
Ohio 20 Joshua Reed Giddings Free Soil 1843 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Anti-Nebraska gain.
Ohio 21 Andrew Stuart Democratic 1848 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Nebraska gain.

Pennsylvania

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Pennsylvania 1 Thomas B. Florence Democratic 1848 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 2 Joseph R. Chandler Whig 1848 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig hold.
Pennsylvania 3 John Robbins Democratic 1848 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
Pennsylvania 4 William Henry Witte Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Pennsylvania 5 John McNair Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
Pennsylvania 6 William Everhart Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Pennsylvania 7 Samuel A. Bridges Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 8 J. Glancy Jones Democratic 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 9 Isaac E. Hiester Whig 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Independent gain.
Pennsylvania 10 Ner Middleswarth Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig hold.
  • Green tickY John C. Kunkel (Whig) 55.99%
  • Amos Boughter (Democratic) 43.01%
  • George A. Seiler (Independent) 1.00%
Pennsylvania 11 Christian M. Straub Democratic 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
Pennsylvania 12 Hendrick B. Wright Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Whig gain.
Pennsylvania 13 Asa Packer Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Asa Packer (Democratic) 58.67%
  • Edward F. Stewart (Whig) 41.33%
Pennsylvania 14 Galusha A. Grow Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Galusha A. Grow (Democratic) 95.22%
  • Jim Grow (Independent) 4.56%
  • Olin L. Hawley (Independent) 0.23%

Rhode Island

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Rhode Island 1 Thomas Davis Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Rhode Island 2 Benjamin Babock Thurston Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.

South Carolina

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
South Carolina 1 John McQueen Democratic 1849 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John McQueen (Democratic) 67.44%
  • I. D. Wilson (Unknown) 32.56%
South Carolina 2 William Aiken Jr. Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 3 Laurence M. Keitt Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 4 Preston S. Brooks Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 James L. Orr Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 6 William W. Boyce Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.

Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 2, 1855.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 Nathaniel G. Taylor Whig 1854 (special) Incumbent lost re-election as a Know Nothing.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Tennessee 2 William M. Churchwell Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Tennessee 3 Samuel A. Smith Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 4 William Cullom Whig 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Tennessee 5 Charles Ready Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Tennessee 6 George W. Jones Democratic 1842 Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7 Robert M. Bugg Whig 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Tennessee 8 Felix Zollicoffer Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Tennessee 9 Emerson Etheridge Whig 1853 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Know Nothing gain.
Tennessee 10 Frederick P. Stanton Democratic 1845 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.

Texas

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Texas 1 George W. Smyth Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Texas 2 Peter Hansborough Bell Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.

Vermont

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Vermont 1 James Meacham Whig 1849 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James Meacham (Whig) 71.35%
  • Solomon W. Jewett (Democratic) 28.65%
Vermont 2 Andrew Tracy Whig 1852 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Justin S. Morrill (Republican) 50.26%
  • J. W. Parker (Democratic) 35.07%
  • Oscar L. Shafter (Free Soil) 14.68%
Vermont 3 Alvah Sabin Whig 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Alvah Sabin (Whig) 68.54%
  • William Heywood (Democratic) 31.46%

Virginia

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Virginia 1 Thomas H. Bayly Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 2 John Millson Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 3 John S. Caskie Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 4 William Goode Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 5 Thomas S. Bocock Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 6 Paulus Powell Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 7 William Smith Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 8 Charles J. Faulkner Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 9 John Letcher Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 10 Zedekiah Kidwell Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 11 Charles S. Lewis Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Know Nothing gain.
Virginia 12 Henry A. Edmundson Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 13 Fayette McMullen Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.

Wisconsin

Election results in Wisconsin for 1854:[24]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Wisconsin 1 Daniel Wells Jr. Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 2 Ben C. Eastman Democratic 1850 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Wisconsin 3 John B. Macy Democratic 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.

Non-voting delegates

District Incumbent This race
Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Kansas New seat New territory.
New delegate elected December 20, 1854.
Democratic gain.
Minnesota Henry Mower Rice Democratic 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Nebraska
(33rd Congress)
New seat New territory.
New delegate elected December 12, 1854.[26][27]
Democratic gain.
Nebraska
(34th Congress)
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings Democratic 1854 Incumbent retired.
New delegate elected November 5, 1855.[26]
Democratic hold.
Oregon Joseph Lane Democratic 1851 Incumbent re-elected.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes two Anti-Broderick Democrats (California), one Anti-Benton Democrat (Missouri), one Hard-Shell Democrat (New York), and four Soft-Shell Democrats (New York)
  2. ^ Includes votes for those who ran labeled as an Anti-Broderick Democrat, Anti-Benton Democrat, Hard Shell Democrat or Soft-Shell Democrat.
  3. ^ a b c d e Counted as part of the plurality-winning "Opposition Party."
  4. ^ While Martis, et al. count 51 Know Nothings, Dubin (p. 174) counts 52.
  5. ^ Included one Independent Whig: Anthony Ellmaker Roberts of Pennsylvania.
  6. ^ Includes votes for those who ran labeled as an Independent, Benton Democrat, Independent Democrat, or Independent American.
  7. ^ Compared to Whigs, Free Soilers, and Independents elected in the previous election of 1852.
  8. ^ In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform date for choosing presidential electors (see: Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721). Congressional elections were unaffected by this law, but the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections as well.
  9. ^ At-large district abolished in redistricting.
  10. ^ Compared to just Whig Party members elected in the previous election of 1852. If Whig Party and Free Soil Party members are counted together, the increase was only Increase25.
  11. ^ Listed as unsuccessful for re-election in Congressional bio, but no votes listed in source.
    • United States Congress. "1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections (id: G000453)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ Bennett led 578–560 in returns that included the results of Ottoe (175–95 Bennett), Richardson (76–36 Bennett), Dacotah (25–0 Chapman), and Burt (14–10 Chapman) counties. Gov. Izard excluded those results due to irregularities.

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