1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections

1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections
← 1856 & 1857 June 7, 1858 – December 1, 1859[a] 1860 & 1861 →
All 238 seats in the United States House of Representatives[1][2]
120 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Pennington Thomas Bocock
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Virginia 5th
Last election 90 seats 132 seats
Seats won 113 83[b]
Seat change Increase 23 Decrease 49
Popular vote 1,387,921 1,823,106
Percentage 36.59% 48.06%
Swing Decrease 0.39% Decrease 1.21%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Opposition Know Nothing
Last election new party 14 seats
Seats won 19[c] 5
Seat change Increase 19 Decrease 9
Popular vote 224,147 133,839
Percentage 5.91% 3.53%
Swing New Party[d] Decrease 11.68%
  Fifth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1 seat[e]
Seats won 15[f]
Seat change Increase 14
Popular vote 261,964[g]
Percentage 6.91%
Swing Increase 6.02%
Results
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
     Independent gain      Opposition gain
     Know Nothing hold
Speaker before election

James Orr
Democratic

Elected Speaker

William Pennington
Republican

The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 238 representatives were elected in the new state of Oregon, the pending new state of Kansas, and the other 32 states before the first session of the 36th United States Congress convened on December 5, 1859. They were held during President James Buchanan's term.

Winning a plurality for the first time, the Republicans benefited from multiple factors. These factors included the collapse of the nativist American Party, sectional strife in the Democratic Party, Northern voter dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's March 1857 Dred Scott decision, political exposure of Democrats to chaotic violence in Kansas amid repeated attempts to impose slavery against the express will of a majority of its settlers, and a sharp decline in President Buchanan's popularity due to his perceived fecklessness. In Pennsylvania, his home state, Republicans made particularly large gains.

The pivotal Dred Scott decision was only the second time the Supreme Court had overturned an Act of Congress on Constitutional grounds, after Marbury v. Madison. The decision created apprehension in the Northern United States, where slavery had ceased to exist, that the Supreme Court would strike down any limitations on slavery anywhere in the United States with a ruling in Lemmon v. New York.

Short of a majority, Republicans controlled the House with limited cooperation from smaller parties also opposing the Democrats. Republicans were united in opposing slavery in the territories and fugitive slave laws, while rejecting the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, key aspects of the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas–Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. Though not yet abolitionist, Republicans openly derived a primary partisan purpose from hostility to slavery while furnishing a mainstream platform for abolitionism. None of the party's views or positions was new. However, their catalytic cohesion into a unified political vehicle, and the bold dismissal of the South, represented a newly disruptive political force.

Democrats remained divided and politically trapped. Fifteen Democratic members publicly defied their party label. Of seven Independent Democrats, six represented Southern districts. Eight Northern anti-Lecompton Democrats favored a ban on slavery in Kansas, effectively upholding the Missouri Compromise their party had destroyed several years earlier. Democrats lacked credible leadership and continued to drift in a direction favorable to the interests of slavery despite obviously widening and intensifying Northern opposition to the expansion of those interests. A damaging public perception also existed that President Buchanan had improperly influenced and endorsed the Dred Scott decision, incorrectly believing that it had solved his main political problem. Such influence would violate the separation of powers. The wide gap between Democratic rhetoric and results alienated voters, while defeat in the North and intra-party defection combined to make the party both more Southern and more radical.

Democrats lost seats in some slave states as the disturbing turn of national events and surge in sectional tensions alarmed a significant minority of Southern voters. Southern politicians opposing both Democrats and extremism, but unwilling to affiliate with Republicans, ran on the Southern Opposition Party ticket (not to be conflated with the Opposition Party of 1854).[h]

For 11 states, this was the last full congressional election until the Reconstruction. Twenty-nine elected members quit near the end of the session following their states' secession from the Union, whose immediate motivation was the result of the presidential election of 1860.

Election summaries

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One seat each was added for the new states of Oregon[4] and Kansas.[5]

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98 5 19 116
Democratic KN Opp. Republican
State Type Date Total
seats 		Democratic[i] Know Nothing Opposition Republican
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Oregon [j] At-large June 7, 1858 1 1 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Arkansas Districts August 2, 1858 2 2 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Missouri Districts August 2, 1858 7 5[k] Steady 1 Decrease1 0 Steady 1 Increase1
Vermont Districts September 7, 1858 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
Maine Districts September 13, 1858 6 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 6 Steady
Florida At-large October 4, 1858 1 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
South Carolina Districts October 10–11, 1858 6 6 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Indiana Districts October 12, 1858 11 4[l] Decrease2 0 Steady 0 Steady 7 Increase2
Iowa Districts October 12, 1858 2 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Steady
Ohio Districts October 12, 1858 21 6 Decrease3 0 Steady 0 Steady 15 Increase3
Pennsylvania Districts October 12, 1858 25 5[m] Decrease10 0 Steady 0 Steady 20 Increase10
Delaware At-large November 2, 1858
(Election Day)[n] 		1 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Illinois Districts 9 5 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 4 Steady
Massachusetts Districts 11 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 11 Steady
Michigan Districts 4 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 4 Steady
New Jersey Districts 5 2[o] Decrease1 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Increase1
New York Districts 33 7[p] Decrease5 0 Steady 0 Steady 26 Increase5
Wisconsin Districts 3 1 Increase1 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Decrease1
Late elections (after the March 4, 1859 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire Districts March 8, 1859 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
Connecticut Districts April 4, 1859 4 0 Decrease2 0 Steady 0 Steady 4 Increase2
Rhode Island Districts April 7, 1859 2 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Steady
Virginia Districts May 26, 1859 13 12[q] Decrease1 0 Steady 1 Increase1 0 Steady
Alabama Districts August 1, 1859 7 7 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Kentucky Districts August 1, 1859 10 5 Decrease3 0 Decrease2 5 Increase5 0 Steady
Texas Districts August 1, 1859 2 2[r] Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
North Carolina Districts August 4, 1859 8 4 Decrease3 0 Decrease1 4 Increase4 0 Steady
Tennessee Districts August 4, 1859 10 3 Decrease4 0 Decrease3 7 Increase7 0 Steady
California At-large September 7, 1859 2 2 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Georgia Districts October 3, 1859 8 6 Steady 0 Decrease2 2 Increase2 0 Steady
Mississippi Districts October 3, 1859 5 5 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Minnesota At-large October 4, 1859 2 0 Decrease2 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Increase2
Louisiana Districts November 7, 1859 4 3 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Maryland Districts November 8, 1859 6 3 Steady 3 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Kansas [s] At-large December 1, 1859 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 1 Increase1
Total 238[t] 98[b]
41.4% 		Decrease35 5
2.1% 		Decrease9 19
8.0% 		Increase19 116
48.5% 		Increase26
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 48.06%
Republican
 
 36.59%
Opposition
 
 5.04%
Know Nothing
 
 3.53%
Whig
 
 0.87%
Independent
 
 6.91%
Others
 
 0.00%
House seats
Republican
 
 47.28%
Democratic
 
 34.72%
Opposition
 
 7.95%
Know Nothing
 
 2.09%
Whig
 
 1.67%
Independent
 
 6.28%

Maps

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  • District results by vote share
    District results by vote share


Special elections

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See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

There were special elections in 1858 and 1859 to the 35th United States Congress and 36th United States Congress.

Special elections are sorted by date then district.

35th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 7 Nathaniel P. Banks Republican 1852 Incumbent resigned December 24, 1857 to become Governor of Massachusetts.
New member elected in December 1857 or January 1858 and seated January 21, 1858.[7]
Republican hold.
Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below.
North Carolina 8 Thomas L. Clingman Democratic 1852 Incumbent resigned May 7, 1858 to become U.S. Senator.
New member elected August 5, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[7][8]
Know Nothing gain.
Winner later elected to the next term; see below.
Mississippi 5 John A. Quitman Democratic 1855 Incumbent died July 17, 1858.
New member elected October 4, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[7]
Democratic hold.
Winner later elected to the next term; see below.
Pennsylvania 8 J. Glancy Jones Democratic 1850 Incumbent resigned October 30, 1858.
New member elected November 30, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[7][9]
Republican gain.
Winner was not elected to the next term; see below.
Illinois 6 Thomas L. Harris Democratic 1854 Incumbent died November 24, 1858.
New member elected January 4, 1859 and seated January 20, 1859.[7]
Democratic hold.
Winner was not elected to the next term; see below.
New York 4 John Kelly Democratic 1854 Incumbent resigned December 25, 1858.
New member elected January 4, 1859 and seated January 17, 1859.[7][10]
Independent Democratic gain.
Winner was also elected to the next term; see below.

36th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Ohio 14 Cyrus Spink Republican 1858 Incumbent died May 31, 1859.
New member elected October 11, 1859 and seated December 5, 1859.[11]
Republican hold.
Virginia 4 William Goode Democratic 1853 Incumbent died May 31, 1859.
New member elected October 27, 1859 and seated December 7, 1859.[11]
Democratic hold.
Illinois 6 Thomas L. Harris Democratic 1854 Incumbent died November 24, 1858.
New member elected November 8, 1859 and seated December 5, 1859.[11]
Democratic hold.

Alabama

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See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[13]
Alabama 1 James A. Stallworth Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 2 Eli S. Shorter Democratic 1855 Incumbent retired. New member elected.

Incomplete Data

Alabama 3 James F. Dowdell Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired. New member elected.
  • ▌Green tickY David Clopton (Democratic) 50.79%
  • ▌Thomas J. Judge (Opposition) 49.21%
Alabama 4 Sydenham Moore Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.

Incomplete Data

Alabama 5 George S. Houston Democratic 1841
1849 (retired)
1851 		Incumbent re-elected.
Alabama 6 Williamson R. W. Cobb Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Williamson R. W. Cobb (Democratic) 54.98%
  • ▌Alex Snodgrass (Democratic) 20.26%
  • ▌Edwin Wallace (Democratic) 18.09%
  • ▌Henry R. Beaver (Democratic) 6.68%
Alabama 7 Jabez L. M. Curry Democratic 1857 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

Unopposed

Arkansas

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See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas and 1859 United States Senate election in Arkansas
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[14][15]
Arkansas 1 Alfred B. Greenwood Democratic 1853 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Arkansas 2 Albert Rust Democratic 1854 Incumbent re-elected.

California

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Main article: 1859 United States House of Representatives election in California
See also: List of United States representatives from California

California held its election September 7, 1859. From statehood to 1864, California's members were elected at-large, with the top finishers winning election.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
California at-large
2 seats on a general ticket 		Charles L. Scott Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected. Elected on a general ticket:
  • ▌Green tickY John C. Burch (Lecompton Democratic) 56.88%
  • ▌Green tickY Charles L. Scott (Lecompton Democratic) 55.89%
  • ▌Joseph C. McKibbin (Anti-Lecompton Democratic; Republican) 43.01%
  • ▌Edward D. Baker (Republican; Anti-Lecompton Democratic) 41%
  • ▌S. A. Booker (Anti-Lecompton Democratic) 2.94%
  • ▌P. H. Sibley (Republican) 0.29%
Joseph C. McKibbin Anti-Lecompton
Democratic 		1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic hold.

Connecticut

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See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[17][16]
Connecticut 1 Ezra Clark Jr. Republican 1855 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Connecticut 2 Samuel Arnold Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Connecticut 3 Sidney Dean Republican 1855 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Alfred A. Burnham (Republican) 51.74%
  • ▌Rufus L. Baker (Democratic) 46.95%
  • ▌Sidney Dean (Independent) 1.31%
Connecticut 4 William D. Bishop Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

Delaware

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See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware and 1858 United States Senate election in Delaware
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[14]
Delaware at-large William G. Whiteley Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.

Florida

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See also: List of United States representatives from Florida
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[14][18]
Florida at-large George S. Hawkins Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.

Georgia

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See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia and 1858 United States Senate election in Georgia
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Georgia 1
Georgia 2
Georgia 3
Georgia 4
Georgia 5
Georgia 6
Georgia 7
Georgia 8

Illinois

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See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois and 1859 United States Senate election in Illinois
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 1
Illinois 2
Illinois 3
Illinois 4
Illinois 5
Illinois 6
Illinois 7
Illinois 8
Illinois 9

Indiana

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See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Indiana 1
Indiana 2
Indiana 3
Indiana 4
Indiana 5
Indiana 6
Indiana 7
Indiana 8
Indiana 9
Indiana 10
Indiana 11

Iowa

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See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa and 1858 United States Senate election in Iowa
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Iowa 1
Iowa 2

Kansas

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See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Kansas at-large New state New seat.
New member elected December 1, 1859 in advance of January 29, 1861 statehood.
Republican gain.

Kansas Territory

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See non-voting delegates, below.

Kentucky

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See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky and 1858 United States Senate election in Kentucky
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Kentucky 1
Kentucky 2
Kentucky 3
Kentucky 4
Kentucky 5
Kentucky 6
Kentucky 7

Louisiana

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See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana and 1859 United States Senate election in Louisiana
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Louisiana 1 George Eustis Jr. Know Nothing 1854 Incumbent retired.
Know Nothing hold.
Louisiana 2 Miles Taylor Democratic 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Miles Taylor (Democratic) 56.99%
  • ▌L. D. Nichols (Know Nothing) 43.01%
Louisiana 3 Thomas G. Davidson Democratic 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
Louisiana 4 John M. Sandidge Democratic 1854 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

Maine

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See also: List of United States representatives from Maine and 1859 United States Senate election in Maine

Elections held September 13, 1858.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[19]
Maine 1 John M. Wood Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Daniel E. Somes (Republican) 50.57%
  • ▌Ira T. Drew (Democratic) 48.36%
  • ▌Manassah H. Smith (Democratic) 1.06%
Maine 2 Charles J. Gilman Republican 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John J. Perry (Republican) 54.53%
  • ▌David B. Hastings (Democratic) 45.47%
Maine 3 Nehemiah Abbott Republican 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Ezra B. French (Republican) 50.18%
  • ▌Alfred W. Johnson (Democratic) 49.82%
Maine 4 Freeman H. Morse Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 5 Israel Washburn Jr. Republican 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 6 Stephen C. Foster Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

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See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Maryland 1
Maryland 2
Maryland 3
Maryland 4
Maryland 5
Maryland 6

Massachusetts

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See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts and 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1
Massachusetts 2
Massachusetts 3
Massachusetts 4
Massachusetts 5
Massachusetts 6
Massachusetts 7
Massachusetts 8
Massachusetts 9
Massachusetts 10
Massachusetts 11

Michigan

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See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan and 1858 United States Senate election in Michigan
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[20]
Michigan 1 William A. Howard Republican 1854 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Election successfully contested.
Incumbent re-seated May 15, 1860.
Michigan 2 Henry Waldron Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry Waldron (Republican) 59.11%
  • ▌Consider A. Stacy (Democratic) 40.89%
Michigan 3 David S. Walbridge Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Michigan 4 Dewitt C. Leach Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Dewitt C. Leach (Republican) 51.97%
  • ▌Robert W. Davis (Democratic) 48.03%

Minnesota

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Main article: 1859 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota
See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota and 1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota

Minnesota became a new state in 1858 having already elected its first two members at-large in October 1857 to finish the current term. The state then held elections to the next term October 4, 1859.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Minnesota at-large
2 seats 		James M. Cavanaugh Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain. 		Elected on a general ticket:
William Wallace Phelps Democratic 1857 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.
Republican gain.

Mississippi

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See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi and 1859 United States Senate election in Mississippi

Elections held late, on October 3, 1859.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Mississippi 1 Lucius Q. C. Lamar Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected. ▌Green tickY Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 100%
Mississippi 2 Reuben Davis Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Reuben Davis (Democratic) 94.49%
  • ▌G. Q. Martin (Opposition) 5.51%
Mississippi 3 William Barksdale Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected. ▌Green tickY William Barksdale (Democratic) 100%
Mississippi 4 Otho R. Singleton Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 77.19%
  • ▌Franklin Smith (Unionist Democratic) 22.81%
Mississippi 5 John J. McRae Democratic 1858 (special) Incumbent re-elected. ▌Green tickY John J. McRae (Democratic) 100%

Missouri

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See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Missouri 1
Missouri 2
Missouri 3
Missouri 4
Missouri 5
Missouri 6
Missouri 7

Nebraska Territory

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See non-voting delegates, below.

New Hampshire

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See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire and 1859 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Hampshire 1
New Hampshire 2
New Hampshire 3

New Jersey

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See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey and 1858 United States Senate election in New Jersey
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New Jersey 1
New Jersey 2
New Jersey 3
New Jersey 4
New Jersey 5

New York

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See also: List of United States representatives from New York
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
New York 1
New York 2
New York 3
New York 4
New York 5
New York 6
New York 7
New York 8
New York 9
New York 10
New York 11
New York 12
New York 13
New York 14
New York 15
New York 16
New York 17
New York 18
New York 19
New York 20
New York 21
New York 22
New York 23
New York 24
New York 25
New York 26
New York 27
New York 28
New York 29
New York 30
New York 31
New York 32
New York 33

North Carolina

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See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina and 1858 United States Senate special election in North Carolina
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
North Carolina 1
North Carolina 2
North Carolina 3
North Carolina 4
North Carolina 5
North Carolina 6
North Carolina 7
North Carolina 8

Ohio

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Main article: 1858 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
See also: List of United States representatives from Ohio and 1859 Ohio's 14th congressional district special election

Ohio elected its members October 12, 1858, netting a 3-seat Republican gain.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[21][22]
Ohio 1 George H. Pendleton Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 2 William S. Groesbeck Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Ohio 3 Clement Vallandigham Democratic 1856[aa] Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 4 Matthias H. Nichols Republican 1852 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Ohio 5 Richard Mott Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Ohio 6 Joseph R. Cockerill Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Ohio 7 Aaron Harlan Republican 1852 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas Corwin (Republican) 63.85%
  • ▌Charles W. Blair (Democratic) 36.15%
Ohio 8 Benjamin Stanton Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Benjamin Stanton (Republican) 59.52%
  • ▌William Hubbard (Democratic) 40.48%
Ohio 9 Lawrence W. Hall Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Ohio 10 Joseph Miller Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Ohio 11 Albert C. Thompson Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Ohio 12 Samuel S. Cox Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Samuel S. Cox (Republican) 51.75%
  • ▌Lucius Case (Democratic) 48.25%
Ohio 13 John Sherman Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Sherman (Republican) 57.05%
  • ▌S. J. Patrick (Democratic) 42.95%
Ohio 14 Philemon Bliss Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Successor died May 31, 1859, leading to a special election.
  • ▌Green tickY Cyrus Spink (Republican) 56.33%
  • ▌J. P. Jeffries (Democratic) 43.67%
Ohio 15 Joseph Burns Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Ohio 16 Cydnor B. Tompkins Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Cydnor B. Tompkins (Republican) 52.65%
  • ▌George W. Manypenny (Democratic) 47.01%
  • ▌ Jonathan Swank (Independent) 0.34%[ab]
Ohio 17 William Lawrence Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Ohio 18 Benjamin F. Leiter Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Sidney Edgerton (Republican) 53.33%
  • ▌J. L. Ranney (Democratic) 46.67%
Ohio 19 Edward Wade Republican 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Edward Wade (Republican) 64.57%
  • ▌J. W. Gray (Democratic) 34.69%
  • ▌ Irad Kelly (Independent) 0.75%[ab]
Ohio 20 Joshua Reed Giddings Republican 1843 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John Hutchins (Republican) 62.8%
  • ▌David Tod (Democratic) 34.27%
  • ▌ B. W. Richmond (Independent) 2.69%[ab]
  • ▌ Josuha R. Giddings (Unknown) 0.24%[ab]
Ohio 21 John Bingham Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Bingham (Republican) 57.46%
  • ▌Thomas Means (Democratic) 42.54%

Oregon

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See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon and 1859 United States Senate elections in Oregon

35th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Oregon at-large New state New seat.
New member elected June 7, 1858.
Democratic gain.
Successor seated February 14, 1859.[7]
New member did not run for the next term.

36th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
Oregon at-large New state New seat.
Democratic hold.
New member did not run for the current term.

Pennsylvania

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See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[22]
Pennsylvania 1 Thomas B. Florence Democratic 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas B. Florence (Democratic) 43.09%
  • ▌John W. Ryan (People's) 41%
  • ▌G. W. Nebinger (Anti-Lecompton Dem.) 15.42%
  • ▌Marshall Sprogell (Know Nothing) 0.48%
Pennsylvania 2 Edward Joy Morris Republican
Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3 James Landy Democratic 1850 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 4 Henry M. Phillips Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 5 Owen Jones Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 6 John Hickman Democratic 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Hickman (Anti-Lecompton Dem.) 40.76%
  • ▌Charles D. Manly (Democratic) 31.15%
  • ▌John M. Broomall (People's) 28.09%
Pennsylvania 7 Henry Chapman Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 8 J. Glancy Jones Democratic
Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic hold.
Pennsylvania 9 Anthony E. Roberts Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 10 John C. Kunkel Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 11 William L. Dewart Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 12 Paul Leidy Democratic 1857 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 13 William H. Dimmick Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 14 Galusha A. Grow Republican 1850 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Galusha A. Grow (People's) 76.87%
  • ▌Joel Parkhurst (Democratic) 23.13%
Pennsylvania 15 Allison White Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 16 John A. Ahl Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 17 Wilson Reilly Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 18 John R. Edie Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Samuel S. Blair (People's) 57.71%
  • ▌Cyrus L. Pershing (Democratic) 42.29%
Pennsylvania 19 John Covode Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 20 William Montgomery Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 21 David Ritchie Republican 1852 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 22 Samuel A. Purviance Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 23 William Stewart Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William Stewart (People's) 64.02%
  • ▌Jonathan N. McGuffin (Democratic) 35.98%
Pennsylvania 24 James L. Gillis Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 25 John Dick Republican 1852 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Elijah Babbitt (People's) 60.73%
  • ▌ James C. Crawford (Democratic) 39.27%

Rhode Island

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See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island and 1858 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[23]
Rhode Island 1 Nathan B. Durfee Republican 1855 Incumbent retired.
American/Republican gain.
Rhode Island 2 William D. Brayton Republican 1857 Incumbent re-elected.

South Carolina

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See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina, 1858 United States Senate election in South Carolina, and 1858 United States Senate special election in South Carolina
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[22]
South Carolina 1 John McQueen Democratic 1849 (special) Incumbent re-elected.

Incomplete Data

South Carolina 2 William P. Miles Democratic 1856 Incumbent re-elected.

Incomplete Data

South Carolina 3 Laurence M. Keitt Democratic 1853 (special) Incumbent re-elected.

Incomplete Data

South Carolina 4 Milledge L. Bonham Democratic 1857 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 James Lawrence Orr Democratic 1848 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John D. Ashmore (Democratic) 59.4%
  • ▌Thomas O. Vernon (Unknown) 40.6%
South Carolina 6 William W. Boyce Democratic 1853 Incumbent re-elected.

Unopposed and incomplete data

Tennessee

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See also: List of United States representatives from Tennessee and 1858 United States Senate election in Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 4, 1859.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[23]
Tennessee 1 Albert G. Watkins Democratic 1855 Incumbent retired.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 2 Horace Maynard Know Nothing 1857 Incumbent re-elected as an Oppositionist.
Opposition gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Horace Maynard (Opposition) 55.01%
  • ▌I. C. Ramsay (Democratic) 44.99%
Tennessee 3 Samuel A. Smith Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re-election.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 4 John H. Savage Democratic 1855 Incumbent lost re-election.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 5 Charles Ready Know Nothing 1853 Incumbent lost re-election as an independent.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 6 George W. Jones Democratic 1842 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Tennessee 7 John V. Wright Democratic 1855 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John V. Wright (Democratic) 77.58%
  • ▌Theodore H. Gibbs (Opposition) 22.42%
Tennessee 8 Felix Zollicoffer Know Nothing 1853 Incumbent retired.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 9 John D. C. Atkins Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re-election.
Opposition gain.
Tennessee 10 William T. Avery Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.

Texas

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See also: List of United States representatives from Texas, 1859 United States Senate election in Texas, and 1859 United States Senate special election in Texas
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[24]
Texas 1 John H. Reagan Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.
Texas 2 Guy M. Bryan Democratic 1857 Incumbent retired.
Independent Democratic gain.

Vermont

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See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[25]
Vermont 1 E. P. Walton Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY E. P. Walton (Republican) 73.5%
  • ▌Charles G. Eastman (Democratic) 26.0%
Vermont 2 Justin S. Morrill Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
Vermont 3 Homer E. Royce Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Homer E. Royce (Republican) 69.3%
  • ▌William H. H. Bingham (Democratic) 30.6%

Virginia

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See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia and 1858 United States Senate election in Virginia
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[26]
Virginia 1 Muscoe R. H. Garnett Democratic 1856 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 2 John Millson Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Millson (Democratic) 62.7%
  • ▌[FNU] Pretlow (Opposition) 30.1%
  • ▌[FNU] Chandler (Opposition) 5.2%
  • ▌[FNU] Sykes (Opposition) 2.0%
Virginia 3 John Caskie Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
Independent Democratic gain.
Virginia 4 William Goode Democratic
Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William Goode (Democratic) 63.8%
  • ▌William C. Flournoy (Ind. Democratic) 36.2%
Virginia 5 Thomas S. Bocock Democratic 1847 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 88.8%
  • ▌[FNU] Speed (Unknown) 9.9%
  • ▌[FNU] Boisseau (Unknown) 1.4%
Virginia 6 Paulus Powell Democratic 1849 Incumbent lost re-election.
Independent Democratic gain.
Virginia 7 William Smith Democratic
Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 8 Charles J. Faulkner Democratic 1851 Incumbent lost re-election.
Opposition gain.
Virginia 9 John Letcher Democratic 1851 Incumbent retired.
Independent Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY John T. Harris (Ind. Democratic) 52.2%
  • ▌James H. Skinner (Democratic) 47.8%
Virginia 10 Sherrard Clemens Democratic
Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 11 Albert G. Jenkins Democratic 1857 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 12 Henry A. Edmundson Democratic 1849 Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 13 George W. Hopkins Democratic
Incumbent retired.
Independent Democratic gain.

Wisconsin

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See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin
District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[27]
Wisconsin 1 John F. Potter Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 2 Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 3 Charles Billinghurst Republican 1854 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.

Non-voting delegates

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See also: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives
District Incumbent This race
Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Kansas Marcus J. Parrott Republican 1856 or 1857 Incumbent re-elected in 1859.
Nebraska Fenner Ferguson Independent Democratic 1857 Incumbent retired.
New delegate elected October 11, 1859.[29]
Democratic gain.
Election was later overturned due to a successful challenge by the loser.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Regular elections, not specials
  2. ^ a b Includes two elected as Lecompton Democrats.
  3. ^ Also known as the Whigs in North Carolina[3]
  4. ^ There was only one Whig candidate during the 1856-1857 period, who earned twenty-three votes.
  5. ^ Included one Independent Democrat or "Benton" Democrat: Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri.
  6. ^ Includes five Anti-Lecompton Democrats, seven Independent Democrats, and three Anti-Administration Democrats.
  7. ^ Includes votes for those who ran labeled as an Independent, Union Democrat, Anti-Administration Democrat, Anti-Lecompton Democrat, and Independent Democrat.
  8. ^ See The Kansas-Nebraska act
  9. ^ "Democratic" includes Independent Democrats and Anti-Lecompton Democrats.
  10. ^ New state. Representative seated February 14, 1859.
  11. ^ Includes 1 Independent Democrat.
  12. ^ Includes 1 Anti-Lecompton Democrat.
  13. ^ Includes 2 Anti-Lecompton Democrats.
  14. ^ In January 1845, Congress mandated a uniform date for choosing Presidential electors.[6] Gradually, states brought other elections into conformity with this date.
  15. ^ Includes 2 Anti-Lecompton Democrats.
  16. ^ Includes 1 Independent Democrat and 3 Anti-Lecompton Democrats.
  17. ^ Includes 4 Independent Democrats.
  18. ^ Includes 1 Independent Democrat.
  19. ^ New state. Representative seated January 29, 1861.
  20. ^ An increase of one seat for the new state of Oregon. (See 11 Stat. 383 and United States congressional apportionment.)
  21. ^ The Guide to U.S. Elections gives 87.0%
  22. ^ The Guide to U.S. Elections gives 13.0%
  23. ^ The Guide to U.S. Elections gives 70.3%
  24. ^ The Guide to U.S. Elections gives 16.3%
  25. ^ The Guide to U.S. Elections gives 13.4%
  26. ^ The Political Text-Book for 1860 gives 61.4% and 38.6% for the candidates
  27. ^ Contested election
  28. ^ a b c d e f Not mentioned by Smith

References

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  1. ^ Party Breakdown of the 36th House
  2. ^ "Electing the House of Representatives". dsl.richmond.edu.
  3. ^ Auman 2014, p. 27.
  4. ^ 11 Stat. 383
  5. ^ 12 Stat. 126
  6. ^ 5 Stat. 721
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Thirty-fifth Congress March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1859". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via History.house.gov.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ a b "Our Campaigns - NC District 08 - Special Election Race - Aug 05, 1858". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  9. ^ a b "Our Campaigns - PA District 08 - Special Election Race - Nov 30, 1858". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  10. ^ "Our Campaigns - NY District 4 - Special Election Race - Jan 04, 1859". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  11. ^ a b c "Thirty-sixth Congress March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
  12. ^ "Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  13. ^ Dubin 1998, p. 183–184; 186.
  14. ^ a b c Dubin 1998, p. 181.
  15. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections. Vol. II (6th ed.). Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. 2010. p. 1027. ISBN 9781604265361. LCCN 2009033938. OCLC 430736650.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Dubin 1998, p. 184.
  17. ^ "State of Connecticut Elections Database » Search Past Election Results". State of Connecticut Elections Database. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  18. ^ Greeley, Horace; Cleveland, John F. (1860). A Political Text-Book for 1860. New York, New York: The Tribune Association. p. 248. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  19. ^ Dubin 1998, p. 182.
  20. ^ Dubin 1998, p. 182; 186.
  21. ^ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 84, 85.
  22. ^ a b c Dubin 1998, p. 183.
  23. ^ a b Dubin 1998, p. 184–185.
  24. ^ Dubin 1998, p. 185.
  25. ^ "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Results and Statistics". VT Elections Database. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  26. ^ "Virginia Elections Database » Virginia Election Results and Statistics". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  27. ^ "Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results" (PDF). Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  28. ^ "The Man". The Kansas Chief. White Cloud, Kansas. Newspapers.com. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2024. Johnston...will have the exquisite pleasure of being skinned alive by Parrott, in November.
  29. ^ "Collections of the NSHS - Volume 18". USGenNet.org.

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