1842 and 1843 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 28th Congress were held during President John Tyler's term at various dates in different states between August 1842 and February 1844.[lower-alpha 1]
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After Whig President William Henry Harrison died within a month of taking office, his successor as President, John Tyler was only nominally a Whig who had not been properly validated for alignment to Whig policy. Effectively an independent, Tyler was disliked by politicians and was unpopular with voters of both parties, leaving the Whigs unexpectedly leaderless and in visible disarray.
Despite the improving economy, rural voters favored Democrats, again rejecting Whig economic nationalism. The Whig Party lost 69 seats and their sizeable majority from the 1840 election, almost half their House delegation (one of the Whigs who won re-election was William Wright of New Jersey, elected as an "Independent Whig"[1] [2]).
The Democrats won a majority, flipping 48 Whig seats (this includes Henry Nes of Pennsylvania, elected as an Independent Democrat[1][lower-alpha 5]). In Rhode Island, the Law and Order Party, formed in response to the Dorr Rebellion, won two seats.
Apportionment Act of 1842
Apportionment was based on the Census of 1840 and was unusual in that the number of House seats was decreased, from 242 to 223: [4] this came after the Apportionment Act of 1842 mandated that all members be elected from single-member contiguous districts, thus abolishing plural districts and at-large districts.[5] Four states that did not comply with this new law delayed redistricting under a grandfather clause.
Election summaries
| 148 | 2 | 73 |
| Democratic | [lower-alpha 6] | Whig |
| State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic | Whig | Law and Order | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | |||
| Missouri | At-large | August 1, 1842 | 5 |  3 |
5 | 3 |
0 |  |
0 | |
| Tennessee | District | August 3, 1842 | 11 |  2 |
6 | 1 |
5 | 3 |
0 | |
| Illinois | District | August 7, 1842 | 7 | 4 |
6 | 4 |
1 | |
0 | |
| Arkansas | At-large | October 3, 1842 | 1 | |
1 | |
0 | |
0 | |
| Georgia | At-large | October 3, 1842 | 8 | 1 |
8 | 8 |
0 | 9 |
0 | |
| New Jersey | District[lower-alpha 7] | October 8, 1842 | 5 | 1 |
4 | 4 |
1[lower-alpha 8] | 5 |
0 | |
| Delaware | At-large | November 8, 1842 | 1 | |
0 | |
1 | |
0 | |
| New York | District | November 8, 1842 | 34 | 6 |
24 | 4 |
10 | 10 |
0 | |
| Massachusetts | District | November 14, 1842[lower-alpha 9] | 10 | 2 |
2 | 1 |
8 | 3 |
0 | |
| South Carolina | District | February 20–21, 1843 | 7 | 2 |
7 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
0 | |
| New Hampshire | At-large | March 3, 1843 | 4 | 1 |
4 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Late elections after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term | ||||||||||
| Connecticut | District | April 5, 1843 | 4 | 2 |
4 | 4 |
0 | 6 |
0 | |
| Virginia | District | April 27, 1843 | 15 | 6 |
12 | 2 |
3 | 8 |
0 | |
| Louisiana | District | July 3–5, 1843 | 4 | 1 |
4 | 3 |
0 | 2 |
0 | |
| North Carolina | District | August 3, 1843 | 9 | 4 |
5 | |
4 | 4 |
0 | |
| Alabama | District | August 7, 1843 | 7 | 2 |
6 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
0 | |
| Indiana | District | August 7, 1843 | 10 | 3 |
8 | 7 |
2 | 4 |
0 | |
| Kentucky | District | August 7, 1843 | 10 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
5 | 6 |
0 | |
| Rhode Island | District[lower-alpha 7] | August 29, 1843 | 2 | |
0 | |
0 | 2 |
2 | 2 |
| Vermont | District | September 5, 1843 | 4 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
3 | 2 |
0 | |
| Maine | District | September 11, 1843 | 7 | 1 |
5 | 1 |
2 | 2 |
0 | |
| Ohio | District | October 10, 1843 | 21 | 2 |
12 | 5 |
9 | 3 |
0 | |
| Pennsylvania | District | October 10, 1843 | 24 | 4 |
12[lower-alpha 10] | 3 |
12 | 1 |
0 | |
| Mississippi | At-large | November 6–7, 1843 | 4 | 2 |
4 | 2 |
0 | |
0 | |
| Michigan | District[lower-alpha 7] | November 8, 1843 | 3 | 2 |
3 | 3 |
0 | 1 |
0 | |
| Maryland | District | February 14, 1844 | 6 | 2 |
0 | 2 |
6 | |
0 | |
| Total | 223 | 19 |
148[lower-alpha 10] 66.4% |
50 |
73[lower-alpha 8] 32.7% |
71 |
2 0.9% |
2 | ||
Special elections
27th Congress
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Massachusetts 1 | Robert C. Winthrop | Whig | 1840 (Special) | Incumbent resigned May 25, 1842 due to the death of his wife. New member elected June 3, 1842. Whig hold. Successor would later resign and be replaced by his predecessor, see below. |
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| Massachusetts 1 | Nathan Appleton | Whig | 1830 1832 (Retired) 1842 (Special) |
Incumbent resigned September 28, 1842. New member elected November 14, 1842. Whig hold. Successor also elected the same day to the next term, see below. |
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28th Congress
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Massachusetts 10 | Barker Burnell | Whig | 1840 | Incumbent died June 15, 1843. New member elected November 13, 1843. Whig hold. Successor seated December 7, 1843. |
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Alabama
Alabama gained 2 seats, going from 5 to 7 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term. In the 1841 elections, Alabama briefly used at-large general-ticket elections, but in these elections it returned to districts.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Alabama 1 | Benjamin Glover Shields (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Whig gain. |
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| Alabama 2 | New seat | New seat. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| Alabama 3 | Dixon Hall Lewis (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Democratic | 1829 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Alabama 4 | William Winter Payne (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Alabama 5 | George S. Houston (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Alabama 6 | Reuben Chapman (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Democratic | 1835 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Alabama 7 | Open seat | New seat. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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Arkansas
Arkansas stayed at 1 seat, electing its one member at-large October 3, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Arkansas at-large | Edward Cross | Democratic | 1838 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Connecticut
Connecticut lost 2 seats, reduced from 6 to 4 members. Elections were held April 5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1843.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Connecticut 1 | Joseph Trumbull | Whig | 1834 (Special) 1835 (Lost) 1839 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| John H. Brockway Redistricted from the 6th district |
Whig | 1839 | Incumbent retired. Whig loss. | ||
| Connecticut 2 | William Boardman | Whig | 1840 (Special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| Connecticut 3 | Thomas W. Williams | Whig | 1839 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| Truman Smith Redistricted from the 5th district |
Whig | 1839 | Incumbent retired. Whig loss. | ||
| Connecticut 4 | Thomas B. Osborne | Whig | 1839 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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Delaware
Delaware stayed at 1 seat, electing its one member at-large November 8, 1842.
The election was decided by a nine-vote margin.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Delaware at-large | George B. Rodney | Whig | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Florida Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Georgia
Georgia lost 1 seat, going from 9 to 8 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket October 3, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Georgia at-large 8 at-large seats |
Mark A. Cooper | Democratic | 1841 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | Elected on a general ticket:
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| Thomas F. Foster | Whig | 1828 1834 (Lost) 1840 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
| Thomas B. King | Whig | 1838 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
| Roger L. Gamble | Whig | 1838 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
| James A. Meriwether | Whig | 1840 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
| Richard W. Habersham | Whig | 1838 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. Incumbent died December 2, 1842, leading to a special election. | ||
| Edward J. Black | Democratic | 1838 1840 (Lost) 1841 (Special) |
Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Walter T. Colquitt | Democratic | 1841 (Special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Illinois
Illinois gained 4 seats, going from 3 to 7 members. Elections were held August 7, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Illinois 1 | |||||
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Indiana
Indiana gained 3 seats, going from 7 to 10 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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Kentucky
Kentucky lost 3 seats, going from 13 to 10 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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Louisiana
Louisiana gained 1 seats, going from 3 to 4 members. Elections were held July 3–5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Louisiana 1 | |||||
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| Louisiana 4 | |||||
Maine
Maine lost 1 seat, going from 8 to 7 members. Elections were held September 11, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Maine 1 | |||||
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| Maine 7 | |||||
Maryland
Maryland lost 2 seats, going from 8 to 6 members. Elections were held February 14, 1844, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
Maryland's elections to the next Congress were held February 14, 1844, after the 1842–1843 election cycle was passed and almost after the next Congress completed.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts lost 2 seats, going from 12 to 10 members. Elections were held November 14, 1842, but some districts' elections stretched to multiple ballots into 1843 and very early 1844.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Massachusetts 1 | Nathan Appleton | Whig | 1830 1833 (Retired) 1842 (Special) |
Incumbent resigned September 28, 1842. New member elected. Whig hold. Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term, see above. |
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| Massachusetts 2 | Leverett Saltonstall I | Whig | 1838 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the fourth ballot. Whig hold. |
First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
Third ballot (April 3, 1843):
Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843):
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| Massachusetts 3 | Caleb Cushing | Whig | 1834 | Incumbent retired. New member elected on the seventh ballot. Whig hold. |
First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
Third ballot (April 3, 1843):
Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843):
Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843):
Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844):
Seventh ballot (January 29, 1844):
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| Massachusetts 4 | William Parmenter | Democratic | 1836 | Incumbent re-elected on the second ballot. | First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
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| Massachusetts 5 | Charles Hudson | Whig | 1841 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected on the third ballot. | First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
Third ballot (April 3, 1843):
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| Massachusetts 6 | Osmyn Baker | Whig | 1839 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected on the six ballot. | First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
Third ballot (April 3, 1843):
Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843):
Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843):
Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844):
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| Massachusetts 7 | George N. Briggs | Whig | 1833 | Incumbent retired. New member elected on the sixth ballot. Whig hold. |
First ballot (November 14, 1842):
Second ballot (February 13, 1843):
Third ballot (April 3, 1843):
Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843):
Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843):
Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844):
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| Massachusetts 8 | John Quincy Adams Redistricted from the 12th district |
Whig | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 9 | Nathaniel B. Borden Redistricted from the 10th district |
Democratic | 1834 1838 (Lost) 1841 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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| Massachusetts 10 | Barker Burnell Redistricted from the 11th district |
Whig | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan
Michigan gained 2 seats, going from 1 to 3 members. Elections were held from districts November 8, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term, having previously elected a single member at-large.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Michigan 1 | |||||
| Michigan 2 | |||||
| Michigan 3 | |||||
Mississippi
Mississippi gained 2 seats, going from 2 to 4 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket November 6–7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Mississippi at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
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Missouri
Missouri gained 3 seats, going from 2 to 5 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket August 1, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Missouri at-large 5 seats on a general ticket |
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire lost 1 seat, going from 5 to 4 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket March 3, 1843.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket |
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New Jersey
New Jersey lost 1 seats, going from 6 to 5 members. Elections were held from districts October 8, 1842, having previously elected them at-large.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| New Jersey 1 | Joseph Fitz Randolph Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| New Jersey 2 | John B. Aycrigg Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 1838 (Not seated[lower-alpha 11]) 1840 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| New Jersey 3 | William Halstead Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 1838 (Not seated[lower-alpha 11]) 1840 |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| New Jersey 4 | John Patterson Bryan Maxwell Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 1838 (Not seated[lower-alpha 11]) 1840 |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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| New Jersey 5 | Charles C. Stratton Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 1838 (Not seated[lower-alpha 11]) 1840 |
Incumbent retired. New member elected. Whig hold. |
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| Thomas Jones Yorke Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1836 1838 (Not seated[lower-alpha 11]) 1840 |
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Whig loss. | ||
New York
New York lost 6 seats, going from 40 to 34 members, but remaining the largest delegation. Its thirty-four members were elected November 8, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| New York 1 | |||||
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North Carolina
North Carolina lost 4 seats, going from 13 to 9 members. Elections were held August 3, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| North Carolina 1 | |||||
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Ohio
Ohio gained 2 seats, going from 19 to 21 members. Its twenty-one members were elected October 10, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Ohio 1 | |||||
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lost 4 seats, going from 28 to 24 members. Its twenty-four members were elected October 10, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Pennsylvania 1 | |||||
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| Pennsylvania 24 | |||||
Rhode Island
Rhode Island stayed at 2 seats, but elected its members from districts, having previously elected them at-large. Elections were held August 29, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Rhode Island 1 | Robert B. Cranston (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Whig | 1837 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. New member elected. Law and Order gain. |
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| Rhode Island 2 | Joseph L. Tillinghast (Redistricted from the at-large district) |
Whig | 1837 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Law and Order gain. |
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South Carolina
South Carolina lost 2 seats, going from 9 to 7 members. Elections were held February 20–21, 1843.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| South Carolina 1 | |||||
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Tennessee
Tennessee lost 2 seats, going from 13 to 11 members. Elections were held August 3, 1842.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Tennessee 1 | |||||
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Vermont
Vermont lost 1 seat, going from 5 to 4 members. Elections were held September 5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Vermont 1 | |||||
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| Vermont 4 | |||||
Virginia
Virginia lost 6 seats, going from 21 to 15 members. Elections were held April 27, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Virginia 1 | |||||
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Wisconsin Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Non-voting delegates
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Florida Territory at-large | |||||
| Iowa Territory at-large | Augustus C. Dodge | Democratic | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin Territory at-large | |||||
See also
Notes
- Elections in Maryland were held so late that they ran into 1844, as was at least one run-off election in Massachusetts, this article only includes elections during 1842 and 1843.
- Includes 4 elected as "Redemption" Democrats.
- Included 1 Independent Democrat.
- Includes 1 Independent and 1 Independent Whig.
- Dubin lists Nes as an "Independent" rather than as an Independent Democrat.[3]
- The Law and Order Party had 2 members
- Changed from at-large
- Includes 1 Independent Whig: William Wright who was elected in New Jersey's 5th congressional district.
- Run-off ballots in Massachusetts ran into 1843 and 1844 in some districts.
- Includes 1 Independent Democrat: Henry Nes who was elected in Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district.
- See the Broad Seal War
References
- Martis, p. 97.
- Dubin, p. 134.
- Dubin, p. 135.
- US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. "The Apportionment Act of 1842: Legal, When Convenient". history.house.gov. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- 5 Stat. 491
- "Our Campaigns - MA District 1 - Special Election Race - Jun 03, 1842". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
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