1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections explained

The 1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 26, 1818 and August 12, 1819. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 16th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1819. They occurred during President James Monroe's first term. Also, newly admitted Alabama elected its first representatives in September 1819, increasing the size of the House to 186 seats.

This election occurred in a politically uneventful period marked by exceptionally low levels of partisan rivalry known as the Era of Good Feelings. The weak Federalist Party, with limited influence in few states, no longer effectively opposed the Democratic-Republican Party, which increased its large majority.

Election summaries

Illinois was admitted in 1818, adding one seat.

Alabama and Maine were admitted during the 16th Congress. One new seat was added for Alabama, while Maine, splitting from Massachusetts, simply retained its Representatives.

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158	28
Democratic-Republican	Federalist

State	Type	↑ Date	Total seats	Democratic- Republican	Federalist
					Seats		Change		Seats		Change
New York	Districts	April 28–30, 1818	27		21		1		6		1
Louisiana	At-large	July 6–8, 1818	1		1				0
Indiana	At-large	August 3, 1818	1		1				0
Kentucky	Districts	August 3, 1818	10		10				0
Rhode Island	At-large	August 25, 1818	2		2		2		0		2
Vermont	At-large	September 1, 1818	6		6				0
Connecticut	At-large	September 21, 1818	7		7		7		0		7
Delaware	At-large	October 5, 1818	2		1				1
Georgia	At-large	October 5, 1818	6		6				0
Maryland	Districts	October 5, 1818	9		6		1		3		1
South Carolina	Districts	October 12–13, 1818	9		9				0
New Jersey	At-large	October 13, 1818	6		6				0
Ohio	Districts	October 13, 1818	6		5				1
Pennsylvania	Districts	October 13, 1818	23		19				4
Massachusetts	Districts	November 2, 1818	20		13		4		7		4
Late elections (after the March 4, 1819 beginning of the term)
Virginia	Districts	April 1819	23		20				3
New Hampshire	At-large	March 9, 1819	6		6				0
Illinois	At-large	August 2, 1819	1		1				0
Mississippi	At-large	August 2–3, 1819	1		1				0
Tennessee	Districts	August 5–6, 1819	6		6				0
North Carolina	Districts	August 12, 1819	13		10		1		3		1
Alabama	At-large	September 20–21, 1819	1		1		1		0
Total of regular elections			186		158		13		28		12

Special elections

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives.

There were special elections in 1818 and 1819 to the 15th United States Congress and 16th United States Congress.

Special elections are sorted by date then district.

15th Congress

|-! | Uriel Holmes| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent resigned sometime in 1818.
New member elected before November 1818 and seated November 16, 1818.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | colspan=3 | Vacant| | Member-elect Alexander McMillan died before this Congress began.
New member elected January 1, 1818 and seated January 26, 1818.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Winner later lost re-election; see below.| nowrap |

|-!
| John C. Calhoun| | Democratic-
Republican| 1810| | Incumbent resigned November 3, 1817 to become U.S. Secretary of War.
New member elected in January 1818 and seated February 9, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner later re-elected; see below.| nowrap |

|-!
| Albion K. Parris| | Democratic-
Republican| 1814| | Incumbent resigned February 3, 1818.
New member elected March 16, 1818 and seated November 16, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner later re-elected; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | John Ross| | Democratic-
Republican| 1808| | Incumbent resigned February 24, 1818 to become President Judge of Pennsylvania's 7th Judicial Circuit.
New member elected March 3, 1818 and seated March 24, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner resigned July 6, 1818; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | Jacob Spangler| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818.
New member elected between April and November 1818 and seated November 16, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas B. Robertson| | Democratic-
Republican| 1812| | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818.
New member elected July 6–8, 1818 and seated November 16, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | Samuel D. Ingham| | Democratic-
Republican| 1818 | | Incumbent resigned July 6, 1818.
New member elected October 13, 1818 and seated November 16, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner also elected to the next term; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | Daniel Forney| | Democratic-
Republican| 1815| | Incumbent resigned in 1818.
New member elected November 7, 1818 and seated December 2, 1818.
Federalist gain.
Winner later re-elected; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | Peterson Goodwyn| | Democratic-
Republican| 1803| | Incumbent died February 21, 1818.
New member elected November 16, 1818 and seated April 21, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner later lost re-election; see below.| nowrap |

|-! | John Forsyth| | Democratic-
Republican| 1812| | Incumbent resigned November 23, 1818 when elected U.S. Senator.
New member elected January 4, 1819 and seated February 18, 1819 both to finish the term and to the next term.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | George Mumford| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| | Incumbent died December 31, 1818.
New member elected between January 1, 1819 and February 11, 1819 and seated February 11, 1819.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner was later re-elected to the next term; see below.| nowrap |

|}

16th Congress

|-| colspan=6 |

|}

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama.

|-! | colspan=3 | None (new state)| | Alabama was admitted as a state December 14, 1819.^[1]
Incumbent territorial delegate re-elected as member and seated December 14, 1819.^[1]
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap |

|}

Alabama Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut.

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut.

Connecticut elected its members September 21, 1818. The delegation changed from seven Federalists to seven Democratic-Republicans then the retirement of six incumbents and the party-change of the seventh.

|-! rowspan=7 |
| Ebenezer Huntington| | Federalist| 1817 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.| rowspan=7 nowrap |

|-| Jonathan O. Moseley| | Federalist| 1804| | Incumbent changed parties and re-elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-| Samuel B. Sherwood| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-| Timothy Pitkin| | Federalist| 1805 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-| Nathaniel Terry| | Federalist| 1817 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-| Thomas Scott Williams| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-| Uriel Holmes| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent resigned sometime in 1818.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor was not elected to finish the term.

|}

Delaware

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware.

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware.

Delaware elected its members October 5, 1818.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Louis McLane| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Willard Hall| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|}

Georgia

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Georgia.

See also: 1819 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from Georgia.

Georgia elected its members October 5, 1818.

|-! rowspan=6 |
| William Terrell| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=6 nowrap |

|-| Joel Crawford| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Joel Abbot| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Zadock Cook| | Democratic-Republican| 1816 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| John Forsyth| | Democratic-Republican| 1812| Incumbent re-elected but declined the seat and resigned November 23, 1818, having been elected U.S. Senator, leading to a special election.

|-| Thomas W. Cobb| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|}

Illinois

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois.

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois.

Illinois elected its member August 2, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened. The incumbent had just been elected to the new seat in late 1818.

15th Congress

|-! | colspan=3 | None (new state)| | Illinois was admitted December 3, 1818.
New member elected in 1818 and seated December 4, 1818 to finish the term ending March 3, 1819.^[2]
Democratic-Republican gain.
The next year, the winner lost re-election; see below.| nowrap |

|}

16th Congress

|-! | John McLean| | Democratic-
Republican| 1818| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Indiana

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Indiana.

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana.

Indiana re-elected its member August 3, 1818.

|-! | William Hendricks| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

Kentucky

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky.

See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky.

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1818.

|-! | David Trimble| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Henry Clay| | Democratic-Republican| 1810
1814
1814
1815
1815 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Richard M. Johnson| | Democratic-Republican| 1806| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Joseph Desha| | Democratic-Republican| 1806| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Anthony New| | Democratic-Republican| 1810
1814
1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | David Walker| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | George Robertson| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Richard C. Anderson Jr.| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Tunstall Quarles| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Speed| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Louisiana

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Louisiana.

See also: 1818 Louisiana's at-large congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from Louisiana.

Louisiana elected its member July 6–8, 1818.

Louisiana held an election for the 16th Congress at the same time that it held a special election to finish the 15th Congress. Data were only available for the special election, but the general election would presumably have had very similar results, and so the results for the special election are duplicated here.

|-! | Thomas B. Robertson| | Democratic-
Republican| 1812| | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor elected the same day to finish the current term; see above.| nowrap |

|}

Maryland

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland.

See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland.

Maryland elected its members October 5, 1818.

|-! | Philip Stuart| | Federalist| 1810| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John C. Herbert| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap |

|-! | George Peter| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Samuel Ringgold| | Democratic-
Republican| 1810
1814
1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Samuel Smith| | Democratic-
Republican| 1792
1803
1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Peter Little| | Democratic-
Republican| 1810
1812
1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-! | Philip Reed| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Culbreth| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Bayly| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

Massachusetts

See main article: 1818–1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.

See also: 1818 Massachusetts's 20th congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from Massachusetts.

Massachusetts elected its members November 2, 1818. Massachusetts's electoral law required a majority for election, n Massachusetts's electoral law required a majority for electionMassachusetts's electoral law required a majority for electionecessitating additional elections in five districts on April 5, 1819 and July 26, 1819.

This was the last election in which the District of Maine — comprising congressional districts 14 through 20 — was part of Massachusetts. The District became the State of Maine during the 16th Congress.

District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here.

|-! | Jonathan Mason| | Federalist| 1817 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Nathaniel Silsbee| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Jeremiah Nelson| | Federalist| 1804
1806
1814| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Timothy Fuller| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Elijah H. Mills| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap | Second ballot

|-! | Samuel C. Allen| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Henry Shaw| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap | Second ballot

|-! | Zabdiel Sampson| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Walter Folger Jr.| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Marcus Morton| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Re-elected | nowrap |

|-! | Benjamin Adams| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Solomon Strong| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Nathaniel Ruggles| | Federalist| 1812| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap |

|-! | John Holmes| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Ezekiel Whitman| | Federalist| 1808
1810
1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Benjamin Orr| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap | Third ballot

|-! | John Wilson| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap | Third ballot

|-! | Thomas Rice| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap | Second ballot

|-! | Joshua Gage| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Ran in the and lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Enoch Lincoln| | Democratic-
Republican| 1818 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

Michigan Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Mississippi

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives election in Mississippi.

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi.

Mississippi elected its member August 2–3, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

|-! | George Poindexter| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Missouri Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New Hampshire

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives election in New Hampshire.

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire.

New Hampshire elected its members March 9, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

|-! rowspan=6 |
| Josiah Butler| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=6 nowrap |

|-| Nathaniel Upham| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Clifton Clagett| | Democratic-Republican| 1802
1804
1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Salma Hale| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| John F. Parrott| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| Arthur Livermore| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|}

New Jersey

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in New Jersey.

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey.

New Jersey elected its members October 13, 1818.

|-! rowspan=6 |
| John Linn| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=6 nowrap |

|-| Charles Kinsey| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| Henry Southard| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Ephraim Bateman| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Joseph Bloomfield| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Benjamin Bennet| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|}

New York

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in New York.

See also: List of United States representatives from New York.

New York elected its members April 28–30, 1818, the earliest of any state.

At this time, the Democratic-Republicans in New York were divided into two factions, the "Bucktails" who were opposed to Governor Dewitt Clinton's Erie Canal project, led by Martin Van Buren, and on the other side, Clinton's supporters, known as Clintonians. In many districts, the remaining Federalists allied with the Clintonians, with candidates running on a joint ticket. Several candidates who ran under that joint ticket cannot be clearly categorized, and are marked C/F. Others who ran under the joint ticket are marked by their party with a footnote indicating that they ran under the joint ticket.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| George Townsend| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist gain.
Election later disputed in favor of James Guyon Jr.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Tredwell Scudder| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| William Irving| | Democratic-Republican| 1813 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Peter H. Wendover| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| Incumbent re-elected.

|-! | Caleb Tompkins| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | James Tallmadge Jr.| | Democratic-Republican| 1817 | | Incumbent retired.
Federalist gain.| nowrap |

|-! | Philip J. Schuyler| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | James W. Wilkin| | Democratic-Republican| 1815 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Josiah Hasbrouck| | Democratic-Republican| 1802
1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Dorrance Kirtland| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Rensselaer Westerlo| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John P. Cushman| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John W. Taylor| | Democratic-Republican| 1812| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| John Savage| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| John Palmer| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! | Thomas Lawyer| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John Herkimer| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Isaac Williams Jr.| | Democratic-Republican| 1813
1814
1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| John R. Drake| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! | Henry R. Storrs| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas H. Hubbard| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | David A. Ogden| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.| nowrap |

|-! | James Porter| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Daniel Cruger| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Oliver C. Comstock| | Democratic-Republican| 1812| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Benjamin Ellicott| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| John C. Spencer| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|}

North Carolina

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina.

See also: 1818 North Carolina's 7th congressional district special election, 1818 North Carolina's 11th congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from North Carolina.

North Carolina elected its members August 12, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

|-! | Lemuel Sawyer| | Democratic-Republican| 1806
1813
1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Joseph H. Bryan| | Democratic-Republican| 1815| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas H. Hall| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Jesse Slocumb| | Federalist| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | James Owen| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Weldon N. Edwards| | Democratic-Republican| 1816 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | James Stewart| | Democratic-Republican| 1818 | | Incumbent lost re-election.
Federalist gain.| nowrap |

|-! | James S. Smith| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Settle| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Charles Fisher| | Democratic-Republican| 1819 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | William Davidson| | Federalist| 1818 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Felix Walker| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Lewis Williams| | Democratic-Republican| 1815| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

Ohio

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio.

See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio.

Ohio elected its members October 13, 1818.

|-! | William Henry Harrison| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John W. Campbell| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Levi Barber| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Samuel Herrick| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Philemon Beecher| | Federalist| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Peter Hitchcock| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Pennsylvania

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania.

See also: 1818 Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district special election, 1818 Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district special elections and List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania elected its members October 13, 1818.

|-! rowspan=4 |
| John Sergeant| | Federalist| 1815 | Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=4 nowrap |

|-| Adam Seybert| | Democratic-Republican| 1808
1814
1816| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist gain.

|-| William Anderson| | Democratic-Republican| 1808
1814
1816| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist gain.

|-| Joseph Hopkinson| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Federalist hold.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Levi Pawling| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Isaac Darlington| | Federalist| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| James M. Wallace| | Democratic-Republican| 1815 | Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| John Whiteside| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent lost re-election as a Federalist.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! | Jacob Spangler| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor also elected to finish the current term.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Andrew Boden| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| William Maclay| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| Samuel D. Ingham| | Democratic-Republican| 1818 | | Incumbent resigned July 6, 1818.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| Thomas J. Rogers| | Democratic-Republican| 1818 | Incumbent re-elected.

|-! | Joseph Hiester| | Democratic-Republican| 1798
1804
1814| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Alexander Ogle| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | William P. Maclay| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! rowspan=2 |
| William Wilson| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| John Murray| | Democratic-Republican| 1817 | Incumbent re-elected.

|-! | David Marchand| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Patterson| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Christian Tarr| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Henry Baldwin| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Robert Moore| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

Rhode Island

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island.

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island.

Rhode Island elected its members August 25, 1818.

|-! rowspan=2 |
| John L. Boss Jr.| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.| rowspan=2 nowrap |

|-| James B. Mason| | Federalist| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

|}

South Carolina

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina.

See also: 1818 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from South Carolina.

South Carolina elected its members October 12–13, 1818.

|-! | Henry Middleton| | Democratic-Republican| 1814| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | William Lowndes| | Democratic-Republican| 1810| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | James Ervin| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Joseph Bellinger| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Starling Tucker| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Eldred Simkins| | Democratic-Republican| 1818 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Elias Earle| | Democratic-Republican| 1804
1814
1816| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Wilson Nesbitt| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Stephen D. Miller| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Tennessee

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee.

See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee.

Tennessee elected its members August 5–6, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

|-! | John Rhea| | Democratic-
Republican| 1803
1815
1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | William G. Blount| | Democratic-
Republican| 1815 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Francis Jones| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Samuel E. Hogg| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Claiborne| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | George W. L. Marr| | Democratic-
Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|}

Vermont

See main article: 1818 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont.

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont.

Vermont elected its members September 1, 1818.

|-! rowspan=6 |
| Charles Rich| | Democratic-Republican| 1812
1814
1816| Incumbent re-elected.| rowspan=6 nowrap |

|-| Mark Richards| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Samuel C. Crafts| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.

|-| Heman Allen (of Colchester)| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818 to become a U.S. Marshall.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| William Hunter| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.

|-| Orsamus Cook Merrill| | Democratic-Republican| 1816| Incumbent re-elected.
Election later contested successfully by Rollin C. Mallary.

|}

Virginia

See main article: 1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia.

See also: 1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election and List of United States representatives from Virginia.

Virginia elected its members in April 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

|-! | James Pindall| | Federalist| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Edward Colston| | Federalist| 1817| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Federalist hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Henry St. George Tucker| | Democratic-Republican| 1815| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | William McCoy| | Democratic-Republican| 1811| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | John Floyd| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Alexander Smyth| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Ballard Smith| | Democratic-Republican| 1815| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Charles F. Mercer| | Federalist| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | William Lee Ball| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | George Strother| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Philip P. Barbour| | Democratic-Republican| 1814 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Robert S. Garnett| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Burwell Bassett| | Democratic-Republican| 1805
1812
1815| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | William A. Burwell| | Democratic-Republican| 1806 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | William J. Lewis| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | Archibald Austin| | Democratic-Republican| 1817| | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | James Pleasants| | Democratic-Republican| 1811| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas M. Nelson| | Democratic-Republican| 1816 | | Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | John Pegram| | Democratic-Republican| 1818 | | Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican hold.| nowrap |

|-! | James Johnson| | Democratic-Republican| 1813| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Thomas Newton Jr.| | Democratic-Republican| 1797| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | Hugh Nelson| | Democratic-Republican| 1811| Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|-! | John Tyler| | Democratic-Republican| 1816 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

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Non-voting delegates

There were four territories with the right to send non-voting delegates to at least part of the 16th Congress, two of which, Michigan Territory and Arkansas Territory were new to this Congress.

|-! | colspan=3 | None (new territory)| New seat.
New member elected January 29, 1818 and seated March 9, 1818.^[2]
Member later elected to the new state; see above.| nowrap |

|-! | colspan=3 | None (new territory)| Arkansas Territory organized July 4, 1819.
New delegate elected in 1819.
New delegate seated December 21, 1819.^[1] | nowrap |

|-! | colspan=3 | None (new territory)| New seat.
New delegate elected October 28, 1819 and seated March 2, 1820.| nowrap |

|-! | John Scott| | Democratic-
Republican| 1816
1817
1817 | Incumbent re-elected.| nowrap |

|}

See also

• 1818 United States elections
  • List of United States House of Representatives elections (1789–1822)
  • 1818–19 United States Senate elections
• 15th United States Congress
• 16th United States Congress

Bibliography

• Web site: A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 . Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University . January 23, 2019.
• Book: Dubin, Michael J. . 1788–1997 United States Congressional Elections: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses . McFarland and Company . March 1, 1998 . 978-0786402830.
• Book: Martis, Kenneth C. . The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789–1989 . Macmillan Publishing Company . January 1, 1989 . 978-0029201701.
• Web site: Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–present . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . January 21, 2015.
• Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov .
• Web site: Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 . January 23, 2019 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov . December 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223011351/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40206 . dead .
• Web site: Mapping Early American Elections. 2024-09-06. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. 2019. Mapping Early American Elections project team.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 . January 23, 2019 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov .
2. Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov .