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The 1820–21 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3, 1820, and August 10, 1821. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 17th United States Congress convened on December 3, 1821. They coincided with President James Monroe winning reelection unopposed.
In March 1820, seven House seats transferred from Massachusetts to Maine after the latter seceded from the former to become a separate state. The size of the House then increased to 187 seats after Missouri achieved statehood in 1821.
The virtually nonpartisan Era of Good Feelings, a period of national political dominance by the Democratic-Republican Party, continued. Despite small gains, the Federalist Party remained relegated to limited state and local influence.
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CCUS18 Election 1860 Hi I’m John Green; this is Crash Course US History and today we discuss one of the most confusing questions in American history: What caused the Civil War? Just kidding it’s not a confusing question at all: Slavery caused the Civil War. Mr. Green, Mr. Green, but what about, like, states rights and nationalism, economics-- Me from the Past, your senior year of high school you will be taught American Government by Mr. Fleming, a white Southerner who will seem to you to be about 182 years old, and you will say something to him in class about states rights. And Mr. Fleming will turn to you and he will say, “A state’s rights to what, sir?” And for the first time in your snotty little life, you will be well and truly speechless. intro The road to the Civil War leads to discussions of states rights...to slavery, and differing economic systems...specifically whether those economic systems should involve slavery, and the election of Abraham Lincoln, specifically how his election impacted slavery, but none of those things would have been issues without slavery. So let’s pick up with the most controversial section of the Compromise of 1850, the fugitive slave law. Now, longtime Crash Course viewers will remember that there was already a Fugitive Slave Law written into the United States Constitution, so what made this one so controversial? Under this new law, any citizen was required to turn in anyone he or she knew to be a slave to authorities. And that made, like, every person in New England into a sheriff, and it also required them to enforce a law they found abhorrent. So, they had to be sheriffs and they didn’t even get little gold badges. Thought Bubble, can I have a gold badge? Oh. Awesome. Thank you. This law was also terrifying to people of color in the North, because even if you’d been, say, born free in Massachusetts, the courts could send you into slavery if even one person swore before a judge that you were a specific slave. And many people of color responded to the fugitive slave law by moving to Canada, which at the time was still technically an English colony, thereby further problematizing the whole idea that England was all about tyranny and the United States was all about freedom. But anyway the most important result of the fugitive slave law was that it convinced some Northerners that the government was in the hands of a sinister “slave power.” Sadly, slave power was not a heavy metal band or Britney Spears’s new single or even a secret cabal of powerful slaves, but rather a conspiracy theory about a secret cabal of pro-slavery congressmen. That conspiracy theory is going to grow in importance, but before we get to that let us discuss Railroads. Underrated in Monopoly and underrated in the Civil War. Let’s go to the Thought Bubble. Railroads made shipping cheaper and more efficient and allowed people to move around the country quickly, and they had a huge backer (also a tiny backer) in the form of Illinois congressman Stephen Douglas, who wanted a transcontinental railroad because 1. he felt it would bind the union together at a time when it could use some binding, and 2. he figured it would go through Illinois, which would be good for his home state. But there was a problem: To build a railroad, the territory through which it ran needed to be organized, ideally as states, and if the railroad was going to run through Illinois, then the Kansas and Nebraska territories would need to become state-like, so Douglas pushed forward the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act formalized the idea of popular sovereignty, which basically meant that (white) residents of states could decide for themselves whether the state should allow slavery. Douglas felt this was a nice way of avoiding saying whether he favored slavery; instead, he could just be in favor of letting other people be in favor of it. Now you’ll remember that the previously bartered Missouri Compromise banned slavery in new states north of this here line. And since in theory Kansas or Nebraska could have slavery if people there decided they wanted it under the Kansas-Nebraska Act despite being north of that there line, this in practice repealed the Missouri Compromise. As a result, there was quite a lot of violence in Kansas, so much so that some people say the Civil War really started there in 1857. Also, the Kansas Nebraska Act led to the creation of a new political party: The Republicans. Yes, those Republicans. Thanks, Thought Bubble. So, Douglas’s law helped to create a new coalition party dedicated to stopping the extension of slavery. It was made of former Free-Soilers, Northern anti-slavery Whigs and some Know- Nothings. It was also a completely sectional party, meaning that it drew supporters almost exclusively from the free states in the North and West, which, you’ll remember from like, two minutes ago, were tied together by common economic interests and the railroad. I’m telling you, don’t underestimate railroads. By the way, we are getting to you, Dred Scott. And now we return at last to “slave power.” For many northerners, the Kansas Nebraska Act which repealed the Missouri Compromise was yet more evidence that Congress was controlled by a sinister “slave power” group doing the bidding of rich plantation owners, which, as conspiracy theories go, wasn’t the most far-fetched. In fact, by 1854, the North was far more populous than the South--it had almost double the South’s congressional representation--but in spite of this advantage, Congress had just passed a law extending the power of slave states, and potentially--because two new states meant four new senators--making the federal government even more pro-slavery. And to abolitionists, that didn’t really seem like democracy. The other reason that many northerners cared enough about Kansas and Nebraska to abandon their old party loyalties was that having them become slave states was seen as a threat to northerner’s economic self-interest. Remember the west was seen as a place where individuals--specifically white individuals--could become self-sufficient farmers. As Lincoln wrote: “The whole nation is interested that the best use be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people. They cannot be, to any considerable extent, if slavery is planted within them. New Free States are places for poor people to go to and better their condition.” So, the real question was: Would these western territories have big slave-based plantations like happened in Mississippi? Or small family farms full of frolicking free white people, like happened in Thomas Jefferson’s imagination? So the new Republican party ran its first presidential candidate in 1856 and did remarkably well. John C. Fremont from California picked up 39% of the vote, all of it from the North and West, and lost to the Democrat James Buchanan, who had the virtue of having spent much of the previous decade in Europe and thus not having a position on slavery. I mean, let me take this opportunity to remind you that James Buchanan’s nickname was The Old Public Functionary. Meanwhile, Kansas was trying to become a state by holding elections in 1854 and 1855. I say trying because these elections were so fraudulent that they would be funny except that everything stops being funny like 12 years before the Civil War and doesn’t get really funny again until Charlie Chaplin. Ah, Charlie Chaplin, thank you for being in the public domain and giving us a much-needed break from a nation divided against itself, discovering that it cannot stand. Right so part of the Kansas problem was that hundreds of so called border ruffians flocked to Kansas from pro-slavery Missouri to cast ballots in Kansas elections, which led to people coming in from free states and setting up their own rival governments. Fighting eventually broke out and more than 200 people were killed. In fact, in 1856, pro-slavery forces laid siege to anti-slavery Lawrence, Kansas with cannons. One particularly violent incident involved the murder of an entire family by an anti-slavery zealot from New York named John Brown. He got away with that murder but hold on a minute, we’ll get to him. Anyway, in the end Kansas passed two constitutions because, you know, that’s a good way to get started as a government. The pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution was the first that went to the U.S. Congress and it was supported by Stephen Douglas as an example of popular sovereignty at work, except that the man who oversaw the voting in Kansas called it a “vile fraud.” Congress delayed Kansas’ entry into the Union (because Congress’s primary business is delay) until another, more fair referendum took place. And after that vote, Kansas eventually did join the U.S. as a free state in 1861, by which time it was frankly too late. Alright so while all this craziness was going on in Kansas and Congress, the Supreme Court was busy rendering the worst decision in its history. Oh, hi there, Dred Scott. Dred Scott had been a slave whose master had taken him to live in Illinois and Wisconsin, both of which barred slavery. So, Scott sued, arguing that if slavery was illegal in Illinois, then living in Illinois made him definitionally not a slave. The case took years to find its way to the Supreme Court and eventually, in 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, from Maryland, handed down his decision. The Court held that Scott was still a slave, but went even further, attempting to settle the slavery issue once and for all. Taney ruled that black people “had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.” So...that is an actual quote from an actual decision by the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Wow. I mean, Taney’s ruling basically said that all black people anywhere in the United States could be considered property, and that the court was in the business of protecting that property. This meant a slave owner could take his slaves from Mississippi to Massachusetts and they would still be slaves. Which meant that technically, there was no such thing as a free state. At least that’s how people in the north, especially Republicans saw it. The Dred Scott decision helped convince even more people that the entire government, Congress, President Buchanan, and now the Supreme Court, were in the hands of the dreaded “Slave Power.” Oh, we’re going to do the Mystery Document now? Stan, I am so confident about today’s Mystery Document that I am going to write down my guess right now and I’m going to put it in this envelope and then when I’m right I want a prize. All I ever get is punishment, I want prizes. Okay. The rules here are simple. I guess the author of the Mystery Document. I already did that. And then I get rewarded for being right. Alright total confidence. Let’s just read this thing. And then I get my reward. “I look forward to the days when there shall be a servile insurrection in the South, when the black man … shall assert his freedom and wage a war of extermination against his master; when the torch of the incendiary shall light up the towns and cities of the South, and blot out the last vestige of slavery. And though I may not mock at their calamity, nor laugh when their fear cometh, yet I will hail it as the dawn of a political millennium.” [1] I was right! Right here. Guessed in advance. John Brown. What? STAN! Ohio Congressman Joshua Giddings? Seriously, Stan? AH! Whatever. I’m gonna talk about John Brown anyway. In 1859, John Brown led a disastrous raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to capture guns and then give them to slaves who would rise up and use those guns against their masters. But, Brown was an awful military commander, and not a terribly clear thinker in general, and the raid was an abject failure. Many of the party were killed and he was captured. He stood trial and was sentenced to death. Thus he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause, which is probably what he wanted anyway. On the morning of his hanging, he wrote, “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” Well, he was right about that, but in general, any statement that begins “I-comma-my-name” meh. And, so the stage was set for one of the most important Presidential elections in American history. Dun dun dun dun dun dahhhhh. In 1860, the Republican Party chose as its candidate Abraham Lincoln, whose hair and upper forehead you can see here. He’d proved his eloquence, if not his electability, in a series of debates with Stephen Douglas when the two were running for the Senate in 1858. Lincoln lost that election, but the debates made him famous, and he could appeal to immigrant voters, because he wasn’t associated with the Know Nothings. The Democrats, on the other hand, were--to use a historian term--a hot mess. The Northern wing of the party favored Stephen Douglas, but he was unacceptable to voters in the deep South. So Southern Democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, making the Democrats, the last remaining truly national party, no longer truly a national party. A third party, the Constitutional Union Party, dedicated to preserving the Constitution “as it is” i.e. including slavery, nominated John Bell of Tennessee. Abraham Lincoln received 0 votes in nine American states, but he won 40% of the overall popular vote, including majorities in many of the most populous states, thereby winning the electoral college. So, anytime a guy becomes President who literally did not appear on your ballot, there is likely to be a problem. And indeed, Lincoln’s election led to a number of Southern states seceding from the Union. Lincoln himself hated slavery, but he repeatedly said that he would leave it alone in the states where it existed. But the demographics of Lincoln’s election showed Southerners and Northerners alike that slave power--to whatever extent it had existed--was over. By the time he took office on March 1, 1861, seven states had seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. And the stage was set for the fighting to begin, which it did, when Southern troops fired upon the Union garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861. So, that’s when the Civil War started, but it became inevitable earlier--maybe in 1857, or maybe in 1850, or maybe in 1776. Or maybe in 1619, when the first African slaves arrived in Virginia. Cuz here’s the thing: In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Taney said that black Americans had quote “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” But this was demonstrably false. Black men had voted in elections and held property, including even slaves. They’d appeared in court on their own behalf. They had rights. They’d expressed those rights when given the opportunity. And the failure of the United States to understand that the rights of black Americans were as inalienable as those of white Americans is ultimately what made the Civil War inevitable. So next week, it’s off to war we go. Thanks for watching. Crash Course is produced and directed by Stan Muller. Our script supervisor is Meredith Danko. The show is written by my high school history teacher, Raoul Meyer, and myself. Our associate producer is Danica Johnson. And our graphics team is Thought Café. Usually every week there’s a libertage with a caption, but there wasn’t one this week because of stupid Chief Justice Roger Taney. However, please suggest captions in comments where you can also ask questions about today’s video that will be answered by our team of historians. Thanks for watching Crash Course US History and as we say in my hometown of nerdfighteria, don’t forget to be awesome. election 1860 - ________________ [1] Quoted in Goldfield p. 119
Election summaries
One seat was added during this Congress for the new State of Missouri[1]
155 | 32 |
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Democratic-Republican | Federalist |
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Louisiana | At-large | July 3–5, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Illinois | At-large | August 7, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Indiana | At-large | August 7, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Kentucky | Districts | August 7, 1820 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |||
Mississippi | At-large | August 7–8, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
New Hampshire | At-large | August 18, 1820 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
Missouri | At-large | August 28, 1820 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rhode Island | At-large | August 29, 1820 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Vermont | District | September 5, 1820[b] | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
Georgia | At-large | October 2, 1820 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
Maryland | Districts | October 2, 1820 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||
Delaware | At-large | October 3, 1820 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
South Carolina | Districts | October 9–10, 1820 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||
Ohio | Districts | October 10, 1820 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Pennsylvania | Districts | October 10, 1820 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
Massachusetts | Districts | November 6, 1820[c] | 13[d] | 6 | 1[e] | 7 | 1[e] | |
Maine[f] | Districts | November 7, 1820[g] | 7 | 5 | 1[h] | 2 | 1[h] | |
New Jersey | At-large | November 7, 1820 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
Late elections (after the March 4, 1821, beginning of the term) | ||||||||
Virginia | Districts | April 1821 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Connecticut | At-large | April 2, 1821 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
New York | Districts | April 24–26, 1821 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
Alabama | At-large | August 5–6, 1821 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
North Carolina | Districts | August 9, 1821 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Tennessee | Districts | August 9–10, 1821 | 6 | 5[i] | 1 | 0 | ||
Total[a] | 187 | 155 82.9% |
5 | 32 17.1% |
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Special elections
There were special elections in 1820 and 1821 to the 16th United States Congress and 17th United States Congress.
Special elections are sorted by date then district.
16th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member / Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Virginia 17 | James Pleasants | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent resigned December 14, 1819, when elected U.S. Senator. New member elected January 3, 1820.[2] Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated January 18, 1820.[3] Successor later re-elected in the April 1821 election to the next term; see below. |
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New Jersey at-large | John Condit | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent resigned November 4, 1819, to become assistant collector of the Port of New York.[3] New member elected February 2, 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated February 16, 1820.[3] Successor was not a candidate in the November 7, 1820, election for the next term; see below. |
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Virginia 10 | George F. Strother | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent resigned February 10, 1820, to become as Receiver of Public Monies in St. Louis, Missouri. New member elected in August 1820.[5] Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] Successor later re-elected in the April 1821 election to the next term; see below. |
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Michigan Territory at-large | William Woodbridge | Unknown | 1819 | Incumbent resigned August 9, 1820, due to family illness. New delegate elected sometime in 1820. Successor seated November 20, 1820. Successor later re-elected; see below. |
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Virginia 1 | James Pindall | Federalist | 1817 | Incumbent resigned July 6, 1820. New member elected sometime in 1820.[7] Democratic-Republican gain. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] Successor later re-elected in the April 1821 election to the next term; see below. |
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Virginia 20 | James Johnson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 | Incumbent resigned when appointed as collector of customs in Norfolk. New member elected sometime in 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] Successor later lost re-election in the April 1821 election to the next term; see below. |
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Kentucky 9 | Tunstall Quarles | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent resigned June 15, 1820. New member elected August 7, 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor was also elected to the next term; see below. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] |
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Kentucky 6 | David Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent died March 1, 1820. New member elected August 7, 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor was also elected to the next term; see below. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] |
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Massachusetts 13 | Edward Dowse | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent resigned. New member elected August 21, 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor later re-elected in the November 6, 1820, election to the next term; see below. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] |
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Pennsylvania 5 | David Fullerton | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820. New member elected October 10, 1820. Federalist gain. Successor was not a candidate in the same day's election for the next term; see below. Successor seated November 13, 1820.[3] |
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Massachusetts 1 | Jonathan Mason | Federalist | 1817 (special) | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820, to pursue his law practice. New member elected on the second ballot November 6, 1820. Democratic-Republican gain.[j] Successor also elected the same day to the next term; see below. Successor seated November 27, 1820.[3] |
First ballot (October 23, 1820):
Second ballot (November 6, 1820):
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Maine at-large | John Holmes | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent's seat moved from Massachusetts's 14th district but incumbent resigned when elected U.S. Senator. New member elected November 7, 1820. Federalist gain. Successor also elected the same day in the 1st district to the next term; see below. Successor seated December 11, 1820.[3] |
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Massachusetts 8 | Zabdiel Sampson | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent resigned July 26, 1820. New member elected November 24, 1820 on the second ballot. Successor seated December 18, 1820.[3] Successor was already elected to the next term; see below. |
First ballot (October 16, 1820):
Second ballot (November 24, 1820):
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Pennsylvania 7 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1798 1804 (retired) 1814 |
Incumbent resigned in December 1820 when elected Governor of Pennsylvania. New member elected December 10, 1820. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor had not been a candidate in the October 10, 1820, election for the next term; see below. Successor seated January 8, 1821.[3] |
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North Carolina 4 | Jesse Slocumb | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent died December 20, 1820. New member elected February 7, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated February 7, 1821.[3] Successor later re-elected in the August 9, 1821, election to the next term; see below. |
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17th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 7 | George Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent resigned sometime before the start of the new Congress. New member elected August 6, 1821.[13] Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 3, 1821.[14] |
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New Jersey at-large | John Linn | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent died January 5, 1821. New member elected October 8, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 3, 1821.[14] |
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Ohio 4 | John C. Wright | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent member-elect declined to serve in the next term and resigned March 3, 1821. New member elected October 9, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 3, 1821.[14] |
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Pennsylvania 5 | James Duncan | Democratic-Republican | 1820 | Incumbent resigned in April 1821. New member elected October 9, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 12, 1821.[14] |
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Pennsylvania 10 | William Cox Ellis | Federalist | 1820 | Incumbent resigned July 20, 1821. New member elected October 9, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 12, 1821.[14] |
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New York 6 | Selah Tuthill | Democratic-Republican | 1821 | Incumbent died September 7, 1821. New member elected November 6–8, 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 3, 1821.[14] |
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South Carolina 9 | John S. Richards | Democratic-Republican | 1820 | Member-elect declined to serve. New member elected sometime in 1821. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated December 3, 1821.[14] |
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Kentucky 8 | Wingfield Bullock | Democratic-Republican | 1820 | Incumbent died October 13, 1821. New member elected November 22, 1821.[17] Democratic-Republican hold. Successor seated January 2, 1822.[14] |
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Alabama
Alabama elected its member August 5–6, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Alabama at-large | John Crowell | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Arkansas Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Connecticut
Connecticut elected its members April 2, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket |
James Stevens | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Jonathan O. Moseley | Democratic-Republican | 1804 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Gideon Tomlinson | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Elisha Phelps | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
John Russ | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Henry W. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Samuel A. Foot | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
Delaware
Delaware elected its members October 3, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Delaware at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Louis McLane | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
Georgia
Georgia elected its members October 2, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Georgia at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Robert R. Reid | Democratic-Republican | 1819 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Joel Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Joel Abbot | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John A. Cuthbert | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
William Terrell | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Thomas W. Cobb | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
Illinois
Illinois elected its member August 7, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Illinois at-large | Daniel P. Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Indiana
Indiana elected its member August 7, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Indiana at-large | William Hendricks | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kentucky
Kentucky elected its members August 7, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 1 | David Trimble | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kentucky 2 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (resigned) 1814 1815 (Seat declared vacant) 1815 (special) |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Kentucky 3 | William Brown | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Kentucky 4 | Thomas Metcalfe | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kentucky 5 | Alney McLean | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1816 (retired) 1818 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Kentucky 6 | David Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent died March 1, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected to finish the term. |
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Kentucky 7 | George Robertson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. Incumbent resigned sometime before the start of the new Congress, leading to an August 6, 1821 special election. |
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Kentucky 8 | Richard C. Anderson Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor died October 13, 1821, leading to a November 22, 1821 special election. |
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Kentucky 9 | Tunstall Quarles | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent resigned June 15, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected to finish the term. |
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Kentucky 10 | Benjamin Hardin | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1816 (retired) 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana
Louisiana elected its member July 3–5, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Louisiana at-large | Thomas Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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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.[3] 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 (Federalist). 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 elected its members on November 7, 1820. State law required a majority to win an election, necessitating additional ballots if a majority was not received. And, in fact, additional ballots were held on January 22, 1821, and September 10, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maine 1 | Joseph Dane | Federalist | 1820 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine 2 | Ezekiel Whitman Redistricted from MA-15 |
Federalist | 1808 1810 (lost) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine 3 | Mark Langdon Hill Redistricted from MA-16 |
Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected on the second ballot. | First ballot (November 7, 1820):
Second ballot (January 22, 1821):
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Maine 4 | Martin Kinsley Redistricted from MA-17 |
Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the third ballot after the beginning of the term but before Congress convened. Democratic-Republican hold. |
First ballot (November 7, 1820):
Second ballot (January 22, 1821):
Third ballot (September 10, 1821):
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Maine 5 | James Parker Redistricted from MA-18 |
Democratic-Republican | 1813 1814 (lost) 1819 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the third ballot after the beginning of the term but before Congress convened. Democratic-Republican hold. |
First ballot (November 7, 1820):
Second ballot (January 22, 1821):
Third ballot (September 10, 1821):
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Maine 6 | Joshua Cushman Redistricted from MA-19 |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maine 7 | Enoch Lincoln Redistricted from MA-20 |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland
Maryland elected its members October 2, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maryland 1 | Raphael Neale | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 2 | Joseph Kent | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 3 | Henry R. Warfield | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Maryland 4 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (lost) 1816 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1792 1803 (retired) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Peter Little | Democratic-Republican | 1810 1812 (lost) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Maryland 6 | Stevenson Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1811 (special) 1816 (lost) 1818 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected by lot after tied vote. Democratic-Republican hold.[l] |
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Maryland 7 | Thomas Culbreth | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Maryland 8 | Thomas Bayly | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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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 elected its members November 6, 1820. Massachusetts had a majority requirement for election, which was not met in the 2nd district necessitating two additional elections on January 8, 1821, and April 16, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | Jonathan Mason | Federalist | 1817 (special) | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820, to pursue his law practice. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.[j] Successor also elected the same day to finish the term. |
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Massachusetts 2 | Nathaniel Silsbee | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected late on the third ballot after the term began but before the Congress convened. Democratic-Republican hold. |
First ballot (November 6, 1820):
Second ballot (January 8, 1821):
Third ballot (April 16, 1821):
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Massachusetts 3 | Jeremiah Nelson | Federalist | 1804 1806 (retired) 1814 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 4 | Timothy Fuller | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 5 | Samuel Lathrop | Federalist | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 6 | Samuel C. Allen | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 7 | Henry Shaw | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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Massachusetts 8 | Zabdiel Sampson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent resigned July 26, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Massachusetts 9 | Walter Folger Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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Massachusetts 10 | Marcus Morton | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain |
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Massachusetts 11 | Benjamin Adams | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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Massachusetts 12 | Jonas Kendall | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold. |
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Massachusetts 13 | William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | 1800 1804 (lost) 1820 (special) |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Mississippi
Mississippi elected its member August 7–8, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Mississippi at-large | Christopher Rankin | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Missouri
Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821,[14] but elections had been held August 28, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Missouri at-large | None (District created) | New seat. Territorial delegate re-elected as new member. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire elected its members August 18, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New Hampshire at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Josiah Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nathaniel Upham | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Clifton Clagett | Democratic-Republican | 1802 1804 (retired) 1816 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Joseph Buffum Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
William Plumer Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Arthur Livermore | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
New Jersey
New Jersey elected its members November 7, 1820. There were an unusually large number of candidates, 119 candidates according to one contemporary newspaper.[20] Some candidates ran under an "Anti-Caucus" ticket. Only 1 of the 6 six incumbents would serve in the next term, as 4 retired and 1 died after re-election.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Ephraim Bateman | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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John Linn | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected but died January 5, 1821, leading to an October 8, 1821 special election. | ||
Bernard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Henry Southard | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Joseph Bloomfield | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
Charles Kinsey | Democratic-Republican | 1816 1818 (lost) 1820 (special) |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
New York
New York elected its members April 24–26, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. 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 was divided between "Bucktails" and "Clintonians". The Clintonians ran on a joint ticket with the remaining Federalists. In a few cases, marked as "Clintonian/Federalist" below, it is unclear whether a candidate on the joint ticket was Democratic-Republican or Federalist.
Only five of the twenty-seven incumbents were re-elected to the next term. Sixteen incumbents retired and five lost re-election. Despite this high turnover of membership, there was only a one-seat net gain for the Federalists.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New York 1 Plural district with 2 seats |
Silas Wood | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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James Guyon Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected.[m] Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
New York 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
Henry Meigs | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Peter H. Wendover | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
New York 3 | Caleb Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 4 | Randall S. Street | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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New York 5 | James Strong | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold. |
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New York 6 | Walter Case | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor died September 7, 1821, before the Congress convened, leading to a November 6–8, 1821 special election. |
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New York 7 | Jacob H. De Witt | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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New York 8 | Robert Clark | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 9 | Solomon Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 10 | John D. Dickinson | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 11 | John W. Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New York 12 Plural district with 2 seats |
Nathaniel Pitcher | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ezra C. Gross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
New York 13 | Harmanus Peek | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 14 | John Fay | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 15 Plural district with 2 seats |
Robert Monell | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Joseph S. Lyman | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
New York 16 | Henry R. Storrs | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold. |
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New York 17 | Aaron Hackley Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 18 | William D. Ford | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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New York 19 | George Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 20 Plural district with 2 seats |
Jonathan Richmond | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Caleb Baker | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
New York 21 | Nathaniel Allen | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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New York 22 | Albert H. Tracy Redistricted from the 21st district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina
North Carolina elected its members August 9, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
North Carolina 1 | Lemuel Sawyer | Democratic-Republican | 1806 1813 (lost) 1817 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 2 | Hutchins G. Burton | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 3 | Thomas H. Hall | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 4 | William S. Blackledge | Federalist | 1821 (special) | Incumbent re-elected as a Democratic-Republican. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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North Carolina 5 | Charles Hooks | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) 1817 (lost) 1819 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 6 | Weldon N. Edwards | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 7 | John Culpepper | Federalist | 1806 1808 (contested) 1808 (special) 1813 1816 (lost) 1819 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold. |
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North Carolina 8 | James S. Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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North Carolina 9 | Thomas Settle | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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North Carolina 10 | Charles Fisher | Democratic-Republican | 1819 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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North Carolina 11 | William Davidson | Federalist | 1818 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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North Carolina 12 | Felix Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Carolina 13 | Lewis Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio
Ohio elected its members October 10, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Ohio 1 | Thomas R. Ross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 2 | John W. Campbell | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 3 | Henry Brush | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Ohio 4 | Samuel Herrick | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Winner declined to serve, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election. |
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Ohio 5 | Philemon Beecher | Federalist | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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Ohio 6 | John Sloane | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[16] | |
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats |
Joseph Hemphill | Federalist | 1800 1802 (lost) 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Samuel Edwards | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Thomas Forrest | Federalist | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold. | ||
John Sergeant | Federalist | 1815 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Darlington | Democratic-Republican | 1814 1816 (lost) 1818 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Samuel Gross | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats |
James M. Wallace | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
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Jacob Hibshman | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. | ||
Pennsylvania 4 | Jacob Hostetter | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
Andrew Boden | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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David Fullerton | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor was not a candidate in the same day's election to finish the term. Successor resigned in April 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election. | ||
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Thomas J. Rogers | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Pennsylvania 7 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1798 1804 (retired) 1814 |
Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania. New member elected. Federalist gain. Incumbent then resigned in December 1820 when elected Governor of Pennsylvania and successor lost the December 10, 1820 special election to finish the term. |
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Pennsylvania 8 | Robert Philson | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 9 | William P. Maclay | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats |
George Denison | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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John Murray | Democratic-Republican | 1817 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. Incumbent resigned July 20, 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election. | ||
Pennsylvania 11 | David Marchand | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 12 | Thomas Patterson | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 13 | Christian Tarr | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 14 | Henry Baldwin | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 15 | Robert Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island elected its members August 29, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket |
Samuel Eddy | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Nathaniel Hazard | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Incumbent died December 17, 1820, and seat remained vacant until the end of term. |
South Carolina
South Carolina elected its members October 9–10, 1820.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 | Charles Pinckney | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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South Carolina 2 | William Lowndes | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 3 | James Ervin | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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South Carolina 4 | James Overstreet | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 5 | Starling Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 6 | Eldred Simkins | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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South Carolina 7 | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | 1804 1814 (lost) 1816 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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South Carolina 8 | John McCreary | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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South Carolina 9 | Joseph Brevard | Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Winner declined to serve, leading to a special election sometime in 1821. |
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Tennessee
Tennessee elected its members August 9–10, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | John Rhea | Democratic-Republican | 1803 1815 (lost) 1817 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 2 | John Cocke | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 3 | Francis Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 4 | Robert Allen | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 5 | Newton Cannon | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) 1817 (lost) 1819 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 6 | Henry H. Bryan | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. Winner never appeared to take his seat. |
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Vermont
In 1820, Vermont returned to using districts. This would be the only election in which the 6th district would be used.
Vermont elected its members September 5, 1820. 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. The additional ballots were held December 11, 1820, and February 19, May 1, July 2, September 4, and October 22, 1821.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Vermont 1 | Rollin Carolas Mallary Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 2 | Mark Richards Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the seventh ballot. Democratic-Republican hold. |
First ballot (September 5, 1820):
Second ballot (December 11, 1820):
Third ballot (February 19, 1821):
Fourth ballot (May 1, 1821):
Fifth ballot (July 2, 1821):
Sixth ballot (September 4, 1821):
Seventh ballot (October 22, 1821):
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Vermont 3 | Charles Rich Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1812 1814 (lost) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected on the third ballot. | First ballot (September 5, 1820):
Second ballot (December 11, 1820):
Third ballot (February 19, 1821):
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Ezra Meech Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1818 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss. | ||
Vermont 4 | William Strong Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1810 1814 (lost) 1818 |
Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Vermont 5 | Samuel C. Crafts Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 6 | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
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Virginia
Virginia elected its members in April 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Virginia 1 | Edward B. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 2 | Thomas Van Swearingen | Federalist | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 3 | Jared Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 4 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 5 | John Floyd | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 6 | Alexander Smyth | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 7 | Ballard Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Virginia 8 | Charles F. Mercer | Federalist | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 9 | William Lee Ball | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 10 | Thomas L. Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 11 | Philip P. Barbour | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 12 | Robert S. Garnett | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 13 | Severn E. Parker | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Virginia 14 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Virginia 15 | George Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 16 | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1799 1813 (lost) 1815 1817 (lost) 1819 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 17 | William S. Archer | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 18 | Mark Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 19 | James Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 20 | John C. Gray | Democratic-Republican | 1820 (special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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Virginia 21 | Thomas Newton Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 22 | Hugh Nelson | Democratic-Republican | 1811 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 23 | John Tyler | Democratic-Republican | 1816 (special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
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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.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Arkansas Territory at-large | James Woodson Bates | None | 1819 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan Territory at-large | Solomon Sibley | None | 1820 (special) | Incumbent re-elected sometime in 1821. |
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Includes "late" elections held after the March 4 beginning of the term.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Majority requirement for election which was not met in 1 district requiring additional elections on January 8 and April 16, 1821.
- ^ After seven districts were moved to the new state of Maine.
- ^ a b Compared to districts 1-13 in 1818
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Compared to the districts comprising the former District of Maine (Former Massachusetts's 14th district through Massachusetts's 20th district
- ^ Tennessee's 6th district remained vacant for the entirety of the 17th Congress.
- ^ a b c d e Some sources cite Benjamin Gorham as a Federalist.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data.
- ^ In Maryland's 6th district, Philip Reed later successfully contested the tie, claiming 7 votes for him that had not been counted,[19] and was seated March 22, 1822.[14]
- ^ a b c d e In New York's 1st district, the winners were initially declared to be Silas Wood (Federalist) and Peter Sharpe (Democratic-Republican). Sharpe's election was challenged. Initial returns showed 3,339 votes for Cadwallader D. Colden (Federalist), 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. He was seated December 12, 1821.[14]
- ^ a b c d Based on incomplete returns
- ^ John Sergeant was also supported by the Democratic-Republicans.
- ^ a b c Changed parties
- ^ Job Durfee received votes in many towns from Federalists.
References
- ^ 3 Stat. 545
- ^ a b "Virginia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 17, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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- ^ a b "Virginia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ "Virginia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 20, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Cox, Harold (January 6, 2007). "16th Congress 1819-1821" (PDF). Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "Massachusetts 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, Suffolk District, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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- ^ "Pennsylvania 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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- ^ "Ohio 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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- ^ a b "Kentucky 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ "Alabama 1821 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "Maryland 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2019. (see footnotes 1,2, and 5)
- ^ a b "New Jersey 1820 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ^ "Rhode Island 1820 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
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External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)