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1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections

House elections for the 34th U.S. Congress

Field	Value
election_name	1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections
country	United States
flag_year	1851
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
previous_year	1852 & 1853
next_election	1856–57 United States House of Representatives elections
next_year	1856 & 1857
outgoing_members	33rd United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
elected_members	34th United States Congress#House of Representatives_3
seats_for_election	All 234 seats in the United States House of Representatives
majority_seats	118
election_date	August 4, 1854 – November 6, 1855
image_size	x150px
image1	File:William Alexander Richardson - Brady-Handy.jpg
leader1	William A. Richardson
party1	Democratic Party (US)
leaders_seat1
last_election1	157 seats, 51.67%
seats1	82
seat_change1	75
popular_vote1	1,418,553
percentage1	43.95%
swing1	5.87
image2	File:Henry M. Fuller (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg
leader2	Henry M. Fuller
party2	Whig Party (US)
leaders_seat2
last_election2	70 seats, 41.70%
seats2	54
seat_change2	14
popular_vote2	580,929
percentage2	18.00%
swing2	23.61
image3	[[File:Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks (4209264024) (1).jpg	x150px]]
leader3	Nathaniel P. Banks
party3	Know Nothing
leaders_seat3
last_election3	0 seats, 0.31%
seats3	52
seat_change3	52
popular_vote3	631,510
percentage3	19.56%
swing3	19.25
party4	Anti-Nebraska movement
last_election4	Did not contest
seats4	22
seat_change4	22
popular_vote4	196,461
percentage4	6.09%
swing4	New party
party5	Republican Party (US)
last_election5	Did not contest
seats5	13
seat_change5	13
popular_vote5	182,245
percentage5	5.65%
swing5	New party
party6	People's Party (Indiana)
last_election6	Did not contest
seats6	9
seat_change6	9
popular_vote6	102,423
percentage6	3.17%
swing6	New party
party7	Free Soil Party
last_election7	4 seats, 3.96%
seats7	1
seat_change7	3
popular_vote7	22,928
percentage7	0.71%
swing7	3.28
party8	Independent politician
last_election8	2 seats
seats8	1
seat_change8	1
popular_vote8	84,196
percentage8	2.61%
swing8	0.18
map_image	1854 House of Representatives.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	Results:

title	Speaker
before_election	Linn Boyd
before_party	Democratic Party (US)
after_election	Nathaniel P. Banks
after_party	Know Nothing

The 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections were held between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, to elect the 234 members and five non-voting delegates of the United States House of Representatives. In a critical defeat for the governing Democratic Party, opposition groups won more than 150 seats and nominal control of the House, signaling the collapse of the Second Party System.

This midterm election was among the most disruptive in American history, auguring a political realignment. Both major parties, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, lost critical voter support. The two parties had been organized as rivals for roughly 20 years. Northern voters strongly opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act shifted sharply against the Democrats. The Whigs also lost seats as the party disintegrated over the issue of slavery.

The elected majority temporarily coalesced as the Opposition Party. This transitional party included Whigs, Free Soil members, American Party members, (or Know Nothings) the People's Party of Indiana, Anti-Nebraska candidates, disaffected Northern Democrats, and members of the nascent Republican Party, which soon would absorb most of these factions and replace the Whigs to rival the Democrats.

Candidates opposed to the Democratic Party won widely in the Northern United States through November 1854. The American Party, ignoring slavery and opposing immigration (particularly by Catholics from Ireland and Germany) won seats from both major parties, but to the net loss of Democrats, in New England and the Southern United States from November 1854 into 1855.

Congress had passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act in May 1854 after aggressive sponsorship by the Pierce Administration and Democrats led by Senator Stephen Douglas, including radical pro-slavery legislators. With widely foreseen risks and immediately negative results, the Act discredited the Democratic Party, fueling new partisan and sectional rancor. The Act repealed the 1820 Missouri Compromise and triggered the violent Bleeding Kansas conflict, creating uncertainty on the Western frontier by abruptly making slavery potentially legal in territories originally comprising the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. Contemporary settlers of these territories then were expected to determine the status of slavery locally. This idea appealed to Democratic politicians and to some voters, but proved unworkable particularly in Kansas where more numerous Northern settlers and geographically closer Southern settlers violently disputed the status of slavery. Even some proslavery legislators and voters, particularly Southern Whigs, felt that repealing the Missouri Compromise was politically reckless, and that attempting to push slavery by law and force into territories where most settlers predictably were unlikely to want it could endanger slavery nationally, or even in the South. These fears proved prescient.

More than 21 representatives vied for the post of speaker of the House. After two months and 133 ballots, American Party representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts, also a Free Soiler, defeated Democrat William Aiken of South Carolina by plurality, 103–100. To date, Banks is the only speaker to come from a third party.

Results

Democratic Party (US)}}"Democratic	Independent Whig}}"IW	Free Soil Party}}"FS	People's Party (Indiana)}}"P	Republican Party (US)}}"Rep.	Anti-Nebraska movement}}"Anti-Neb.	Know Nothing}}"Know Nothing	Whig Party (US)}}"Whig

State	Type	Date	Total
seats	Democratic	Whig	Know Nothing	Anti-Nebraska{{efn	Including:
	Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats		Change		Seats		Change	Arkansas	Iowa	Missouri	Vermont	California	Maine	Florida	South Carolina	Indiana	Ohio	Pennsylvania	Illinois	Michigan	New Jersey	New York	Wisconsin	Massachusetts	Delaware	Late elections (after the March 4, 1855 beginning of the term)	New Hampshire	Connecticut	Rhode Island	Virginia	North Carolina	Tennessee	Alabama	Kentucky	Texas	Georgia	Louisiana	Mississippi	Maryland	Total	234	82
35.04%	75		55
23.50%	16		52
22.22%	52		45
19.23%	41
Districts	August 4, 1854	2		2			0			0			0
Districts	August 7, 1854	2		1			1			0			0
Districts	7		1	2		6	2		0			0
Districts	September 5, 1854	3		0			3			0			0
At-large	September 6, 1854	2		2			0			0			0
Districts	September 11, 1854	6		1	2		0	3		0			5	5
At-large	October 2, 1854	1		1			0			0			0
Districts	October 9–10, 1854	6		6			0			0			0
Districts	October 10, 1854	11		2	8		0	1		0			9	9
Districts	21		0	12		0	7		0			21	19
Districts	25		7	10		16	8		1	1		1	1
Districts	November 7, 1854
(Election Day)	9		4	1		1	3		0			4	4
Districts	4		1	3		0			0			3	3
Districts	5		1	3		4	3		0			0
Districts	33		5	16		24	14		4	4		0	1
Districts	3		1	2		0			0			2	2
Districts	November 12, 1854	11		0	1		0	9		11	11		0	1
At-large	November 14, 1854	1		0	1		0			1	1		0
Districts	March 13, 1855	3		0	3		0			3	3		0
Districts	April 2, 1855	4		0	4		0			4	4		0
Districts	April 4, 1855	2		0	2		0			2	2		0
Districts	May 24, 1855	13		12	1		0			1	1		0
Districts	August 2, 1855	8		5			0	3		3	3		0
Districts	10		5			0	5		5	5		0
Districts	August 6, 1855	7		5	1		0	1		2	2		0
Districts	10		4	1		0	5		6	6		0
Districts	2		1	1		0			1	1		0
Districts	October 1, 1855	8		6			0	2		2	2		0
Districts	November 5, 1855	4		3			0	1		1	1		0
Districts	November 5–6, 1855	5		4	1		0			1	1		0
Districts	November 6, 1855	6		2	2		0	2		4	4		0

Special elections

33rd Congress

|- ! | Azariah Boody | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent resigned October 13, 1853. New member elected January 4, 1854. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Davis Carpenter (Whig) 43.82%
Frederick F. Backud (Democratic) 32.51%
Calvin Huson (Free Soil) 20.87%

|- ! | Henry A. Muhlenberg | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent died January 9, 1854. New member elected February 4, 1854. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

J. Glancy Jones (Democratic) 60.01%
William H. Keim (Whig) 39.99%

|- ! | Brookins Campbell | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent died December 25, 1853. New member elected March 9, 1854. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nathaniel G. Taylor (Whig) 53.31%
Samuel Milligan (Democratic) 46.04%
William Boyce (Whig) 0.65%

|- ! | Zeno Scudder | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent resigned March 4, 1854. New member elected April 3, 1854. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 52.04%
Abraham H. Howland (Independent) 47.96%

|- ! | John F. Snodgrass | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent died June 5, 1854. New member elected August 3, 1854. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Charles S. Lewis (Democratic) 54.11%
Benjamin A. Smith (Whig) 45.89%

|- ! | Gilbert Dean | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent resigned July 3, 1854. New member elected November 7, 1854. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Isaac Teller (Whig) 50.56%
Samuel Morse (Soft-Shell Democratic) 31.27%
Charles Robinson (Hard-Shell Democratic) 18.17%

|- ! | Gerrit Smith | | Free Soil | 1852 | | Incumbent resigned August 7, 1854. New member elected November 7, 1854. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry C. Goodwin (Whig) 45.15%
Sidney T. Fairchild (Soft Shell Democratic) 27.30%
Federal Dana (Free Soil) 17.79%
Zedock T. Bentley (Hard Shell Democratic) 9.77%

|- ! | Presley Ewing | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent died September 27, 1854. New member elected November 13, 1854. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Francis Bristow (Whig) 81.58%
A. J. Halberson (Unknown) 18.42%

34th Congress

|- ! | Henry Morris | | Know Nothing | 1854 | | Incumbent resigned September 20, 1855. New member elected November 6, 1855. Know Nothing hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Calvin C. Chaffee (Know Nothing) 35.96%
John W. Foster (Republican) 33.16%
Haynes H. Chilson (Democratic) 25.29%
Edward Dickinson (Whig) 5.60%

Alabama

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama

Alabama elected its members on August 6, 1855.

|- ! | Philip Phillips | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Percy Walker (Know Nothing) 52.40%
James A. Stallworth (Democratic) 47.60%

|- ! | James Abercrombie | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Eli S. Shorter (Democratic) 54.89%
Julius C. Alford (Know Nothing) 45.11%

|- ! | James F. Dowdell | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James F. Dowdell (Democratic) 52.20%
Thomas H. Watts (Know Nothing) 47.80%

|- ! | William Russell Smith | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Russell Smith (Know Nothing) 59.83%
Sydenham Moore (Democratic) 40.17%

|- ! | George S. Houston | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

George S. Houston (Democratic) 100.00%

|- ! | Williamson R. W. Cobb | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Williamson R. W. Cobb (Democratic) 62.87%
James M. Adams (Anti-Know Nothing Independent) 37.13%

|- ! | Sampson Willis Harris | | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Sampson Willis Harris (Democratic) 57.28%
William B. Martin (Anti-Know Nothing Independent) 42.72%

Arkansas

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

Arkansas elected its members on August 4, 1854.

|- ! | Alfred B. Greenwood | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alfred B. Greenwood (Democratic) 97.99%
W. C. Myrtle (Unknown) 2.01%

|- ! | Edward A. Warren | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Albert Rust (Democratic) 65.95%
E. G. Walker (Whig) 34.05%

California

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives election in California

California elected its members on September 6, 1854.

James W. Denver (Anti-Broderick Democratic) 44.81%
Philemon T. Herbert (Anti-Broderick Democratic) 44.47%
George Washington Bowie (Whig) 42.28%
Calhoun Benham (Whig) 41.88%
James Churchman (Broderick Democratic) 12.18%
James A. McDougall (Broderick Democratic) 12.13%
Milton S. Latham (Broderick Democratic) 2.24%

Connecticut

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut

|- ! | James T. Pratt | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Ezra Clark Jr. (Know Nothing) 52.11%
James T. Pratt (Democratic) 47.89%

|- ! | Colin M. Ingersoll | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John Woodruff (Know Nothing) 55.50%
Samuel Arnold (Democratic) 44.50%

|- ! | Nathan Belcher | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Sidney Dean (Know Nothing) 67.51%
Joel W. White (Democratic) 32.49%

|- ! | Origen S. Seymour | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William W. Welch (Know Nothing) 56.07%
William H. Noble (Democratic) 43.93%

Delaware

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

Delaware elected its member on November 14, 1854.

|- ! | George R. Riddle | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Elisha D. Cullen (Know Nothing) 51.85%
George R. Riddle (Democratic) 48.15%

Florida

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives election in Florida

Florida elected its member on October 2, 1854.

|- ! | Augustus Maxwell | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Augustus Maxwell (Democratic) 55.26%
Thomas Brown (Whig) 44.74%

Georgia

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

Georgia elected its members on October 1, 1855.

|- ! | James Lindsay Seward | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Lindsay Seward (Democratic) 57.62%
Samuel Varnadoe (Know Nothing) 42.38%

|- ! | Alfred H. Colquitt | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Martin J. Crawford (Democratic) 51.99%
Willis Hawkins (Know Nothing) 48.01%

|- ! | Jack Bailey | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Robert P. Trippe (Know Nothing) 53.96%
James M. Smith (Democratic) 46.04%

|- ! | William B. W. Dent | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Hiram B. Warner (Democratic) 50.26%
Benjamin H. Hill (Know Nothing) 49.74%

|- ! | Elijah W. Chastain | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John H. Lumpkin (Democratic) 58.61%
Lewis Tumblin (Know Nothing) 41.39%

|- ! | Junius Hillyer | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Howell Cobb (Democratic) 63.78%
Leonidas Franklin (Know Nothing) 36.22%

|- ! | David A. Reese | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Nathaniel G. Foster (Know Nothing) 51.13%
Linton Stephens (Democratic) 48.87%

|- ! | Alexander H. Stephens | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 65.35%
C. A. Lafayette Lamar (Know Nothing) 34.65%

Illinois

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

Illinois elected its members on November 7, 1854.

|- ! | Elihu B. Washburne | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Elihu B. Washburne (Republican) 69.33%
William M. Jackson (Democratic) 22.99%
E. P. Ferry (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 7.67%

|- ! | John Wentworth | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James H. Woodworth (Republican) 53.05%
Robert S. Blackwell (Whig) 19.84%
John B. Turner (Democratic) 19.48%
Edward L. Mayo (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 7.63%

|- ! | Jesse O. Norton | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Jesse O. Norton (Republican) 62.76%
John A. Drake (Democratic) 37.24%

|- ! | James Knox | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James Knox (Whig) 57.22%
William McMurtry (Democratic) 42.79%

|- ! | William A. Richardson | | Democratic | 1847 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William A. Richardson (Democratic) 52.38%
Archibald Williams (Republican) 47.62%

|- ! | Richard Yates | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 50.53%
Richard Yates (Republican) 49.47%

|- ! | James C. Allen | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. Winner subsequently unseated. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

James C. Allen (Democratic) 50.003%
William B. Archer (Republican) 49.997%

|- ! | William Henry Bissell | | Independent Democrat | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Lyman Trumbull (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 58.17%
Philip B. Fouke (Democratic) 38.98%
Nathaniel Buckmaster (Unknown) 2.85%

|- ! | Willis Allen | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Samuel S. Marshall (Democratic) 62.10%
L. Jay Turner (Republican) 21.27%
DeWitt C. Barber (Unknown) 9.33%
Almerin Grow (Unknown) 7.30%

Indiana

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

Indiana elected its members on October 10, 1854.

|- ! | Smith Miller | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Smith Miller (Democratic) 52.15%
Sam Hall (People's) 47.85%

|- ! | William Hayden English | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Hayden English (Democratic) 51.70%
Thomas C. Slaught (People's) 48.30%

|- ! | Cyrus L. Dunham | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George G. Dunn (People's) 54.53%
Cyrus L. Dunham (Democratic) 45.47%

|- ! | Jim Lane | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Cumback (People's) 51.92%
William G. Holman (Democratic) 48.08%

|- ! | Samuel W. Parker | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David P. Holloway (People's) 64.25%
J. J. Buckles (Democratic) 35.75%

|- ! | Thomas A. Hendricks | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lucien Barbour (People's) 51.41%
Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) 48.59%

|- ! | John G. Davis | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Harvey D. Scott (People's) 52.58%
John G. Davis (Democratic) 47.42%

|- ! | Daniel Mace | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Daniel Mace (People's) 56.92%
James Davis (Democratic) 43.08%

|- ! | Norman Eddy | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Schuyler Colfax (People's) 54.85%
Norman Eddy (Democratic) 45.15%

|- ! | Ebenezer M. Chamberlain | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel Brenton (People's) 56.00%
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (Democratic) 44.00%

|- ! | Andrew J. Harlan | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. People's gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John U. Pettit (People's) 56.59%
J. R. Slack (Democratic) 43.41%

Iowa

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

Iowa elected its members on August 7, 1854.

|- ! | Bernhart Henn | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Augustus Hall (Democratic) 50.27%
R. L. Clark (Whig) 49.50%
J. L. Ashbaugh (Unknown) 0.23%

|- ! | William Vandever | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James Thorington (Whig) 53.33%
Stephen P. Hempstead (Democratic) 46.09%
Augustus Hall (Unknown) 0.57%

Kentucky

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

Kentucky elected its members on August 6, 1855.

|- ! | Linn Boyd | | Democratic | 1839 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry C. Burnett (Democratic) 62.03%
W. G. Hughes (Know Nothing) 37.97%

|- ! | Benjamin E. Grey | | Whig | 1851 | | Incumbent retired or lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John P. Campbell Jr. (Know Nothing) 55.29%
Samuel Peyton (Democratic) 44.71%

|- ! | Francis Bristow | | Whig | 1854 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Warner Underwood (Know Nothing) 56.88%
James P. Bates (Democratic) 43.12%

|- ! | James Chrisman | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Albert G. Talbott (Democratic) 50.06%
Fountain T. Fox (Know Nothing) 49.94%

|- ! | Clement S. Hill | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Joshua Jewett (Democratic) 51.63%
C. G. Wintersmith (Know Nothing) 48.37%

|- ! | John Milton Elliott | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

John M. Elliott (Democratic) 54.80%
George W. Dunlap (Know Nothing) 45.20%

|- ! | William Preston | | Whig | 1852 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election as a Democrat. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Humphrey Marshall (Know Nothing) 61.29%
William Preston (Democratic) 38.71%

|- ! | John C. Breckinridge | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Alexander K. Marshall (Know Nothing) 55.98%
James O. Harrison (Democratic) 44.02%

Leander Cox (Know Nothing) 55.06%
Richard H. Stanton (Democratic) 44.94% |- | Richard H. Stanton Redistricted from the | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.

|- ! | | Incumbent redistricted to the . Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Samuel F. Swope (Know Nothing) 51.72%
Henry C. Harris (Democratic) 48.28%

Louisiana

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

Louisiana elected its members on November 5, 1855.

|- ! | William Dunbar | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

George Eustis Jr. (Know Nothing) 53.40%
Albert Fabre (Democratic) 46.60%

|- ! | Theodore G. Hunt | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Miles Taylor (Democratic) 51.54%
Theodore G. Hunt (Know Nothing) 48.46%

|- ! | John Perkins Jr. | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas G. Davidson (Democratic) 50.62%
Preston Pond Jr. (Know Nothing) 49.38%

|- ! | Roland Jones | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

John M. Sandidge (Democratic) 58.05%
William B. Lewis (Know Nothing) 41.95%

Maine

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

Maine elected its members on September 11, 1854.

|- ! | Moses Macdonald | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John M. Wood (Republican) 59.36%
Samuel Wells (Democratic) 39.90%
Lorenzo D. Wilkinson (Unknown) 0.73%

|- ! | Samuel Mayall | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John J. Perry (Republican) 56.88%
William K. Kimball (Democratic) 42.46%
Charles J. Gilman (Unknown) 0.65%

|- ! | E. Wilder Farley | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Ebenezer Knowlton (Republican) 43.94%
Jonathan G. Dickerson (Democratic) 30.78%
E. Wilder Farley (Whig) 25.28%

|- ! | Samuel P. Benson | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel P. Benson (Republican) 77.12%
George Rogers (Democratic) 22.88%

|- ! | Israel Washburn Jr. | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Israel Washburn Jr. (Republican) 62.88%
Samuel H. Blake (Democratic) 37.12%

|- ! | Thomas J. D. Fuller | | Democratic | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas J. D. Fuller (Democratic) 41.29%
James A. Milliken (Republican) 37.73%
Noah Smith (Whig) 20.98%

Maryland

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

Maryland elected its members on November 6, 1865.

|- ! | John Rankin Franklin | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

James A. Stewart (Democratic) 51.27%
John Dennis (Know Nothing) 48.73%

|- ! | Jacob Shower | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

James B. Ricaud (Know Nothing) 56.58%
Jacob Shower (Democratic) 43.42%

|- ! | Joshua Van Sant | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

J. Morrison Harris (Know Nothing) 50.21%
Joshua Van Sant (Democratic) 49.79%

|- ! | William T. Hamilton | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Henry W. Davis (Know Nothing) 51.60%
William T. Hamilton (Democratic) 48.40%

|- ! | Henry May | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Henry W. Hoffman (Know Nothing) 52.36%
Henry May (Democratic) 47.64%

|- ! | Augustus Rhodes Sollers | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas F. Bowie (Democratic) 53.93%
William Watkins (Know Nothing) 46.07%

Massachusetts

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

|- ! | Thomas D. Eliot | | Whig | 1854 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Robert B. Hall (Know Nothing) 63.70%
Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 26.63%
Abraham H. Howland (Democratic) 9.66%

|- ! | Samuel L. Crocker | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James Buffinton (Know Nothing) 68.25%
Samuel L. Crocker (Whig) 16.20%
Charles R. Vickery (Democratic) 9.00%
Gersham B. Weston (Free Soil) 6.55%

|- ! | J. Wiley Edmands | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William S. Damrell (Know Nothing) 74.76%
Nathaniel F. Safford (Whig) 16.67%
Edward Avery (Democratic) 5.38%
Arthur W. Austin (Unknown) 3.19%

|- ! | Samuel H. Walley | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Linus B. Comins (Know Nothing) 57.45%
Samuel H. Walley (Whig) 32.00%
Samuel R. Skinner (Democratic) 10.55%

|- ! | William Appleton | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Anson Burlingame (Know Nothing) 61.64%
William Appleton (Whig) 32.12%
William Parmenter (Democratic) 6.24%

|- ! | Charles W. Upham | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Timothy Davis (Know Nothing) 65.39%
Charles W. Upham (Whig) 28.44%
Nathaniel J. Lord (Democratic) 5.57%
George Hood (Unknown) 0.59%

|- ! | Nathaniel P. Banks | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Know Nothing. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Nathaniel P. Banks (Know Nothing) 73.22%
Luther Bell (Whig) 20.35%
Bowen Buckman (Democratic) 6.01%
Scattering 0.43%

|- ! | Tappan Wentworth | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Chauncey L. Knapp (Know Nothing) 62.80%
Tappan Wentworth (Whig) 31.88%
Daniel Needham (Democratic) 5.32%

|- ! | Alexander DeWitt | | Free Soil | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected as a Know Nothing. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Alexander DeWitt (Know Nothing) 76.97%
Isaac Davis (Democratic) 13.36%
Ira M. Barton (Whig) 7.45%
Alfred Mowrey (Unknown) 1.42%
William P. Marble (Unknown) 0.46%
Scattering 0.34%

|- ! | Edward Dickinson | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry Morris (Know Nothing) 65.35%
Edward Dickinson (Whig) 23.33%
Stephen C. Bemis (Democratic) 11.32%

|- ! | John Z. Goodrich | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Mark Trafton (Know Nothing) 50.52%
John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 30.42%
Whiting Griswold (Democratic) 19.06%

Michigan

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

|- ! | David Stuart | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William A. Howard (Republican) 53.10%
David Stuart (Democratic) 46.90%

|- ! | David A. Noble | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry Waldron (Republican) 57.67%
David A. Noble (Democratic) 42.33%

|- ! | Samuel Clark | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David S. Walbridge (Republican) 55.83%
Samuel Clark (Democratic) 44.17%

|- ! | Hestor L. Stevens | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

George W. Peck (Democratic) 53.25%
Moses Wisner (Republican) 46.75%

Mississippi

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi

|- ! | Daniel B. Wright | | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 55.53%
J. H. Taylor (Know Nothing) 44.47%

|- ! | William S. Barry | | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Hendley S. Bennett (Democratic) 51.64%
L. E. Houston (Know Nothing) 48.36%

|- ! | William Barksdale Redistricted from the | | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

William Barksdale (Democratic) 55.48%
Joseph B. Cobb (Know Nothing) 44.52%

|- ! | Otho R. Singleton Redistricted from the | | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

William A. Lake (Know Nothing) 50.76%
Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 49.24%

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

John A. Quitman (Democratic) 59.31%
Giles M. Hillyer (Know Nothing) 40.69%

Missouri

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

|- ! | Thomas H. Benton | | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Luther M. Kennett (Whig) 52.45%
Thomas H. Benton (Benton Democratic) 44.39%
Trusten Polk (Anti-Benton Democratic) 3.17%

|- ! | Alfred W. Lamb | | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Gilchrist Porter (Whig) 54.29%
Tully Cornick (Benton Democratic) 45.71%

|- ! | James J. Lindley | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James J. Lindley (Whig) 52.46%
Augustus W. Fournoy (Democratic) 47.54%

|- ! | Mordecai Oliver | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Mordecai Oliver (Whig) 41.95%
S. L. Leonard (Anti-Benton Democratic) 34.21%
Shelton J. Howe (Benton Democratic) 19.08%
J. F. Pitt (Independent Whig) 4.76%

|- ! | John G. Miller | | Whig | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John G. Miller (Whig) 46.16%
Thomas L. Price (Benton Democratic) 35.43%
Warwick Hough (Anti-Benton Democratic) 18.40%

|- ! | John S. Phelps | | Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John S. Phelps (Anti-Benton Democratic) 51.07%
Waldo P. Johnson (Benton Democratic) 48.93%

|- ! | Samuel Caruthers | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel Caruthers (Whig) 58.85%
Charles Jones (Democratic) 41.15%

New Hampshire

Main article: 1855 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire

|- ! | George W. Kittredge | | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James Pike (Know Nothing) 56.29%
George W. Kittredge (Democratic) 43.71%

|- ! | George W. Morrison | | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Mason Tappan (Know Nothing) 58.37%
George W. Morrison (Democratic) 41.63%

|- ! | Harry Hibbard | | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Aaron H. Cragin (Know Nothing) 58.40%
William P. Wheeler (Democratic) 41.60%

New Jersey

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey

|- ! | Nathan T. Stratton | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Isaiah D. Clawson (Whig) 42.94%
Thomas W. Mulford (Democratic) 30.02%
John W. Hazelton (Temperance) 27.05%

|- ! | Charles Skelton | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

George R. Robbins (Whig) 57.56%
Nathaniel S. Rue (Democratic) 42.44%

|- ! | Samuel Lilly | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

James Bishop (Whig) 54.35%
Samuel Lilly (Democratic) 45.65%

|- ! | George Vail | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

George Vail (Democratic) 51.65%
Peter Osborne (Independent Anti-Nebraska) 48.35%

|- ! | Alexander C. M. Pennington | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Alexander C. M. Pennington (Whig) 54.42%
John Darcy (Democratic) 45.58%

New York

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

|- ! | James Maurice | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

William Valk (Know Nothing) 30.97%
Daniel B. Allen (Hard Shell Democratic) 20.34%
Harvey W. Vail (Whig) 19.67%
Frederick Lord (Soft Shell Democratic) 16.36%
Gabriel P. Disosway (Temperance) 12.05%
Scattering 0.62% |- ! | Thomas W. Cumming | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
James S. T. Stranahan (Whig) 50.98%
George Taylor (Democratic) 49.02% |- ! | Hiram Walbridge | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Guy R. Pelton (Whig; Know Nothing) 49.06%
George D. Clinton (Hard Shell Democratic) 30.70%
William Miner (Soft Shell Democratic) 20.24% |- ! | Michael Walsh | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
John Kelly (Soft Shell Democratic) 40.54%
Michael Walsh (Hard Shell Democratic) 40.30%
Sanford L. Macomber (Whig) 10.89%
John W. Boyce (Know Nothing; Independent Whig) 8.27% |- ! | William M. Tweed | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Thomas R. Whitney (Know Nothing; Whig) 30.86%
George H. Andrews (Whig) 25.71%
Phillip Hamilton (Hard Shell Democratic) 25.26%
Abraham J. Berry (Soft Shell Democratic) 18.16% |- ! | John Wheeler | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
John Wheeler (Hard Shell Democratic) 46.30%
John M. Murphy (Soft Shell Democratic) 22.99%
Charles H. Marshall (Whig) 20.47%
Charles D. Mead (Independent Democrat) 10.24% |- ! | William A. Walker | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Thomas Child Jr. (Whig; Know Nothing) 56.29%
William D. Kennedy (Democratic) 43.71% |- ! | Francis B. Cutting | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Abram Wakeman (Whig) 51.87%
James L. Curtis (Hard Shell Democratic) 32.52%
Edward B. Fellows (Soft Shell Democratic) 15.61% |- ! |Jared V. Peck | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Bayard Clarke (Know Nothing; Whig) 59.56%
Benjamin Brandreth (Hard Shell Democratic) 17.64%
James R. Whiting (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.04%
Jared V. Peck (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 2.95%
Benjamin V. Bailey (Independent) 2.82% |- ! | William Murray | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Ambrose S. Murray (Whig) 44.05%
Charles S. Woodworth (Hard Shell Democratic) 38.59%
Jonathan Stratton (Soft Shell Democratic) 17.36% |- ! | Theodoric R. Westbrook | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Rufus H. King (Whig) 62.98%
Elisha P. Strong (Democratic) 37.02% |- ! | Isaac Teller | | Whig | 1854 (special) | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Killian Miller (Whig) 51.07%
Hugh McClelland (Soft Shell Democratic) 33.78%
William H. Wilson (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.16% |- ! | Russell Sage | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Russell Sage (Whig) 63.22%
Henry A. Clum (Soft Shell Democratic) 18.86%
Alanson Cook (Hard Shell Democratic) 17.92% |- ! | Rufus W. Peckham | |Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Samuel Dickson (Whig) 30.91%
John W. Harcourt (Know Nothing) 28.45%
John V. L. Pruyn (Soft Shell Democratic) 25.61%
Hamilton David (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.03% |- ! | Charles Hughes | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Edward Dodd (Whig) 37.57%
Orville Clark (Hard Shell Democratic) 35.34%
Charles Hughes (Soft Shell Democratic) 13.73%
James M. Andrews (Temperance) 13.36% |- ! | George A. Simmons | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
George A. Simmons (Whig) 48.18%
Jerome B. Bailey (Know Nothing) 27.06%
Gorton T. Thomas (Soft Shell Democratic) 15.02%
Joseph R. Flanders (Hard Shell Democratic) 9.75% |- ! | Bishop Perkins | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Francis E. Spinner (Soft Shell Democratic) 50.62%
Henry P. Alexander (Whig) 36.00%
Nathaniel S. Benton (Hard Shell Democratic) 13.38% |- ! | Peter Rowe | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Thomas R. Horton (Whig) 51.32%
Isaac Jackson (Democratic) 48.68% |- ! |George W. Chase | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Jonas A. Hughston (Whig) 43.25%
Lewis R. Palmer (Soft Shell Democratic) 41.33%
William B. Hawes (Free Soil) 8.59%
Hezekiah Sturgis (Hard Shell Democratic) 6.84% |- ! | Orsamus B. Matteson | |Whig | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
1848
1850 (retired)
1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Orsamus B. Matteson (Whig) 38.16%
William C. Johnson (Soft Shell Democratic) 30.40%
Benjamin N. Huntington (Independent Whig) 27.98%
Nasman W. Moore (Soft Shell Democratic) 3.46% |- ! | Henry Bennett | |Whig | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Henry Bennett (Whig) 56.03%
Edward Tompkins (Hard Shell Democratic) 32.04%
Oliver C. Crocker (Soft Shell Democratic) 11.93% |- ! | Gerrit Smith | | Free Soil | 1852 | | Incumbent resigned August 7, 1854. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Andrew Z. McCarty (Whig) 32.19%
Leander Babcock (Soft Shell Democratic) 27.50%
Charles G. Case (Free Soil) 21.24%
William Lewis (Hard Shell Democratic) 19.08% |- ! | Caleb Lyon | | Independent | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
William A. Gilbert (Whig) 46.35%
Willard Ives (Soft Shell Democratic) 41.86%
Lysander Brown (Hard Shell Democratic) 11.22%
Reuben Goodale (Radical Abolitionist) 0.58% |- ! | Daniel T. Jones | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Amos P. Granger (Whig) 37.50%
Thomas G. Alvord (Soft Shell Democratic) 32.08%
B. Davis Noxon (Know Nothing) 26.62%
Sanford Parker (Hard Shell Democratic) 3.80% |- ! | Edwin B. Morgan | | Whig | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Edwin B. Morgan (Whig) 48.35%
George H. Middleton (Soft Shell Democratic) 43.50%
William F. Aldrich (Hard Shell Democratic) 8.15% |- ! | Andrew Oliver | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Andrew Oliver (Soft Shell Democratic) 47.74%
James M. Seeley (Whig) 37.06%
Thomas M. Howell (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.20% |- ! | John J. Taylor | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
John M. Parker (Whig) 61.27%
John G. McDowell (Soft Shell Democratic) 26.45%
Stephen B. Cushing (Hard Shell Democratic) 12.28% |- ! | George Hastings | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
William H. Kelsey (Whig) 68.90%
George Hastings (Soft Shell Democratic) 27.72%
Leman Gibbs (Hard Shell Democratic) 3.38% |- ! | Davis Carpenter | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
John Williams (D-SS; KN) 47.94%
Davis Carpenter (Whig) 36.13%
Joseph Sibley (Hard Shell Democratic) 15.94% |- ! | Benjamin Pringle | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Benjamin Pringle (Whig) 57.59%
Albert P. Laning (Soft Shell Democratic) 23.62%
Charles W. Belden (Hard Shell Democratic) 14.59%
Nathan V. Hull (Free Soil) 4.19% |- ! | Thomas T. Flagler | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Thomas T. Flagler (Whig) 76.63%
Alden S. Blair (Democratic) 13.12%
Edward J. Chase (Free Soil) 10.25% |- ! | Solomon G. Haven | | Whig | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Solomon G. Haven (Whig) 59.21%
Israel T. Hatch (Soft Shell Democratic) 35.15%
Nelson Randall (Hard Shell Democratic) 5.64% |- ! | Reuben Fenton | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|
Francis S. Edwards (Know Nothing) 55.49%
Reuben Fenton (Soft Shell Democratic) 42.47%
Ebenezer A. Lester (Hard Shell Democratic) 1.64%
George W. Patterson (Whig) 0.40% |}

North Carolina

|- ! | Henry M. Shaw | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Robert Treat Paine (Know Nothing) 51.71%
Henry M. Shaw (Democratic) 48.29%

|- ! | Thomas Hart Ruffin | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas Hart Ruffin (Democratic) 66.05%
Thomas J. Latham (Know Nothing) 33.95%

|- ! | William S. Ashe | | Democratic | 1849 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Warren Winslow (Democratic) 54.94%
David Reid (Know Nothing) 45.06%

|- ! | Sion H. Rogers | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (Democratic) 61.67%
James B. Shepard (Know Nothing) 38.33%

|- ! | John Kerr Jr. | | Whig | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Edwin Godwin Reade (Know Nothing) 65.28%
John Kerr Jr. (Whig) 34.72%

|- ! | Richard C. Puryear | | Whig | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Richard C. Puryear (Whig) 51.44%
Alfred Moore Scales (Democratic) 48.56%

|- ! | F. Burton Craige | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

F. Burton Craige (Democratic) 62.17%
Samuel N. Stowe (Know Nothing) 37.83%

|- ! | Thomas L. Clingman | | Democratic | 1843 1845 (lost) 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{plainlist |

Thomas L. Clingman (Democratic) 55.10%
Leander B. Carmichael (Know Nothing) 44.90%

Ohio

|- ! | David T. Disney | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Timothy C. Day (Anti-Nebraska) 63.46%
George H. Pendleton (Democratic) 36.54%

|- ! | John Scott Harrison | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Scott Harrison (Anti-Nebraska) 66.03%
William S. Groesbeck (Democratic) 33.97%

|- ! | Lewis D. Campbell | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lewis D. Campbell (Anti-Nebraska) 58.25%
Clement Vallandigham (Democratic) 41.75%

|- ! | Matthias H. Nichols | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Matthias H. Nichols (Anti-Nebraska) 70.19%
G. V. Dorsey (Democratic) 29.81%

|- ! | Alfred Edgerton | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Richard Mott (Anti-Nebraska) 61.62%
Henry S. Cowager (Democratic) 38.38%

|- ! | Andrew Ellison | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jonas R. Emrie (Anti-Nebraska) 65.04%
Andrew Ellison (Democratic) 34.96%

|- ! | Aaron Harlan | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Aaron Harlan (Anti-Nebraska) 81.14%
Benjamin B. Hinkson (Democratic) 18.86%

|- ! | Moses Bledso Corwin | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benjamin Stanton (Anti-Nebraska) 75.84%
Enoch G. Dial (Democratic) 23.10%
J. Newell (Unknown) 1.06%

|- ! | Frederick W. Green | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Cooper K. Watson (Anti-Nebraska) 59.92%
Josiah S. Plants (Democratic) 40.08%

|- ! | John L. Taylor | | Democratic | 1846 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Oscar F. Moore (Anti-Nebraska) 65.32%
James W. Davis (Democratic) 34.68%

|- ! | Thomas Ritchey | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Valentine B. Horton (Anti-Nebraska) 58.70%
Lot L. Smith (Democratic) 41.30%

|- ! | Edson B. Olds | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel Galloway (Anti-Nebraska) 60.28%
Edson B. Olds (Democratic) 39.72%

|- ! | William D. Lindsley | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Sherman (Anti-Nebraska) 59.80%
William D. Lindsley (Democratic) 40.21%

|- ! | Harvey H. Johnson | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Philemon Bliss (Anti-Nebraska) 59.26%
Harvey H. Johnson (Democratic) 40.74%

|- ! | William R. Sapp | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William R. Sapp (Anti-Nebraska) 58.99%
William Dunbar (Democratic) 41.02%

|- ! | Edward Ball | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward Ball (Anti-Nebraska) 58.89%
William Galligher (Democratic) 41.11%

|- ! | Wilson Shannon | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles J. Albright (Anti-Nebraska) 58.07%
Daniel H. Wire (Democratic) 41.93%

|- ! | George Bliss | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benjamin F. Leiter (Anti-Nebraska) 63.36%
Ebenezer Spaulding (Democratic) 36.64%

|- ! | Edward Wade | | Free Soil | 1852 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Edward Wade (Anti-Nebraska) 71.07%
Eli T. Wilder (Democratic) 28.42%
Irad Kelly (Independent) 0.51%

|- ! | Joshua Reed Giddings | | Free Soil | 1843 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Joshua Reed Giddings (Anti-Nebraska)

|- ! | Andrew Stuart | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Bingham (Anti-Nebraska)

Pennsylvania

Main article: 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania elected its members on October 10, 1854.

|- ! | Thomas B. Florence | | Democratic | 1848 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas B. Florence (Democratic) 51.77%
Edward J. Morris (Whig) 48.23%

|- ! | Joseph R. Chandler | | Whig | 1848 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Job R. Tyson (Whig) 54.63%
John Hamilton (Democratic) 33.82%
Joseph R. Chandler (Independent Whig) 11.56%

|- ! | John Robbins | | Democratic | 1848 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Millward (Whig) 51.59%
James Landy (Democratic) 48.41%

|- ! | William Henry Witte | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jacob Broom (Know Nothing) 49.63%
Henry Myer Phillips (Democratic) 44.08%
John Lambert (Whig) 6.29%

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

John Cadwalader (Democratic) 50.03%
Nathan A. Jones (Whig) 49.97%

|- ! | William Everhart | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Hickman (Democratic) 58.97%
John M. Broomall (Whig) 41.03%

|- ! | Samuel A. Bridges | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel C. Bradshaw (Whig) 51.03%
Samuel A. Bridges (Democratic) 48.97%

|- ! | J. Glancy Jones | | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

J. Glancy Jones (Democratic) 59.77%
John C. Myers (Whig) 40.23%

|- ! | Isaac E. Hiester | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Anthony E. Roberts (Independent Whig) 39.37%
Isaac E. Hiester (Whig) 33.79%
Joseph S. Lefevre (Democratic) 26.84%

|- ! | Ner Middleswarth | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John C. Kunkel (Whig) 55.99%
Amos Boughter (Democratic) 43.01%
George A. Seiler (Unknown) 0.99%

|- ! | Christian M. Straub | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James H. Campbell (Whig) 38.87%
William L. Dewart (Democratic) 36.68%
Joseph W. Cake (Democratic) 21.90%
Kimber Klever (Know Nothing) 2.56%

|- ! | Hendrick B. Wright | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Henry M. Fuller (Whig) 56.26%
Hendrick B. Wright (Democratic) 43.74%

|- ! | Asa Packer | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Asa Packer (Democratic) 58.67%
Edward F. Stewart (Whig) 41.33%

|- ! | Galusha A. Grow | | Democratic | 1850 | |Incumbent re-elected as a Free Soil Democrat. Free Soil Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Galusha A. Grow (Free Soil Democratic) 95.22%
Jim Grow (Unknown) 4.56%
Olin L. Hawley (Unknown) 0.23%

|- ! | James Gamble | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John J. Pearce (Whig) 55.90%
Allison White (Democratic) 44.10%

|- ! | William H. Kurtz | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lemuel Todd (Whig) 51.65%
J. Ellis Booham (Democratic) 48.35%

|- ! | Samuel L. Russell | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David F. Robison (Whig) 51.71%
Wilson Reilly (Democratic) 48.29%

|- ! | John McCulloch | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John R. Edie (Whig) 72.36%
Jacob Croswell (Independent Whig) 27.64%

|- ! | Augustus Drum | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Covode (Whig) 58.67%
Augustus Drum (Democratic) 41.33%

|- ! | John L. Dawson | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Jonathan Knight (Whig) 56.46%
William Montgomery (Democratic) 43.54%

|- ! | David Ritchie | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David Ritchie (Whig) 64.85%
Charles Shaler (Democratic) 35.15%

|- ! | Thomas M. Howe | | Whig | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel A. Purviance (Whig) 58.71%
Orrin D. Palmer (Democratic) 37.97%
I.T. Robinson (Know Nothing) 1.86%
I.G. Bruning (Democratic) 1.26%
Neville B. Craig (Unknown) 0.20%

|- ! | Michael C. Trout | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Allison (Whig) 60.15%
Michael C. Trout (Democratic) 39.85%

|- ! | Carlton Brandage Curtis | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

David Barclay (Democratic) 73.34%
Richard Arthurs (Independent Democrat) 26.25%
Carlton B. Curtis (Unknown) 0.41%

|- ! | John Dick | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John Dick (Whig) 100.0%

Rhode Island

|- ! | Thomas Davis | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Nathan B. Durfee (Know Nothing)
Thomas Davis (Democratic)

|- ! | Benjamin B. Thurston | | Democratic | 1851 | | Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Benjamin B. Thurston (Know Nothing)

South Carolina

|- ! | John McQueen | | Democratic | 1849 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John McQueen (Democratic) 67.44%
I. D. Wilson (Unknown) 32.56%

|- ! | William Aiken Jr. | | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William Aiken Jr. (Democratic) 96.44%
W. C. Clayton (Unknown) 3.56%

|- ! | Laurence M. Keitt | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Laurence M. Keitt (Democratic) 100.0%
unopposed

|- ! | Preston Brooks | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Preston Brooks (Democratic) 66.84%
A. C. Garlington (Unknown) 33.16%

|- ! | James L. Orr | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

James L. Orr (Democratic) 100.00%
unopposed

|- ! | William W. Boyce | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William W. Boyce (Democratic) 100.0%
unopposed

Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 2, 1855.

|- ! | Nathaniel G. Taylor | | Whig | 1854 (special) | |Incumbent lost re-election as a Know Nothing. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Albert G. Watkins (Democratic) 50.32%
Nathaniel G. Taylor (Know Nothing) 48.57%
A. G. Graham (Unknown) 1.11%

|- ! | | William M. Churchwell | | Democratic | 1851 | |Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

William H. Sneed (Know Nothing) 52.15%
David H. Cummins (Democratic) 47.85%

|- ! | Samuel A. Smith | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Samuel A. Smith (Democratic) 51.78%
Josiah M. Anderson (Know Nothing) 48.22%

|- ! | William Cullom | | Whig | 1851 | |Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John H. Savage (Democratic) 51.96%
William Cullom (Know Nothing) 48.04%

|- ! | Charles Ready | | Whig | 1853 | |Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles Ready (Know Nothing) 91.79%
Edwin A. Keeble (Democratic) 8.21%

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

George W. Jones (Democratic) 66.63%
Powhatan Gordon (Know Nothing) 33.37%

|- ! | Robert M. Bugg | | Whig | 1853 | |Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

John V. Wright (Democratic) 57.24%
William Kendrick (Know Nothing) 42.76%

|- ! | Felix Zollicoffer | | Whig | 1853 | |Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Felix Zollicoffer (Know Nothing) 58.89%
Granville C. Torbett (Democratic) 41.11%

|- ! | Emerson Etheridge | | Whig | 1853 | |Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Emerson Etheridge (Know Nothing) 51.82%
Thomas J. Freeman (Democratic) 48.18%

|- ! | Frederick P. Stanton | | Democratic | 1845 | |Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas Rivers (Know Nothing) 53.29%
David M. Currin (Democratic) 46.71%

Texas

|- ! | George W. Smyth | | Democratic | 1853 | | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Lemuel D. Evans (Know Nothing) 50.10%
Matthias Ward (Democratic) 49.90%

|- ! | Peter Hansborough Bell | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Peter H. Bell (Democratic) 60.76%
John Hancock (Know Nothing) 39.24%

Vermont

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

James Meacham (Whig) 71.1%
Solomon W. Jewett (Democratic) 28.6%

|- ! | Andrew Tracy | | Whig | 1852 | | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Justin S. Morrill (Whig) 50.6%
J. W. Parker (Democratic) 35.7%
Oscar L. Shafter (Free Soil) 13.7%

|- ! | Alvah Sabin | | Whig | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Alvah Sabin (Whig) 68.2%
William Heywood (Democratic) 31.4%

Virginia

|- ! | Thomas H. Bayly | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 84.5%
Robert L. Montague (Independent) 10.2% |- ! | John Millson | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
John Millson (Democratic) 53.3%
[FNU] Watts (Know Nothing) 46.7% |- ! | John S. Caskie | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
John S. Caskie (Democratic) 52.1%
William C. Scott (Know Nothing) 47.9% |- ! | William Goode | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
William Goode (Democratic) 61.3%
Littleton Tazewell (Know Nothing) 38.7% |- ! | Thomas S. Bocock | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 57.3%
Nathaniel C. Claiborne (Know Nothing) 42.7% |- ! | Paulus Powell | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Paulus Powell (Democratic) 56.7%
[FNU] Ligon (Know Nothing) 43.3% |- ! | William Smith | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
William Smith (Democratic) 78.0%
P. Johnson Barbour (Independent) 13.8%
David Funsten (Independent) 8.2% |- ! | Charles J. Faulkner | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Charles J. Faulkner (Democratic) 50.7%
Alexander Boteler (Know Nothing) 49.3% |- ! | John Letcher | | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
John Letcher (Democratic) 98.1%
Alexander H. H. Stuart (Know Nothing) 1.9% |- ! | Zedekiah Kidwell | | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Zedekiah Kidwell (Democratic) 54.5%
William K. Pendleton (Know Nothing) 45.5% |- ! | Charles S. Lewis | | Democratic | 1854 (special) | | Incumbent lost re-election. Know Nothing gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
John S. Carlile (Know Nothing) 51.2%
Charles S. Lewis (Democratic) 48.8% |- ! | Henry A. Edmundson | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Henry A. Edmundson (Democratic) 54.0%
Waller R. Staples (Know Nothing) 46.0% |- ! | Fayette McMullen | | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |
Fayette McMullen (Democratic) 59.2%
[FNU] Trigg (Know Nothing) 40.8% |}

Wisconsin

|- ! | Daniel Wells Jr. | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Daniel Wells Jr. (Democratic) 54.6%
Wyman Spooner (Republican) 45.4%

|- ! | Ben C. Eastman | | Democratic | 1850 | | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Cadwallader C. Washburn (Republican) 59.5%
Otis Hoyt (Democratic) 39.8%
David Taylor (Independent) 0.7%

|- ! | John B. Macy | | Democratic | 1852 | | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist |

Charles Billinghurst (Republican) 55.9%
John B. Macy (Democratic) 36.0%
Harvey G. Turner (Independent) 8.1%

Non-voting delegates

33rd Congress

|- ! | | New seat. Pro-Slavery gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John W. Whitfield (Pro-Slavery) 79.70%
Robert P. Flenniken (Independent) 10.76%
John A. Wakefield (Free State) 8.75%
John B. Chapman (Unknown) 0.56%
Scattering 0.21%

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

Napoleon B. Giddings (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 47.66%
Hadley D. Johnson (Democratic) 33.50%
Bird B. Chapman (Democratic) 14.41%
Joseph Dyson (Democratic) 2.65%
Abner W. Hollister (Unknown) 1.77%

34th Congress

|- ! rowspan=2 | | Incumbent re-elected. Incumbent subsequently unseated. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

John W. Whitfield (Pro-Slavery) 99.38%
Scattering 0.62%

|- | | Incumbent did not contest. Free State gain. Winner subsequently not seated. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Andrew H. Reeder (Free State) 100.00%

|- ! | Henry M. Rice | | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Henry M. Rice (Democratic) 46.00%
William R. Marshall (Republican) 32.46%
David Olmsted (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 21.54%

|- ! | Napoleon B. Giddings | | Anti-Nebraska Democratic | 1854 | | Incumbent retired. Nebraska gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|

Bird B. Chapman (Nebraska) 50.79%
Hiram P. Bennet (Anti-Nebraska) 49.21%

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

Joseph Lane (Democratic) 61.04%
John P. Gaines (Know Nothing) 38.96%

Notes

References

Bibliography

Primary sources

Secondary sources

References

Nevins, Allan. (1947). "Ordeal of the Union, Volume II: A House Dividing 1852-1857". [[Charles Scribner's Sons.
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"Virginia Elections Database » Virginia Election Results and Statistics".
"Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results". Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
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