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1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 32nd U.S. Congress

Field	Value
election_name	1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections
country	United States
flag_year	1848
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	1848–49 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1848 & 1849
next_election	1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year	1852 & 1853
outgoing_members	31st United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members	32nd United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_election	All 233 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats	117
election_date	August 5, 1850 – November 4, 1851
image_size	x180px
image1	LinnBoyd.jpg
leader1	Linn Boyd
party1	Democratic Party (US)
leaders_seat1
last_election1	113 seats
seats1	127
seat_change1	14
popular_vote1	1,142,783
percentage1	43.31%
swing1	0.85
image2	Edward Stanly by Brady.jpg
leader2	Edward Stanly
party2	Whig Party (US)
leaders_seat2
last_election2	106 seats
seats2	85
seat_change2	21
popular_vote2	1,105,286
percentage2	41.89%
swing2	2.95
party4	Union
color4	ffaadd
last_election4	Pre-creation
seats4	10
seat_change4	10
popular_vote4	123,727
percentage4	4.69%
swing4	New Party
party5	Southern Rights
last_election5	Pre-creation
seats5	3
seat_change5	3
popular_vote5	109,060
percentage5	4.13%
swing5	New Party
party7	Free Soil Party
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seats7	4
seat_change7	4
popular_vote7	82,221
percentage7	3.12%
swing7	5.54
party8	Independent
last_election8	3 seats
seats8	4
seat_change8	1
popular_vote8	70,262
percentage8	2.79%
swing8	1.03
map_image	32nd Congress Results.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results:

title	Speaker
before_election	Howell Cobb
after_election	Linn Boyd
before_party	Democratic Party (US)
after_party	Democratic Party (US)

The 1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 5, 1850, and November 4, 1851. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 32nd United States Congress convened on December 1, 1851. Elections were held for all 233 seats, representing 31 states.

The Democrats gained 17 seats, increasing their majority relative to the rival Whigs, who lost 22 seats. Incumbent Whig President Millard Fillmore, who succeeded to the Presidency in July 1850 after the death of more charismatic General Zachary Taylor, lacked a strong political base. The Compromise of 1850, which admitted California alone as a free state in exchange for concessions to slave state interests, began integration of the Mexican Cession. It appeared in the short term that Congress had politically feasible options to contain sectionalism and to reduce tensions over expanding slavery in the West. This optimism soon would prove unfounded.

The Union Party, formed in support of the Compromise of 1850, won 15 seats in the South, while the anti-Compromise Southern Rights Party won 8. The Free Soil Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery into the Western territories, lost five seats and was reduced to four Representatives, all in New England.

Election summaries

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State	Type	Date	Total
seats	Democratic	Free Soil	Southern Rights	Union	Whig		Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats	Change	Iowa	Missouri	Vermont	Maine	Florida	Ohio	Pennsylvania	South Carolina	Illinois	Michigan	New Jersey	New York	Wisconsin	Massachusetts	Delaware	Late elections (after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term)	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Connecticut	Alabama	Arkansas	Indiana	Kentucky	Texas	North Carolina	Tennessee	California	Maryland	Georgia	Virginia	Mississippi	Louisiana	Total	233	130
55.8%		17		4
1.7%		5		3
1.3%		3		10
4.3%		10		86
36.9%		22
District	August 5, 1850	2		2				0				0				0				0
District	August 5, 1850	5		2		3		0				0				0				3		3
District	September 3, 1850	4		1				0				0				0				3
District	September 9, 1850	7		5				0				0				0				2
At-large	October 7, 1850	1		0				0				0				0				1
District	October 8, 1850	21		11				1		1		0				0				9		1
District	October 8, 1850	24		15		6		0		1		0				0				9		4
District	October 14–15, 1850	7		7				0				0				0				0
District	November 5, 1850
(Election Day)	7		6				0				0				0				1
District	3		1		1		0				0				0				2		1
District	5		4		3		0				0				0				1		3
District	34		17		16		0		1		0				0				17		15
District	3		2		1		1				0				0				0		1
District	November 11, 1850	10		1		1		2		1		0				0				7		1
At-large	November 12, 1850	1		1		1		0				0				0				0		1
District	March 11, 1851	4		2				0		1		0				0				2		1
District	April 2, 1851	2		1		1		0				0				0				1		1
District	April 7, 1851	4		3		1		0		1		0				0				1
District	August 4, 1851	7		4		1		0				0				1		1		2
At-large	August 4, 1851	1		1				0				0				0				0
District	August 4, 1851	10		8				0		1		0				0				2		1
District	August 4, 1851	10		5		1		0				0				0				5		1
District	August 4, 1851	2		2				0				0				0				0
District	August 7, 1851	9		3				0				0				0				6
District	August 7, 1851	11		7				0				0				0				4
At-large	September 3, 1851	2		2		1		0				0				0				0
District	October 1, 1851	6		2		1		0				0				0				4		1
District	October 6, 1851	8		0		4		0				2		2		6		6		0		4
District	October 23, 1851	15		13				0				0				0				2
District	November 3–4, 1851	4		0		4		0				1		1		3		3		0
District	November 4, 1851	4		2		1		0				0				0				2		1

The previous election had 1 Know-Nothing and 1 Independent.

Special elections

31st Congress

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32nd Congress

Alabama

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | William J. Alston | | Whig | 1849 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John Bragg (Democratic) 58.81%

Charles Langdon (Whig) 41.19%}}

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Arkansas

The election was held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Robert W. Johnson | | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Robert W. Johnson (Democratic) 57.4%
John Preston (Whig) 42.6% |}

California

California's members were elected late, at-large statewide, September 3, 1851. There were nevertheless seated with the rest of the House at the beginning of the first session.

Edward C. Marshall (Democratic) 27.16%
Joseph W. McCorkle (Democratic) 26.77%
Edward J. Kewen (Whig) 23.70%
Benjamin J. Moore (Whig) 22.37%

|- | Edward Gilbert | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |}

Connecticut

Elections were held April 7, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Loren P. Waldo | | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles Chapman (Whig) 48.8%
Loren P. Waldo (Democratic) 48.5%
Timothy Cowles (Free Soil) 2.6%

|- ! | Walter Booth | | Free Soil | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Colin M. Ingersoll (Democratic) 49.6%
James F. Babcock (Whig) 45.9%
Walter Booth (Free Soil) 2.6%

|- ! | Chauncey F. Cleveland | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 50.9%
John C. Ames (Whig) 49.3%
Ephraim Williams (Free Soil) 1.7%

|- ! | Thomas B. Butler | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Origen S. Seymour (Democratic) 49.3%
Thomas B. Butler (Whig) 48.4%
Lewis Beers Jr. (Free Soil) 2.3%

Delaware

The election was held November 12, 1850.

|- ! | John W. Houston | | Whig | 1844 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George R. Riddle (Democratic) 49.21%
George B. Rodney (Whig) 48.24%
Francis D. Wait (Temperance) 2.54% |}

Florida

The election was held October 7, 1850.

|- ! | Edward C. Cabell | | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward C. Cabell (Whig) 52.80%
John Beard (Democratic) 47.20% |}

Georgia

Elections were held October 6, 1851.

|- ! | Joseph W. Jackson | | Democratic | 1850 | |Incumbent re-elected. Southern Rights gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Joseph W. Jackson (Southern Rights) 51.67%
Charles H. Hopkins (Constitutional Union) 48.34% |- ! | Marshall Johnson Wellborn | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
James Johnson (Constitutional Union) 53.72%
Henry L. Benning (Southern Rights) 46.28% |- ! | Allen F. Owen | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Southern Rights gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Jack Bailey (Southern Rights) 50.67%
Absalom H. Chappell (Constitutional Union) 49.33% |- ! | Hugh A. Haralson | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Charles Murphey (Constitutional Union) 58.05%
John P. Stell (Southern Rights) 41.95% |- ! | Thomas C. Hackett | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Elijah W. Chastain (Constitutional Union) 64.98%
William H. Stiles (Southern Rights) 35.02% |- ! | Howell Cobb | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Junius Hillyer (Constitutional Union) 71.11%
Thomas F. Jones (Southern Rights) 28.90% |- ! | Alexander H. Stephens | | Whig | 1843 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Unionist. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Alexander H. Stephens (Constitutional Union) 70.82%
David W. Lewis (Southern Rights) 29.18% |- ! | Robert Toombs | | Whig | 1844 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Unionist. Constitutional Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Robert Toombs (Constitutional Union) |}

Illinois

Elections were held November 5, 1850.

|- ! | William H. Bissell | | Democratic | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William H. Bissell (Democratic) |- ! | John A. McClernand | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Willis Allen (Democratic) 55.5%
Thomas G. C. Davis (Whig) 45.5%}} |- ! | Timothy R. Young | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Orlando B. Ficklin (Democratic) 56.3%
E. G. Ryan (Whig) 43.5%}} |- ! | John Wentworth | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Richard S. Molony (Democratic) 48.9%
Churchill Coffing (Whig) 46.1%}} |- !

| William Alexander Richardson | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Alexander Richardson (Democratic) 53.0%
Orville H. Browning (Whig) 47.1%}} |- ! | Edward D. Baker | | Whig | 1848 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Thompson Campbell (Democratic) 50.7%
Martin P. Sweet (Whig) 48.7%}}

|- ! | Thomas L. Harris | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Richard Yates Sr. (Whig) 52.8%

Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 47.1%}}

Indiana

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Nathaniel Albertson | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent Lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* James Lockhart (Democratic) 51.0%

Lemuel Debruler (Whig) 49.0%}}

|- ! | Cyrus L. Dunham | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Cyrus L. Dunham (Democratic) 53.2%

Roger Martin (Whig) 46.8%}}

|- ! | John L. Robinson | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John L. Robinson (Democratic) 50.2%

Johnson Watts (Whig) 49.8%}}

|- ! | George W. Julian | | Free Soil | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Samuel W. Parker (Whig) 52.9%

George W. Julian (Free Soil) 47.1%}}

|- ! | John L. Robinson | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent Lost renomination. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) 62.1%

William P. Rush (Whig) 38.0%}}

|- ! | Willis A. Gorman | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Willis A. Gorman (Democratic) 66.9%

Eli P. Farmer (Whig) 33.1%}}

|- ! | Edward W. McGaughey | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John G. Davis (Democratic) 51.1%

Edward W. McGaughey (Whig) 48.9%}}

|- ! | Joseph E. McDonald | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Daniel Mace (Democratic) 50.8%

David Brier (Whig) 49.0%}}

|- ! | Graham N. Fitch | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Graham N. Fitch (Democratic) 50.6%

Schuyler Colfax (Whig) 49.4%}}

|- ! | Andrew J. Harlan | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Samuel Brenton (Whig/Free Soil) 50.9%

James W. Borden (Democratic) 47.1%}}

Iowa

Elections were held August 5, 1850.

|- ! | Daniel F. Miller | | Whig | 1850 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|

Bernhart Henn (Democratic) 50.5%
George G. Wright (Whig) 47.4%}} |- ! | Shepherd Leffler | | Democratic | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Lincoln Clark (Democratic) 54.0%
William H. Henderson (Whig) 44.4%}} |}

Kentucky

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Linn Boyd | | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Linn Boyd (Democratic) 57.5%
H. M. McCarty (Whig) 29.9%
Hiram McElroy (Unknown) 12.7%}}

|- ! | James Leeper Johnson | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent renominated but declined. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Benjamin E. Grey (Whig) 63.5%

Jeff Jennings (Unknown) 36.5%}}

|- ! | Finis McLean | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Presley Ewing (Whig) 52.1%

Beverly L. Clarke (Democratic) 47.9%}}

|- ! | John Burton Thompson | | Whig | 1847 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James W. Stone (Democratic) 51.6%
C. S. Hill (Unknown) 48.4%}}

|- ! | Daniel Breck | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Addison White (Whig) 56.6%

Theodore T. Garrard (Unknown) 40.0%}}

|- ! | Humphrey Marshall | | Whig | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Humphrey Marshall (Whig) 50.5%

David Meriwether (Democratic) 49.5%}}

|- ! | Charles S. Morehead | | Whig | 1847 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John C. Breckinridge (Democratic) 52.5%
Leslie Combs (Whig) 47.6%}}

|- ! | John C. Mason | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John C. Mason (Democratic) 72.1%
Samuel Montgomery (Whig) 27.2%}}

|- ! | Richard H. Stanton | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Richard H. Stanton (Democratic) 53.6%
William C. Marshall (Whig) 46.4%}}

Louisiana

Elections were held November 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

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Maine

Elections were held September 9, 1850.

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Maryland

Elections were held October 1, 1851 elections were after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1851.

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Massachusetts

Elections were held November 11, 1850, but at least one district's elections went to multiple ballots into 1851.

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|- ! | | Whig gain. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot (November 11, 1850)| | Benjamin Thompson (Whig) 39.60% | John G. Palfrey (Free Soil) 34.25% | Richard Frothingham (Democratic) 26.16% | Benjamin Thompson (Whig) 42.76% | John G. Palfrey (Free Soil) 33.86% | Richard Frothingham (Democratic) 23.39% | Benjamin Thompson (Whig) 42.12% | John G. Palfrey (Free Soil) 40.18% | Richard Frothingham (Democratic) 17.70% Fourth ballot (May 26, 1851){{Plainlist|

Benjamin Thompson (Whig) 47.65%
John G. Palfrey (Free Soil) 47.00%
Richard Frothingham (Democratic) 5.36%

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|- ! | Julius Rockwell | | Whig | 1844 (late) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot (November 11, 1850)| | Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 45.75% | John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 45.30% | Joel Hayden (Free Soil) 6.72% | Julius Rockwell (Whig) 2.23% | John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 48.32% | Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 42.61% | Joel Hayden (Free Soil) 7.73% | Julius Rockwell (Whig) 1.34% | John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 48.24% | Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 43.02% | Joel Hayden (Free Soil) 7.96% Fourth ballot (May 26, 1851) {{Plainlist|

John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 52.80%
Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 46.32%

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Michigan

Elections were held November 5, 1850.

|- ! | Alexander W. Buel | | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Ebenezer J. Penniman (Whig) 54.7%
Alexander W. Buel (Democratic) 45.3%

|- ! | William Sprague | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Charles E. Stuart (Democratic) 50.8%
Joseph R. Williams (Whig) 49.0%

|- ! | Kinsley S. Bingham | | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

James L. Conger (Whig) 50.6%
Charles C. Hascall (Democratic) 49.4%

Minnesota Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Mississippi

Elections were held November 3–4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Jacob Thompson | | Democratic | 1839 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Southern Rights candidate. Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benjamin D. Nabers (Union) 57.80%
Jacob Thompson (Southern Rights) 42.20%

|- ! | Winfield S. Featherston | | Democratic | 1847 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Southern Rights candidate. Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John A. Wilcox (Union) 52.77%
Winfield S. Featherston (Southern Rights) 47.24%

|- ! | William McWillie | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Southern Rights candidate. Union gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John D. Freeman (Union) 50.81%
William McWillie (Southern Rights) 49.19%

|- ! | Albert G. Brown | | Democratic | 1847 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Southern Rights candidate. Southern Rights gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Albert G. Brown (Southern Rights) 57.35%
A. B. Dawson (Union) 42.66%

Missouri

Elections were held August 5, 1850.

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New Hampshire

Elections were held March 11, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | Amos Tuck | | Free Soil | 1847 | | Incumbent won re-election as a Whig. Whig gain. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|* Amos Tuck (Whig) 51.23%

George W. Kittredge (Democratic) 48.77%}} |- ! | Charles H. Peaslee | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|* Charles H. Peaslee (Democratic) 55.01%
Anthony Colby (Whig) 29.18%
Asa Fowler (Free Soil) 15.81%}} |- !

| George W. Morrison | | Democratic | 1850 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|* Jared Perkins (Whig) 52.84%

George W. Morrison (Democratic) 47.16%}} |- ! |Harry Hibbard | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|* Harry Hibbard (Democratic) 59.66%
Jonathan Kitteridge (Whig) 27.32%
John H. White (Free Soil) 13.02%}}

New Jersey

Elections were held November 5, 1850.

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New Mexico Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New York

Elections were held November 5, 1850.

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North Carolina

Elections were held August 7, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

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Ohio

Elections were held October 8, 1850.

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Oregon Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Pennsylvania

Elections were held October 8, 1850.

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Rhode Island

Elections were held April 2, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

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South Carolina

Elections were held October 14–15, 1850.

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Tennessee

Elections were held August 7, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

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

Andrew Johnson (Democratic) 57.52%
Landon Carter Haynes (Democratic) 42.48%

|- ! | Albert G. Watkins | | Whig | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Albert G. Watkins (Whig) 78.65%
[FNU] Hurley (Democratic) 17.57%
J. D. Dickinson (Whig) 3.78%

|- ! | Josiah M. Anderson | | Whig | 1849 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William M. Churchwell (Democratic) 50.06%
Josiah M. Anderson (Whig) 49.94%

|- ! | John H. Savage | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John H. Savage (Democratic) 57.20%
Jefferson D. Goodpasture (Whig) 42.80%

|- ! | James H. Thomas | | Democratic | 1847 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William H. Polk (Independent Democratic) 56.13%
James H. Thomas (Democratic) 43.87%

|- ! | Andrew Ewing | | Democratic | 1849 | |Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Cullom (Whig) 55.63%
J. J. Southall (Democratic) 44.37%

|- ! | Isham G. Harris | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Isham G. Harris (Democratic) 59.47%
I. G. Hornberger (Whig) 40.53%

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

Frederick P. Stanton (Democratic) 51.81%
Walter S. Coleman (Whig) 48.19%

Texas

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

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Utah Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Vermont

Elections were held September 3, 1850.

|- ! | William Henry | | Whig | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Collapsible list|title=First ballot| | A. P. Lyman (Whig) 31.4% | Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) 30.5% | Daniel Roberts Jr. (Free Soil) 27.2% | Merritt Clark (Democratic) 10.3% Second ballot{{Plainlist|

Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) 39.2%
A. P. Lyman (Whig) 37.2%
Daniel Roberts Jr. (Free Soil) 23.6%

|- ! | William Hebard | | Whig | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Hebard (Whig) 55.2%
Jefferson P. Kidder (Free Soil) 42.8%
J. F. Redfield (Unknown) 0.8%
Daniel Cobb (Unknown) 0.2%

|- ! | James Meacham | | Whig | 1849 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Meacham (Whig) 55.4%
Herman R. Beardsley (Free Soil) 30.1%
Giles Harrington (Democratic) 14.4%

|- ! | Lucius B. Peck | | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Free Soil gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist|

Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Free Soil) 52.8%
Bliss N. Davis (Whig) 35.9% |}

Virginia

Elections were held October 23, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851.

|- ! | John Millson | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

John Millson (Democratic) 59.6%
Leopold P. C. Cowper (Whig) 40.4%

|- ! | Richard Kidder Meade | | 1847 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Richard Kidder Meade (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | Thomas H. Averett | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas H. Averett (Democratic) 57.4%
Thomas Flournoy (Whig) 42.6%

|- ! | Thomas S. Bocock | | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 63.5%
Philip A. Bolling (Whig) 36.5%

|- ! | Paulus Powell | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Paulus Powell (Democratic) 51.5%
William L. Goggin (Whig) 48.5%

|- ! | James Seddon | | 1845 1847 (retired) 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

John Caskie (Democratic) 54.5%
John Botts (Whig) 45.5%

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

Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | Alexander Holladay | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Alexander Holladay (Democratic) 61.3%
Robert W. Carter (Whig) 38.7%

|- ! | Jeremiah Morton | | Ind. Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Democrat. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James F. Strother (Whig) 55.9%
Jeremiah Morton (Democratic) 44.1%

|- ! | Richard Parker | | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Charles J. Faulkner (Whig) 53.7%
Henry Bedinger (Democratic) 46.3%

|- ! | James McDowell | | 1846 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

John Letcher (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | Henry A. Edmundson | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Henry A. Edmundson (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | Fayette McMullen | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Fayette McMullen (Democratic) 100%

|- ! | James M. H. Beale | | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

James M. H. Beale (Democratic) 58.8%
[FNU] Smith (Whig) 41.2%

|- ! | Thomas Haymond | | Whig | 1849 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

George W. Thompson (Democratic) 52.5%
Thomas Haymond (Whig) 47.5%

Wisconsin

Elections were held November 5, 1850.

|- ! | Charles Durkee | | Free Soil | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles Durkee (Free Soil) 57.4%
Andrew E. Elmore (Democratic) 42.6% |- ! | Orsamus Cole | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Ben C. Eastman (Democratic) 55.8%
Orsamus Cole (Whig) 44.2% |- ! | James Duane Doty | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent won re-election as an Independent. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
James Duane Doty (Ind. Democratic) 67.5%
Harrison Carroll Hobart (Democratic) 32.5% |}

Non-voting delegates

|- ! | Henry Hastings Sibley | | Democratic | 1848 (Wis. Territory: special) 1849 (Wis. Territory: eliminated) 1849 (Minn. Territory) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry Hastings Sibley (Democratic)

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

Richard H. Weightman (Democratic) 4,200 votes
A. W. Reynolds (Whig) 3,458 votes

|- ! | Samuel Thurston | | Democratic | 1849 (new seat) | | Incumbent died April 9, 1851. New delegate elected June 2, 1851. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Joseph Lane (Democratic)

|- ! | | New seat. Independent gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John M. Bernhisel (Independent)

Notes

References

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