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1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 33rd U.S. Congress

House elections for the 33rd U.S. Congress

FieldValue
election_name1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
countryUnited States
flag_year1851
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year1850 & 1851
next_election1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year1854 & 1855
outgoing_members32nd United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members33rd United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_electionAll 234 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats118
election_dateAugust 2, 1852 – November 8, 1853
image_size160x180px
image1LinnBoyd.jpg
leader1Linn Boyd
party1Democratic Party (US)
leaders_seat1
last_election1127 seats
seats1157
seat_change130
popular_vote11,634,231
percentage151.67%
swing16.51
image2JosephRipleyChandler.png
leader2Joseph R. Chandler
party2Whig Party (US)
leaders_seat2
last_election285 seats
seats271
seat_change214
popular_vote21,321,904
percentage241.79%
swing20.28
party4Free Soil Party
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seat_change4
popular_vote4125,271
percentage43.96%
swing40.87
party5Independent
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seats52
seat_change52
popular_vote554,738
percentage51.73%
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map_image33rd Congress Results.svg
map_size350px
map_captionResults:
titleSpeaker
before_electionLinn Boyd
before_partyDemocratic Party (US)
after_electionLinn Boyd
after_partyDemocratic Party (US)

The 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 2, 1852, and November 8, 1853. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 33rd United States Congress convened on December 5, 1853. The size of the House increased to 234 seats following the congressional reapportionment based on the 1850 United States census.

Democrats increased their House majority while electing national compromise candidate Franklin Pierce, a Northerner favorable to Southern interests, to the Presidency. Effects of the Compromise of 1850 temporarily had reduced sectional tensions, and both major parties, Democrats and Whigs, unified around the 1852 presidential campaign, with Whig unity more tenuous. Two small parties, the Union and Southern Rights parties, collapsed before this election, while the Free Soil Party, opposing slavery in the Western territories, retained four seats. One Independent, Caleb Lyon, was elected from New York.

Election summaries

Following the 1850 census, the House was reapportioned. In the initial apportionment bill, the number of seats was unchanged at 233, but later one seat was added to California's delegation, increasing the total apportionment to 234, due to returns from California being determined to be incomplete.

Democratic Party (US)}}"DemocraticFree Soil Party}}"FSIndependent}}"IWhig Party (US)}}"Whig
StateTypeDateTotal seatsDemocraticFree SoilWhigOthersSeatsChangeSeatsChangeSeatsChangeSeatsChangeSeatsChangeIowaMissouriVermontMaineFloridaIndianaOhioPennsylvaniaCaliforniaIllinoisMichiganNew JerseyNew YorkWisconsinDelawareMassachusettsSouth CarolinaLate elections (after the March 4, 1853 beginning of the term)New HampshireConnecticutRhode IslandVirginiaArkansasKentuckyTexasNorth CarolinaTennesseeAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMississippiTotal2341158
67.5%284
1.7%71
30.3%151
0.4%12
DistrictsAugust 2, 18522110110
DistrictsAugust 2, 185272310410
DistrictsSeptember 7, 18523101030
DistrictsSeptember 13, 185261320310
At-largeOctober 5, 18521110010
DistrictsOctober 12, 18521111020110
DistrictsOctober 12, 18522112121720
DistrictsOctober 12, 18522511720810
At-largeNovember 2, 1852
(Election Day)22000
Districts92510430
Districts41430020
Districts54010
Districts3312141110711
Districts33201001
At-largeNovember 8, 185211000
DistrictsNovember 8, 1852111111920
DistrictsFebruary 28 – March 1, 18536161000
DistrictsMarch 8, 185331310020
DistrictsApril 4, 18534410010
DistrictsApril 6, 18532210010
DistrictsMay 26, 1853132130020
DistrictsAugust 1, 18532121000
DistrictsAugust 1, 1853105050
DistrictsAugust 1, 185322000
DistrictsAugust 4, 185381520330
DistrictsAugust 4, 1853101520510
DistrictsAugust 8, 185376201101
DistrictsOctober 3, 185386602208
DistrictsNovember 1, 18534310110
DistrictsNovember 2, 185364202101
District + 1 at-largeNovember 7–8, 185351550004

Alabama

|- ! | John Bragg | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • ** Philip Phillips** (Southern Rights Democratic) 50.5%
  • E. Lockwood (Union Whig) 49.5% |- ! | James Abercrombie | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** James Abercrombie** (Union Whig) 56.1%
  • David Clopton (Democratic) 43.9%}} |- ! | Sampson Willis Harris | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • Sampson Willis Harris (Southern Rights Democratic) 79.8%
  • [FNU] Moore (Union Whig) 20.2% |- ! | William Russell Smith | | Union | 1851 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* William Russell Smith (Union Democratic) 34.7%
  • Sydenham Moore (Southern Rights Democratic) 33.8%
  • Stephen F. Hale (Whig) 31.5%}} |- ! | George S. Houston | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | |- ! | Williamson R. W. Cobb | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Williamson R. W. Cobb (Union Democratic) 58.2%
  • Clement Claiborne Clay (Democratic) 41.8%}} |- ! | Alexander White | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • James F. Dowdell (Southern Rights Democratic) 65.6%
  • T. G. Garrett (Union Whig) 34.4%

|}

Arkansas

|- ! Redistricted from the | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Alfred B. Greenwood (Democratic) 100.0% |- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
  • Edward A. Warren (Democratic) 53.2%
  • Unidentified (Whig) 46.8% |}

California

Note: From statehood to 1864, California's representatives were elected at-large, with the top two vote-getters winning election from 1849 to 1858; in 1860 when California gained a seat in the House the top three vote-getters were elected.

|- ! rowspan=2 | 2 seats on a general ticket | Edward C. Marshall | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.

  • James A. McDougall (Democratic) 84.4%
  • Milton Latham (Democratic) 15.6%
  • Philip Leget Edwards (Whig) 23.28%
  • George B. Tingley (Whig) 23.13%

|- | Joseph W. McCorkle | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold.

|}

Connecticut

|- ! | Charles Chapman | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • James T. Pratt (Democratic) 52.2%
  • Charles Chapman (Whig) 44.2%
  • John Hooker (Free Soil) 3.5%

|- ! | Colin M. Ingersoll | | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Colin M. Ingersoll (Democratic) 53.0%
  • Austin Baldwin (Whig) 42.0%
  • Walter Booth (Free Soil) 4.9%

|- ! | Chauncey F. Cleveland | | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Nathan Belcher (Democratic) 50.4%
  • Daniel P. Tyler (Whig) 34.8%
  • Albert G. Stark (Free Soil) 14.8%

|- ! | Origen S. Seymour | | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Origen S. Seymour (Democratic) 54.0%
  • William W. Welch (Whig) 45.4%
  • Daniel G. Platt (Free Soil) 0.6%

|}

Delaware

Election was held November 8, 1852.

|- ! | George R. Riddle | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |{{Plainlist|* George R. Riddle (Democratic) 50.23%

  • John W. Houston (Whig) 49.77%}} |}

Florida

Main article: 1852 United States House of Representatives election in Florida

|- ! | Edward C. Cabell | | Whig | 1846 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Augustus Maxwell (Democratic) 50.1%
  • Edward C. Cabell (Whig) 49.9%

|}

Georgia

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

  • James Lindsay Seward (Democratic) 51.1%
  • [FNU] Barton (Whig) 48.9%}}

|- ! | James Johnson | | Constitutional Union | 1851 | |Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Alfred H. Colquitt (Democratic) 52.1%

  • James Johnson (Whig) 47.9%}}

|- ! | Jack Bailey | | Southern Rights | 1851 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** Jack Bailey** (Democratic) 50.0%

  • Robert P. Trippe (Whig) 50.0%}}

|- ! | Charles Murphey | | Constitutional Union | 1851 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* William B. W. Dent (Democratic) 51.3%

  • James Calhoun (Whig) 48.7%}}

|- ! | Elijah W. Chastain | | Constitutional Union | 1851 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Elijah W. Chastain (Democratic) 50.8%

  • Lewis Tumlin (Democratic) 49.2%}}

|- ! | Junius Hillyer | | Constitutional Union | 1851 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Junius Hillyer (Democratic) 64.8%

  • [FNU] Wofld (Democratic) 35.2%}}

|- ! | | New seat. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* David A. Reese (Whig) 56.3%

  • [FNU] Saffold (Democratic) 43.7%}}

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Alexander H. Stephens Redistricted from the

| | Constitutional Union | 1843 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Whig. Whig gain.

  • Alexander H. Stephens (Whig) 69.7%
  • [FNU] Jones (Democratic) 30.3%

|- | Robert Toombs | | Constitutional Union | 1844 | |Incumbent retired. Constitutional Union loss.

|}

Illinois

|- ! | Thompson Campbell

Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Elihu B. Washburne (Whig) 43.9%
  • Thompson Campbell (Democratic) 42.2%
  • Newman Campbell (Free Soil) 13.3% |- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** John Wentworth** (Democratic) 46.7%
  • Cyrus Aldrich (Whig) 39.9%
  • James H. Collins (Free Soil) 13.3%}}

|- ! | Orlando B. Ficklin | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Jesse O. Norton (Whig) 46.0%
  • William Reddick (Democratic) 45.0%
  • J. H. Bryant (Free Soil) 8.9%}}

|- ! | Richard S. Molony | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • ** James Knox** (Whig) 47.4%
  • Lewis W. Rop (Democratic) 46.5%
  • L. W. Curtis (Free Soil) 6.2%}}

|- ! | William Alexander Richardson | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* William Alexander Richardson (Democratic) 51.6%

  • Orville Browning (Whig) 48.1%}}

|- ! | Richard Yates Sr. Redistricted from the

| | Whig | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Richard Yates Sr. (Whig) 51.1%
  • John Calhoun (Democratic) 48.9%

|- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* James C. Allen (Democratic) 54.1%

  • Charles C. Constable (Whig) 45.8%}}

|- ! | William Henry Bissell

Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent re-elected as an Independent Democrat. Independent Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • William Henry Bissell (Ind. Democratic) 39.8%
  • Joseph Gillespie (Whig) 31.4%
  • T. B. Fouke (Democratic) 28.8%}}

|- ! | Willis Allen Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | |}

Indiana

|- ! | James Lockhart | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Smith Miller (Democratic) 59.0%

  • [FNU] Kea (Whig) 41.0%}}

|- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* William Hayden English (Democratic) 55.0%

  • [FNU] Fergason (Whig) 45.1%}}

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Cyrus L. Dunham

Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected

  • [FNU] Marshall (Whig) 47.2%}} |- | John L. Robinson | | Democratic | 1847 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

|- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** Jim Lane** (Democratic) 53.0%

  • John H. Farquhar (Whig) 47.0%}}

|- ! | Samuel W. Parker Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Samuel W. Parker (Whig) 53.9%

  • William Grose (Democratic) 46.2%}} |- ! rowspan=2 | | Thomas A. Hendricks Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected
  • [FNU] Bradley (Whig) 46.4%}}

|- | Willis A. Gorman | | Democratic | 1849 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

|- ! | John G. Davis | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John G. Davis (Democratic) 56.3%

  • [FNU] Barbour (Whig) 43.7%}}

|- ! | Daniel Mace | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | Daniel Mace (Democratic) 54.4% Robert Gregory (Whig) 45.6%

|- ! | Graham N. Fitch | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Norman Eddy (Democratic) 53.7%

  • Horace P. Biddle (Whig) 46.3%}}

|- ! | Samuel Brenton | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (Democratic) 53.5%

  • Samuel Brenton (Whig) 46.5%}}

|- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Andrew J. Harlan (Democratic) 54.1%

  • [FNU] Wallace (Whig) 45.9%}} |}

Iowa

|- ! | Bernhart Henn | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Bernhart Henn (Democratic) 55.2%

  • P. Viele (Whig) 44.8%}}

|- ! | Lincoln Clark | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John Parsons Cook (Whig) 55.2%

  • Lincoln Clark (Democratic) 47.8%}} |}

Kentucky

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

  • Jefferson Brown (Independent Democratic) 42.4%}}

|- ! | Benjamin E. Grey | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

  • Winston Jones Davie (Democratic) 42.4%}}

|- ! | Presley Ewing | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

|- ! | William Thomas Ward | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* James Chrisman (Democratic) 50.2%

  • Thomas E. Bramlette (Whig) 49.82%}}

|- ! | James W. Stone | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Clement S. Hill (Whig) 50.5%

  • James W. Stone (Democratic) 49.5%}}

|- ! | Addison White | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John Milton Elliott (Democratic) 53.8%

  • Jeremiah S. Pierce (Whig) 46.2%}}

|- ! | William Preston | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

  • S. S. English (Democratic) 42.3%}}

|- ! | John C. Breckinridge | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |

  • Robert P. Letcher (Whig) 47.9%}}

|- ! | John Calvin Mason | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Leander Cox (Whig) 52.5%

  • James M. Rice (Democratic) 47.5%}}

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

  • George Baird Hodge (Whig) 48.3%}} |}

Louisiana

|- ! | Louis St. Martin | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* ** William Dunbar** (Democratic) 62.8%

  • Charles Gayarré (Independent Democratic) 37.2%}} |- ! | Joseph Aristide Landry | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Theodore G. Hunt (Whig) 54.6%
  • [FNU] Davis (Democratic) 45.4%}}

|- ! | Alexander G. Penn | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John Perkins Jr. (Democratic) 56.7%

  • [FNU] Pond (Whig) 43.3%}}

|- ! | John Moore | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | Roland Jones (Democratic) 56.8%

[FNU] Smith (Whig) 43.2% |}

Maine

|- ! | Moses Macdonald | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Moses Macdonald (Democratic) 57.8%
  • [FNU] Appleton (Whig) 33.4%
  • William P. Fessenden (Free Soil) 8.5%

|- ! | John Appleton | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Samuel Mayall (Democratic) 52.6%
  • Charles J. Gilman (Whig) 42.0%

|- ! | Robert Goodenow | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* E. Wilder Farley (Whig) 36.4%

  • [FNU] Kimball (Democratic) 32.6%
  • [FNU] Smith (Democratic) 26.8%

|- ! | Isaac Reed | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Samuel P. Benson (Whig) 54.4%

  • Charles Porter Kimball (Democratic) 33.9%
  • [FNU] May (Free Soil) 9.9%}}

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Israel Washburn Jr. Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected

  • Hastings Strickland (Democratic) 27.2%
  • [FNU] Waterhouse (Democratic) 21.4% |- | Ephraim K. Smart | | Democratic | 1850 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

|- ! | Thomas J. D. Fuller Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected | nowrap |

  • Thomas J. D. Fuller (Democratic) 52.6%
  • [FNU] Robinson (Whig) 44.2% |}

Maryland

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Massachusetts

The elections were held November 8, 1852. However, many of the districts went to a December 13, 1852 second ballot.

|- ! | Zeno Scudder Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected on the second ballot. | nowrap | {{collapsible list|title=First ballot (November 8, 1852)|

  • Zeno Scudder (Whig) 49.67%
  • John Pierce (Democratic) 28.60%
  • Rodney French (Free Soil) 21.73% Second ballot (December 13, 1852){{Plainlist |
  • Zeno Scudder (Whig) 62.91%
  • Abraham H. Howland (Independent) 37.09%

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Michigan

|- ! | Ebenezer J. Penniman | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • David Stuart (Democratic) 50.4%
  • William A. Howard (Whig) 46.6%
  • Samuel W. Dexter (Free Soil) 3.0%

|- ! | Charles E. Stuart | | 1847 (special) 1848 (lost) 1850 | | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • David A. Noble (Democratic) 51.7%
  • Joseph R. Williams (Whig) 48.3%

|- ! | James L. Conger | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Samuel Clark (Democratic) 49.4%
  • Henry R. Williams (Whig) 45.7%
  • Uriah Upjohn (Free Soil) 4.9%

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

  • Hestor L. Stevens (Democratic) 51.8%
  • George Bradley (Whig) 43.1%
  • Ephraim Calkins (Free Soil) 5.1%

|}

Mississippi

Elections held late, from November 7 to 8, 1853

|- ! data-sort-value=0 | | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William Barksdale (Democratic) 54.27%
  • Alexander B. Bradford (Whig) 45.73%

|- ! | Benjamin D. Nabers | | Union | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 51.64%
  • Benjamin D. Nabers (Whig) 48.36%

|- ! | John A. Wilcox | | Union | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William S. Barry (Democratic) 50.73%
  • John A. Wilcox (Whig) 49.27%

|- ! | John D. Freeman | | Union | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 55.65%
  • Alexander K. McLung (Whig) 44.35%

|- ! | Albert G. Brown | | Southern Rights | 1847 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | Wiley P. Harris (Democratic) 100%

|}

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 4, 1853.

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Andrew Johnson | | Democratic | 1842 | |Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic loss.

  • Brookins Campbell (Democratic) 37.11%
  • Nathaniel G. Taylor (Whig) 36.14%
  • Albert G. Watkins (Whig) 26.75% |- | Albert G. Watkins Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.

|- ! | William M. Churchwell Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • William M. Churchwell (Democratic) 56.64%
  • Horace Maynard (Whig) 43.36% |- ! | | New seat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
  • Samuel A. Smith (Democratic) 55.49%
  • T. Nixon Vandyke (Whig) 44.52%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | John H. Savage | | Democratic | 1849 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

  • William Cullom (Whig) 50.14%
  • Erasmus L. Gardner (Democratic) 49.86% |- | William Cullom Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected.

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

  • Charles Ready (Whig) 57.86%
  • Thomas Barry (Democratic) 42.14%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | William H. Polk | | Independent Democratic | 1851 | |Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic loss.

|- | George W. Jones Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1842

Incumbent re-elected.
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nowrap
  • Robert M. Bugg (Whig) 52.52%
  • S. C. Pavott (Democratic) 47.48%

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

  • Felix Zollicoffer (Whig) 52.96%
  • Samuel P. Allison (Democratic) 47.04%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Isham G. Harris | | Democratic | 1849 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

  • Emerson Etheridge (Whig) 96.90%
  • Christopher H. Williams (Whig) 3.10% |- | Christopher H. Williams Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig hold.

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

  • Frederick P. Stanton (Democratic) 50.03%
  • Edwin M. Yerger (Whig) 49.97%

|}

Texas

Vermont

|- ! rowspan=2 | | James Meacham Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1849 (special) | Incumbent re-elected.

  • James Meacham (Whig) 56.0%
  • John Pierpoint (Free Soil) 23.1%
  • Philip C. Tucker (Democratic) 20.6% |- | Ahiman Louis Miner | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig loss.

|- ! | William Hebard | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Andrew Tracy (Whig) 51.8%
  • Daniel Kellogg (Democratic) 17.9%
  • Ryland Fletcher (Free Soil) 16.3%

|- ! | | New seat. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Collapsible list|title=First ballot| | Alvah Sabin (Whig) 45.7% | Henry Adams (Democratic) 30.8% | A. Judson Rowell (Free Soil) 23.4% Second ballot{{Plainlist|

  • Alvah Sabin (Whig) 48.3%
  • William Heywood Jr. (Democratic) 32.2%
  • Charles D. Kasson (Free Soil) 19.4%

|- ! ** | Thomas Bartlett Jr. | | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. District eliminated. Democratic loss. | nowrap | None |}

Virginia

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

  • Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 58.9%
  • Louis H. C. Finney (Unknown) 39.9%
  • George W. Lewis (Unknown) 1.1%

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

  • John Millson (Democratic) 56.7%
  • Jonathan R. Chambliss (Whig) 36.6%
  • William D. Roberts (Democratic) 6.7%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Thomas H. Averett | | 1849 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.

  • John Caskie (Democratic) 54.9%
  • Clayton G. Coleman (Whig) 45.1%

|- | John Caskie Redistricted from the | | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected.

|- ! | Richard Kidder Meade Redistricted from the | | 1847 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • William Goode (Democratic) 65.3%
  • Wyatt Cardwell (Whig) 18.4%
  • William C. Flournoy (Unknown) 14.6%
  • William S. Scott (Unknown) 1.7%

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

  • Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 51.7%
  • John T. Wootton (Whig) 43.1%
  • Thomas H. Averett (Independent) 5.1%

|- ! | Paulus Powell Redistricted from the | | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • Paulus Powell (Democratic) 52.5%
  • Alexander Mosely (Whig) 47.5%

|- ! | James F. Strother Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

  • William Smith (Democratic) 51.8%
  • Edgar Snowden Sr. (Whig) 48.2%

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Alexander Holladay | | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.

  • Charles J. Faulkner (Democratic) 52.3%
  • Alexander Boteler (Whig) 47.7%

|- | Charles J. Faulkner Redistricted from the | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain.

|- ! | John Letcher Redistricted from the | | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • John Letcher (Democratic) 74.4%
  • Tyre Maupin (Whig) 25.6%

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

  • Zedekiah Kidwell (Democratic) 100%

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

  • John F. Snodgrass (Democratic) 40.3%
  • Charles S. Lewis (Democratic) 38.3%
  • A. M. Sterett (Whig) 21.4%

|- ! | 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 Districts eliminated. Democratic loss. | nowrap | None

|- ! | Sherrard Clemens | | 1852 (special) | nowrap | None

|}

Wisconsin

|- ! | Charles Durkee | | Free Soil | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Daniel Wells Jr. (Democratic) 46.5%
  • Charles Durkee (Free Soil) 31.9%
  • Henry S. Durand (Whig) 21.6%

|- ! | Ben C. Eastman | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Ben C. Eastman (Democratic) 53.9%
  • Chauncey Abbott (Whig) 38.7%
  • James L. Enos (Free Soil) 7.4%

|- ! | James Duane Doty | | Independent Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • John B. Macy (Democratic) 55.5%
  • James McMillan Shafter (Whig) 36.2%
  • Hiram McKee (Free Soil) 8.3% |}

Non-voting delegates

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

  • Henry M. Rice (Democratic) 2360 votes
  • Wilkin 728 votes

|- ! | Richard H. Weightman | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected in 1853. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • Jose Gallegos (Democratic)
  • William Carr Lane (Whig)

|- ! | Joseph Lane | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Joseph Lane (Democratic)

|}

Notes

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