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1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 30th U.S. Congress

1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 30th U.S. Congress

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election_name1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections
countryUnited States
flag_year1846
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1844–45 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year1844 & 1845
next_election1848–49 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year1848 & 1849
seats_for_electionAll 230 seats in the United States House of Representatives
outgoing_members29th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members30th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
majority_seats116
election_dateAugust 2, 1846 – November 2, 1847
image_size160x180px
party1Whig Party (US)
image1Robert Charles Winthrop (cropped).jpg
leader1Robert Winthrop
leaders_seat1
last_election179 seats
seats1116
seat_change137
popular_vote11,033,506
percentage144.52%
swing10.27
party2Democratic Party (US)
image2LinnBoyd.jpg
leader2Linn Boyd
leaders_seat2
last_election2142 seats
seats2110
seat_change232
popular_vote21,124,080
percentage248.43%
swing21.59
party4Know Nothing
last_election46 seats
seats41
seat_change45
popular_vote428,198
percentage41.21%
swing40.88
party5Independent
last_election50 seats
seats53
seat_change53
popular_vote563,690
percentage52.74%
swing51.49
map_image30thCongressResults.svg
map_size320px
map_captionResults:
titleSpeaker
before_electionJohn Davis
after_electionRobert Winthrop
before_partyDemocratic Party (US)
after_partyWhig Party (US)

The 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 2, 1846, and November 2, 1847. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 228 elected members representing 29 states took their seats when the first session of the 30th United States Congress convened December 6, 1847. The new states of Iowa and Texas elected their first representatives during this election cycle. These elections were held during President James K. Polk's term.

The Whigs gained 37 seats to win 116 and a change in partisan control, while the rival Democrats lost 30, falling to 112. The Whigs gained seats in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. The nativist and anti-Catholic Native American Party, also known as the Know Nothings, was reduced to one seat. One Independent, Amos Tuck, was elected from New Hampshire.

The Mexican–American War, which the incumbent House had voted overwhelmingly to approve, was the main issue. The war had much stronger voter support in the West, South, and among Democrats than in the East, North, and among Whigs.

It was widely, accurately believed that war with Mexico would be won with large territorial gains. The Wilmot Proviso was the first congressional attempt to address slavery in these projected new territories, by proposing to ban it. Congress rejected the Wilmot Proviso, but not quickly or smoothly. Protracted debate aggravated sectional tensions. The repeated failure of Congress, and later also the President and Supreme Court, over the next decade to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories was a major cause of the Civil War.

This was the last time the Whig Party won a House majority, though candidates opposed to the Democratic Party would win a large majority in the realigning 1854 election. Notable freshmen included Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, elected as a Whig to his only term.

Election summaries

The trend toward single-member districts culminated as no multi-member districts featured.

In 1845, partly motivated by the successful 1844 test of the electric telegraph between Washington and Baltimore, Congress established a uniform date for choosing Presidential electors. Gradually, states aligned nearly all elections with this date, though as of this election, only three states had done so.

Two seats were added for the new State of Wisconsin. Wisconsin was unrepresented for most of the first session.

Democratic Party (US)}};"DemocraticWhig Party (US)}};"Whig
StateTypeDateTotal
seatsDemocraticWhigOtherSeatsChangeSeatsChangeSeatsChangeElections for new states (Not included in totals below)TexasIowaGeneral electionsMissouriArkansasIllinoisVermontMaineFloridaGeorgiaSouth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaTexasMichiganNew JerseyNew YorkMassachusettsDelawareLate elections (after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term)New HampshireConnecticutRhode IslandVirginiaAlabamaIndianaIowaKentuckyTennesseeNorth CarolinaMarylandMississippiLouisianaTotal228110
48.7%35116
50.4%382
0.9%4
DistrictMarch 30, 184622200
At-largeOctober 26, 184622200
DistrictAugust 2, 18465500
At-largeAugust 3, 18461100
DistrictAugust 3, 18467610
DistrictSeptember 1, 18464130
DistrictSeptember 14, 18467610
At-largeOctober 5, 1846101110
DistrictOctober 5, 1846841410
DistrictOctober 12–13, 18467700
DistrictOctober 13, 1846211031130
DistrictOctober 13, 1846247516611
DistrictNovember 2, 18462200
DistrictNovember 3, 1846
(Election Day)3300
District5140
District341110231404
DistrictNovember 9, 1846100100
At-largeNovember 10, 18461010
DistrictMarch 9, 18474211111
DistrictApril 5, 18474040
DistrictApril 7, 1847211110
DistrictApril 22, 18471595650
DistrictAugust 2, 1847751210
DistrictAugust 2, 18471062420
DistrictAugust 2, 18472200
DistrictAugust 2, 18471041610
DistrictAugust 2, 184711650
DistrictAugust 5, 1847933630
DistrictOctober 6, 1847622420
DistrictNovember 1–2, 1847431110
DistrictNovember 2, 18474310
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Special elections

29th Congress

|- ! | Washington Poe | | Whig | 1844 | | Member-elect declined the seat. New member elected January 5, 1846. Democratic gain. Winner later lost re-election to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George W. Towns (Democratic) 51.6%
  • Ambrose Baber (Whig) 48.4%

|- ! | John Slidell | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent resigned November 10, 1845. New member elected January 5, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Emile La Sére (Democratic) 78.2%
  • John McHenry (Independent) 16.1%
  • Thomas M. Wadsworth (Independent) 5.7%

|- ! | William Taylor | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent died January 17, 1846. New member elected February 9, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James McDowell (Democratic)
  • Unopposed

|- ! | William L. Yancey | | Democratic | 1844 (special) | | Incumbent resigned September 1, 1846. New member elected October 12, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James L. F. Cottrell (Democratic) 50.2%
  • Samuel S. Beman (Whig) 49.8%

|- ! 1 of 5 seats | Sterling Price | | Democratic | 1844 | | Incumbent resigned August 12, 1846, to serve in the Mexican–American War. New member elected October 31, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William McDaniel (Democratic) 48.1%
  • William M. Kincaid (Whig) 46.2%
  • James W. Morgan (Unknown) 5.0%
  • Edward M. Halden (Unknown) 0.7%

|- ! | Richard P. Herrick | | Whig | 1844 | | Incumbent died June 20, 1846. New member elected November 3, 1846. Whig hold. Winner not elected the same day to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Thomas C. Ripley (Whig) 50.8%
  • Thomas W. Jones (Democratic) 48.2%
  • Simeon E. Church (Liberty) 1.0%

|- ! | Felix G. McConnell | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent died September 10, 1846. New member elected November 9, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Franklin W. Bowdon (Democratic) 45.2%
  • Benjamin Goodman (Whig) 33.1%
  • T. A. Walker (Democratic) 21.7%

|- ! | Archibald Yell | | Democratic | 1836 1838 (retired) 1844 | | Incumbent resigned July 1, 1846, to serve in the United States Volunteers. New member elected December 14, 1846. Whig gain. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Thomas Willoughby Newton (Whig) 28.5%
  • George W. Paschal (Democratic) 28.2%
  • Albert Rust (Democratic) 27.1%
  • C. F. Noland (Whig) 14.0%
  • Herndon Haralson (Democratic) 2.2%

|- ! 1 of 4 seats | Jefferson Davis | | Democratic | 1845 | | Incumbent resigned October 28, 1846, to serve in the Mexican–American War. New member elected December 21–22, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Henry T. Ellett (Democratic) 52.7%
  • Peter Burwell Starke (Whig) 47.3%

|- ! | Edward D. Baker | | Whig | 1844 | | Incumbent resigned January 15, 1847 to join the Illinois Volunteer Infantry. New member elected January 20, 1847. Whig hold. Winner was not a candidate for the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John Henry (Whig) 56.7%
  • Israel W. Crosby (Democratic) 30.4%
  • Archibald Job (Democratic) 6.9%
  • Turner R. King (Independent) 2.9%
  • William Brown (Whig) 1.9%
  • Scattering 1.2%

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30th Congress

|- ! | Stephen A. Douglas | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent resigned March 3, 1847, after being elected to the U.S. Senate. New member elected August 2, 1847. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William Alexander Richardson (Democratic) 77.5%
  • Nathaniel G. Wilcox (Whig) 22.5%

|- ! | George Dromgoole | | Democratic | 1835 1841 (retired) 1843 | | Incumbent died April 27, 1847. New member elected August 5, 1847. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Richard Kidder Meade (Democratic) 53.9%
  • George W. Bolling (Whig) 46.1%

|- ! | Edward Bradley | | 1846 | | Incumbent died August 5, 1847. New member elected November 2, 1847. Democratic hold. Winner later lost re-election to the next term. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Charles E. Stuart (Democratic) 52.2%
  • James W. Gordon (Whig) 43.9%
  • William C. Denison (Unknown) 3.9%

|- ! | Thomas L. Hamer | | Democratic | 1832 1838 (retired) 1846 | | Incumbent died December 2, 1846. New member elected November 8, 1847. Democratic hold. Winner later re-elected to the next term. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Jonathan D. Morris (Democratic) 94.1%
  • Scattering 5.9%

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Alabama

Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

|- ! | Edmund S. Dargan | | Democratic | 1845 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John Gayle (Whig) 52.9%
  • John Taylor (Democratic) 47.1%

|- ! | Henry W. Hilliard | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Henry W. Hilliard (Whig)
  • Unopposed

|- ! | James L. F. Cottrell | | Democratic | 1846 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Sampson Willis Harris (Democratic) 71.2%
  • William S. Mead (Unknown) 20.0%
  • Gideon P. Walker (Unknown) 8.8%

|- ! | William Winter Payne | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Samuel Williams Inge (Democratic) 50.9%
  • W. M. Murphy (Whig) 49.1%

|- ! | George S. Houston | | Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George S. Houston (Democratic) 60.5%
  • David Hubbard (Democratic) 39.5%

|- ! | Reuben Chapman | | Democratic | 1835 | | Incumbent retired to run for governor. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Williamson R. W. Cobb (Democratic) 45.2%
  • William Acklen (Democratic) 37.4%
  • B. F. Pope (Democratic) 17.4%

|- ! | Franklin W. Bowdon | | Democratic | 1846 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Franklin W. Bowdon (Democratic) 52.3%
  • Samuel Farrow Rice (Democratic) 38.8%
  • [FNU] Phillips (Democratic) 7.6%
  • William Garrett (Democratic) 1.2%

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Arkansas

Arkansas elected its sole member August 3, 1846.

|- ! | | Rep. Archibald Yell (D) resigned July 1, 1846 to serve in the United States Volunteers. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term; see above. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Robert W. Johnson (Democratic)
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Connecticut

Elections were held April 5, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

|- ! | James Dixon | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James Dixon (Whig) 50.5%
  • William J. Hamersly (Democratic) 47.1%
  • William H. Burleigh (Liberty) 2.4%

|- ! | Samuel D. Hubbard | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Samuel D. Hubbard (Whig) 50.9%
  • Samuel Ingham (Democratic) 46.3%
  • Ely Warner (Liberty) 2.8%

|- ! | John A. Rockwell | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John A. Rockwell (Whig) 49.5%
  • Noyes Billings (Democratic) 45.2%
  • Increase Wilson (Liberty) 5.3%

|- ! | Truman Smith | | Whig | 1839 1843 (retired) 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Truman Smith (Whig) 52.0%
  • George Taylor (Democratic) 45.7%
  • Uriel Tuttle (Liberty) 2.3%

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Delaware

The election was held November 10, 1846.

|- ! | John W. Houston | | Whig | 1844 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John W. Houston (Whig) 51.0%
  • John D. Delworth (Democratic) 49.0%

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Florida

Main article: 1846 United States House of Representatives election in Florida

The election was held October 5, 1846.

|- ! | William H. Brockenbrough | | Democratic | 1845 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • ** Edward C. Cabell** (Whig) 50.9%
  • William A. Kain (Democratic) 49.1%

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Georgia

Elections were held October 5, 1846.

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Illinois

Cartwright:

Elections were held August 3, 1846.

|- ! | Robert Smith | | Democratic | 1842 | |Incumbent re-elected. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Robert Smith (Independent Democratic) 58.1%

  • Lyman Trumbull (Democratic) 41.3%}}

|- ! | John A. McClernand | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

|- ! | Orlando B. Ficklin | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Orlando B. Ficklin (Democratic) 57.1%

  • 'Robert K. McLaughlin (Independent) 42.7%}}

|- ! | John Wentworth | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** John Wentworth** (Democratic) 55.8%

  • John Kerr (Whig) 28.0%
  • Owen Lovejoy (Liberty) 16.3%}}

|- ! | Stephen A. Douglas | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic) 57.0%

  • Isaac VanderVenter (Whig) 40.6%}}

|- ! | Joseph P. Hoge | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Thomas J. Turner (Democratic) 48.4%

  • James Knox (Whig) 46.3%
  • Wade Talccott (Liberty) 5.2%}}

|- ! | Edward D. Baker | | Whig | 1844 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. Incumbent then resigned early, leading to a special election. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Abraham Lincoln (Whig) 55.53%
  • Peter Cartwright (Democratic) 42.29%
  • Elihu Walcott (Liberty) 2.18%

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Indiana

Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

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Iowa

Elections to the 29th Congress

Elections for the new state were held October 26, 1846.

|- ! rowspan=2 | (2 seats) | | New seat. New member elected October 26, 1846. Democratic gain. Winner (Leffler) was later elected in the to the next term, see below.

  • Shepherd Leffler (Democratic) 26.47%
  • S. Clinton Hastings (Democratic) 26.10%
  • Joseph H. Hedrick (Whig) 23.86%
  • G. C. Mitchell (Whig) 23.57% |- | | New seat. New member elected October 26, 1846. Democratic gain. Winner (Hastings) would not be a candidate for the next term, see below.

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Elections to the 30th Congress

Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

|- ! | | New district. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William Thompson (Democratic) 52.59%
  • Jesse B. Browne (Whig) 47.41%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Shepherd Leffler Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected.

  • Shepherd Leffler (Democratic) 51.43%
  • Thomas McKnight (Whig) 48.58%

|- | S. Clinton Hastings Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

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Kentucky

Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

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Louisiana

Elections were held November 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

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Maine

Elections were held September 14, 1846.

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Maryland

Elections were held October 6, 1847 elections were after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1847.

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Massachusetts

Elections were held November 9, 1846.

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|- ! | Julius Rockwell | | Whig | 1844 (late) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Julius Rockwell (Whig) 53.34%
  • Horatio Byington (Democratic) 38.63%
  • Jasper Bement (Liberty) 8.04%

|- ! | John Quincy Adams | | Whig | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John Quincy Adams (Whig) 62.23%
  • Isaac H. Wright (Democratic) 28.25%
  • Appleton Howe (Liberty) 9.52%

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Michigan

Elections were held November 3, 1846.

|- ! | Robert McClelland | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Robert McClelland (Democratic) 52.2%
  • Edwin Lawrence (Whig) 42.7%
  • Charles H. Stewart (Liberty) 5.1%

|- ! | John S. Chipman | | 1844 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Edward Bradley (Democratic) 49.3%
  • James W. Gordon (Whig) 44.9%
  • Erastus Hussey (Liberty) 5.8%

|- ! | James B. Hunt | | 1843 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Kinsley S. Bingham (Democratic) 49.0%
  • George W. Wisner (Whig) 43.6%
  • William Caulfield (Liberty) 7.4%

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Mississippi

Elections were held November 1–2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

|- ! | Jacob Thompson | | Democratic | 1839 | | Incumbent redistricted from the . Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Jacob Thompson (Democratic) 54.38%
  • Robert Josselyn (Independent Democratic) 45.62%

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  • Winfield S. Featherston (Democratic) 53.52%
  • Alexander K. McClung (Whig) 46.48%

|- ! | Robert W. Roberts | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent redistricted from the . Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Patrick W. Tompkins (Whig) 52.06%
  • Robert W. Roberts (Democratic) 47.94%

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  • Albert G. Brown (Democratic) 93.74%
  • John A. Quitman (Democratic) 5.64%
  • Scattering 0.62%

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Missouri

Elections were held August 2, 1846. All five seats remained Democratic. Three of the members retired.

|- ! | James B. Bowlin Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James B. Bowlin (Democratic) 52.20%
  • Uriel Wright (Whig) 36.81%
  • William Milburn (Independent) 10.99%

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| | Democratic | 1846 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.

  • John Jameson (Democratic) 81.09%
  • Preston P. Brickey (Whig) 18.91% |- | James H. Relfe

| | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

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  • James S. Green (Democratic) 55.27%
  • John Gaines Miller (Whig) 44.73%

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  • Willard P. Hall (Democratic) 64.98%
  • James H. Birch (Whig) 35.02%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | John S. Phelps Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent re-elected.

  • John S. Phelps (Democratic) 53.26%
  • John P. Campbell (Whig) 46.74% |- | Leonard H. Sims

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New Hampshire

Elections were held March 9, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847. Two of the districts had run-off elections in July 1847.

|- ! | | Independent gain. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot (March 9, 1847)| | Benning W. Jenness (Democratic) 44.66% | Amos Tuck (Liberty) 15.04% | Ichabod Goodwin (Whig) Second ballot (July 8, 1847) {{Plainlist|

  • Amos Tuck (Independent) 56.66%
  • Benning W. Jenness (Democratic) 42.49%

|- ! | Moses Norris Jr. Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Charles Peaslee (Democratic) 57.27%
  • Joel Eastman (Whig) 27.78%
  • George W. Stevens (Liberty) 14.96%

|- ! | Mace Moulton Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1845 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot (March 9, 1847)|

  • Mace Moulton (Democratic)
  • James Wilson (Whig) 42.34%
  • John Preston (Liberty) 10.51%}} Second ballot (July 8, 1847) {{Plainlist|
  • James Wilson (Whig) 51.27%
  • Mace Moulton (Democratic) 44.00%
  • John Preston (Liberty) 4.72%

|- ! | James Hutchins Johnson Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James Hutchins Johnson (Democratic)

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New Jersey

Elections were held November 3, 1846.

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New York

Elections were held November 3, 1846.

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North Carolina

Elections were held August 5, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

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Ohio

Elections were held October 13, 1846.

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Pennsylvania

Elections were held October 13, 1846.

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Rhode Island

Elections were held April 7, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

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South Carolina

Elections were held October 12–13, 1846.

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Tennessee

Elections were held August 2, 1847.

|- ! | Andrew Johnson | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Andrew Johnson (Democratic) 51.87%
  • Oliver P. Temple (Whig) 48.13%

|- ! | William M. Cocke | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William M. Cocke (Whig) 61.01%
  • Wayne W. Wallace (Democratic) 38.99%

|- ! | John H. Crozier | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John H. Crozier (Whig) 51.76%
  • Samuel S. Smith (Democratic) 48.25%

|- ! | Alvan Cullom | | Democratic | 1842 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Hugh L. W. Hill (Democratic) 59.92%
  • John L. Goodall (Whig) 40.08%

|- ! | George W. Jones | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • George W. Jones (Democratic) 99.14%
  • J. M. Crowly (Unknown) 0.86%

|- ! | Barclay Martin | | Democratic | 1845 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • James H. Thomas (Democratic) 55.59%
  • Boling Gordan (Whig) 44.41%

|- ! | Meredith P. Gentry | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Meredith P. Gentry (Whig) 65.05%
  • R. G. Ellis (Democratic) 34.95%

|- ! | Edwin H. Ewing | | Whig | 1845 (special) | |Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Washington Barrow (Whig) 58.79%
  • John B. Pittman (Democratic) 41.22%

|- ! | Lucien B. Chase | | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Lucien B. Chase (Democratic) 54.29%
  • John T. Swayne (Whig) 45.71%

|- ! | Frederick P. Stanton | | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Frederick P. Stanton (Democratic) 50.11%
  • John W. Harris (Whig) 49.89%

|- ! | Milton Brown | | Whig | 1841 | |Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William T. Haskell (Whig) 57.18%
  • John Gardner (Democratic) 42.82%

|}

Texas

29th Congress

Elections for the 29th Congress were held in March 1846.

|- ! | | New district. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • David S. Kaufman (Democratic) 53.9%
  • William R. Scurry (Independent) 26.3%
  • William B. Ochiltree (Independent) 19.8%

|- ! | | New district. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Timothy Pilsbury (Democratic) 30.1%
  • Samuel May Williams (Independent) 28.0%
  • William Gordon Cooke (Independent) 23.9%
  • John M. Lewis (Independent) 9.5%
  • Joseph C. Megginson (Independent) 5.4%
  • Thomas Jefferson Green (Independent) 2.4%
  • Scattering 0.7%

|}

30th Congress

Elections for the 30th United States Congress were held November 2, 1846.

|- ! | David S. Kaufman | | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • David S. Kaufman (Democratic) 98.1%
  • Scattering 1.9%

|- ! | Timothy Pilsbury | | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Timothy Pilsbury (Democratic) 57.5%
  • Samuel May Williams (Independent) 20.5%
  • William E. Jones (Independent) 11.7%
  • Robert Baylor (Independent) 10.2%

|}

Vermont

Elections were held September 1, 1846.

|- ! | Solomon Foot | | Whig | 1843 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William Henry (Whig) 55.2%
  • Jonathan D. Bradley (Democratic) 25.6%
  • Oscar L. Shafter (Liberty) 8.6%
  • John Roberts (Democratic) 7.6%

|- ! | Jacob Collamer | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Collapsible list|title=First ballot| | Jacob Collamer (Whig) 49.1% | Hugh H. Henry (Democratic) 34.7% | Titus Hutchinson (Liberty) 15.6% Second ballot{{Plainlist|

  • Jacob Collamer (Whig) 62.8%
  • Levi B. Vilas (Democratic) 26.8%
  • Titus Hutchinson (Liberty) 10.3%

|- ! | George P. Marsh | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • George P. Marsh (Whig) 53.9%
  • Homer E. Hubbell (Democratic) 30.6%
  • Norris Day (Unknown) 15.1%

|- ! | Paul Dillingham | | 1843 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | | Lucius B. Peck (Democratic) 43.4% | George B. Chandler (Whig) 40.1% | Write-ins 16.1% | Lucius B. Peck (Democratic) 42.9% | George B. Chandler (Whig) 42.5% | A. J. Rowell (Liberty) 14.5% Third ballot{{plainlist|

  • Lucius B. Peck (Democratic) 47.0%
  • George B. Chandler (Whig) 43.5%
  • A. J. Rowell (Liberty) 9.4% |}

Virginia

Elections were held April 22, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.

|- ! | Archibald Atkinson | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Archibald Atkinson (Democratic) 50.8%
  • Samuel Watts (Whig) 49.2%

|- ! | George Dromgoole | | 1835 1841 (retired) 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • George Dromgoole (Democratic) 50.2%
  • George W. Bolling (Whig) 49.8%

|- ! | William Tredway | | 1845 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Thomas Flournoy (Whig) 52.0%
  • William Tredway (Democratic) 48.0%

|- ! | Edmund W. Hubard | | 1841 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 51.4%
  • Henry P. Irving (Whig) 48.6%

|- ! | Shelton Leake | | 1845 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • William L. Goggin (Whig) 50.9%
  • Shelton Leake (Democratic) 49.1%

|- ! | John Seddon | | 1845 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • John Botts (Whig) 55.4%
  • James Seddon (Democratic) 44.6%

|- ! | Thomas H. Bayly | | 1844 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 52.5%
  • John J. Jones (Whig) 47.5%

|- ! | Robert M. T. Hunter | | 1835 1843 (lost) 1845 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Richard L. T. Beale (Democratic) 51.9%
  • Willoughby Newton (Whig) 48.1%

|- ! | John Pendleton | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John Pendleton (Whig) 58.3%
  • Richard T. Hunter (Democratic) 41.7%

|- ! | Henry Bedinger | | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Henry Bedinger (Democratic) 52.6%
  • Anthony T. Kennedy (Whig) 47.4%

|- ! | James McDowell | | 1846 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • James McDowell (Democratic) 58.2%
  • Algernon S. Gray (Whig) 41.8%

|- ! | Augustus A. Chapman | | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • William B. Preston (Whig) 51.6%
  • Augustus A. Chapman (Democratic) 48.4%

|- ! | George W. Hopkins | | 1835 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Andrew S. Fulton (Whig) 38.6%
  • Fayette McMullen (Democratic) 38.5%
  • Samuel E. Goodson (Democratic) 22.8%

|- ! | Joseph Johnson | | 1823 1827 (lost) 1833 (special) 1833 (retired) 1835 1841 (retired) 1845 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Robert A. Thompson (Democratic) 53.0%
  • William McComas (Whig) 47.0%

|- ! | William G. Brown Sr. | | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • William G. Brown Sr. (Democratic) 67.3%
  • J. T. Hawkins (Whig) 32.7%

|}

Wisconsin Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Non-voting delegates

|- ! | Morgan Lewis Martin | | Democratic | 1844 or 1845 | | Incumbent was not renominated. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John Hubbard Tweedy (Whig)
  • Moses M. Strong (Democratic)

|}

Notes

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