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1810–11 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1810–11 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 24, 1810, and August 2, 1811. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 12th United States Congress convened on November 4, 1811. They occurred during President James Madison's first term. Elections were held for all 142 seats, representing 17 states. One newly elected Representative, Henry Clay, also was elected Speaker. With the repeal of the Embargo Act of 1807, the economy improved. The opposition Federalists lost voter support and the Democratic-Republicans recovered a supermajority.
Election summaries
Special elections
There were special elections in 1810 and 1811 to the 11th United States Congress and 12th United States Congress. Elections are sorted by date then district.
11th Congress
! NY's 2nd congressional district John B. Coles (Federalist) 47.8% ! KY's 5th congressional district ! CT At-large Lyman Law (Federalist) 38.4% Samuel B. Sherwood (Federalist) 12.5% Nathaniel Terry (Federalist) 2.8% Others (all Federalists) 3.8% ! MD's 4th congressional district Benjamin Galloway (Federalist) 1.6% ! MA's 10th congressional district "Worcester South district" John Spurr (Democratic-Republican) 44.8% ! MA's 11th congressional district "Worcester North district" Timothy Whiting (Democratic-Republican) 26.9% Moses White (Democratic-Republican) 0.8% ! NJ At-large John Linn (Democratic-Republican) 10.8% Jacob S. Thompson (Democratic-Republican) 10.2% Isaac Mickle (Democratic-Republican) 2.3% ! VA's 1st congressional district Thomas Wilson (Federalist) Benjamin Reeder (Unknown) ! MD's 7th congressional district Daniel C. Hopper (Unknown) 45.0% James Brown (Unknown) 3.1% Scattering 0.2% ! SC's 1st congressional district Uncontested
12th Congress
! MD's 7th congressional district Daniel C. Hopper (Unknown) 45.0% James Brown (Unknown) 3.1% Scattering 0.2% ! MD's 6th congressional district William Hollingsworth (Federalist) 23.9% ! MA's 4th congressional district "Middlesex district" John Tuttle (Democratic-Republican) 44.5% Loammi Baldwin (Federalist) 37.4% Edmund Foster (Democratic-Republican) 12.5% Marshall Spring (Democratic-Republican) 5.7% Second ballot (November 4, 1811) ✅ William M. Richardson (Democratic-Republican) 52.1% Loammi Baldwin (Federalist) 34.7% Edmund Foster (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% Marshall Spring (Democratic-Republican) 5.0%
Connecticut
! rowspan=7 | CT At-large 7 seats on a general ticket ✅ Jonathan O. Moseley (Federalist) 13.9% ✅ Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) 13.8% ✅ Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) 13.6% ✅ Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) 12.2% ✅ Lyman Law (Federalist) 11.0% ✅ John Davenport (Federalist) 8.4% Ebenezer Huntington (Federalist) 3.9% Samuel B. Sherwood (Federalist) 3.2% Nathan Smith (Federalist) 2.0% Nathaniel Terry (Federalist) 1.2% Sylvanus Backus (Federalist) 1.0% Sylvester Gilbert (Federalist) 0.3% John Caldwell (Federalist) 0.3% Uriel Holmes (Federalist) 0.2% Asa Bacon Jr. (Federalist) 0.2%
Delaware
! DE At-large Richard Dale (Democratic-Republican) 49.9%
Georgia
! rowspan=4 | GA At-large 4 seats on a general ticket ✅ George Troup (Democratic-Republican) 22.7% ✅ Howell Cobb (Democratic-Republican) 16.9% ✅ Bolling Hall (Democratic-Republican) 12.6% Elijah Clarke (Democratic-Republican) 10.7% John Forsyth (Democratic-Republican) 9.1% James Elliot (Federalist) 3.6%
Indiana Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Kentucky
! KY's 1st congressional district Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 39.7% ! KY's 2nd congressional district ! KY's 3rd congressional district Philip Quinton (Unknown) ! KY's 4th congressional district John S. Hunter (Unknown) ! KY's 5th congressional district ! KY's 6th congressional district
Maryland
Maryland held its elections October 1, 1810. ! MD's 1st congressional district John Parnham (Democratic-Republican) 1.1% ! MD's 2nd congressional district John F. Mercer (Federalist) 43.6% ! MD's 3rd congressional district ! MD's 4th congressional district Benjamin Galloway (Federalist) 2.0% ! rowspan=2 | MD's 5th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Peter Little (Democratic-Republican) 25.7% Nicholas R. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 24.4% Joshua Barney (Democratic-Republican) 22.2% ! MD's 6th congressional district Thomas G. Moffit (Unknown) 1.7% ! MD's 7th congressional district ! MD's 8th congressional district Thomas Williams (Democratic-Republican) 27.5%
Massachusetts
Massachusetts held its elections November 5, 1810. Massachusetts law required a majority for election. This was not met in the MA's 15th congressional district necessitating a second election on April 1, 1811. ! MA's 1st congressional district "Suffolk district" David Tilden (Democratic-Republican) 31.1% ! MA's 2nd congressional district "Essex South district" Daniel Kilham (Democratic-Republican) 46.4% ! MA's 3rd congressional district "Essex North district" Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 33.5% Nehemiah Cleveland (Federalist) 3.9% ! MA's 4th congressional district "Middlesex district" Loammi Baldwin Jr. (Federalist) 30.8% ! MA's 5th congressional district "Hampshire South district" Samuel Fowler (Democratic-Republican) 29.0% ! MA's 6th congressional district "Hampshire North district" Solomon Snead (Democratic-Republican) 27.9% ! MA's 7th congressional district "Plymouth district" William Baylies (Federalist) 46.5% ! MA's 8th congressional district "Barnstable district" Francis Rotch (Federalist) 42.7% ! MA's 9th congressional district "Bristol district" Nathaniel Morton (Democratic-Republican) 48.0% ! MA's 10th congressional district "Worcester South district" John Spurr (Democratic-Republican) 46.4% ! MA's 11th congressional district "Worcester North district" Timothy Whiting (Democratic-Republican) 28.5% ! MA's 12th congressional district "Berkshire district" Thomas Ives (Democratic-Republican) 43.9% ! MA's 13th congressional district "Norfolk district" Timothy Jackson (Federalist) 21.2% James Richardson (Federalist) 10.2% James Mann (Unknown) 4.2% Others 1.2% ! MA's 14th congressional district "York district" District of Maine Cyrus King (Federalist) 37.3% ! MA's 15th congressional district "Cumberland district" District of Maine Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 47.8% William Widgery (Democratic-Republican) 47.8% Others 4.4% Second ballot (April 1, 1811)✅ William Widgery (Democratic-Republican) 53.2% Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 46.8% ! MA's 16th congressional district "Lincoln district" District of Maine Alden Bradford (Federalist) 38.9% ! MA's 17th congressional district "Kennebec district" District of Maine Thomas Rice (Federalist) 39.5%
Mississippi Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire law required a candidate to receive votes from a majority of voters (10%). In the initial election, only two candidates won a majority, so a second election was held in April 1811 for the remaining three seats, after the congressional term began but before the Congress formally convened. The data from the source used give majorities to all the top five candidates, suggesting that the data are incomplete. ! rowspan=5 | NH At-large 5 seats on a general ticket ✅ Samuel Dinsmoor (Democratic-Republican) 10.1% George Sullivan (Federalist) 10.1% William Hale (Federalist) 10.1% Roger Vose (Federalist) 10.0% Daniel Blaisdell (Federalist) 10.0% Obed Hall (Democratic-Republican) 10.0% John Adams Harper (Democratic-Republican) 9.9% James Wilson (Federalist) 9.8% David Morrill (Democratic-Republican) 9.8% Second ballot (April 1, 1811) ✅ John Adams Harper (Democratic-Republican) 21.2% ✅ Obed Hall (Democratic-Republican) 21.2% ✅ George Sullivan (Federalist) 19.2% William Hale (Federalist) 19.1% Daniel Blaisdell (Federalist) 18.9% Roger Vose (Federalist) 0.3%
New Jersey
The Federalists ran no official ticket in 1810, but votes were received for various Federalists in some counties. ! rowspan=6 | NJ At-large 6 seats on a general ticket ✅ Lewis Condict (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% ✅ George C. Maxwell (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% ✅ Jacob Hufty (Democratic-Republican) 16.3% ✅ Thomas Newbold (Democratic-Republican) 16.3% ✅ James Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 16.1% Aaron Ogden (Federalist) 0.6% William Coxe Jr. (Federalist) 0.4% John Neilson (Federalist) 0.4% Richard Stockton (Federalist) 0.3% Thomas Sinnickson (Federalist) 0.2% John Beatty (Federalist) 0.2%
New York
! New York's 1st congressional district David Gardiner (Federalist) 6.5% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 2nd congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ William Paulding Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 26.1% John B. Coles (Federalist) 23.8% Peter A. Jay (Federalist) 23.7% ! New York's 3rd congressional district John Bradner (Federalist) 36.1% ! New York's 4th congressional district Daniel C. Verplanck (Democratic-Republican) 48.9% ! New York's 5th congressional district Gerrit Abeel (Federalist) 47.9% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 6th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Robert Le Roy Livingston (Federalist) 25.6% Roger Skinner (Democratic-Republican) 24.4% James L. Hogeboom (Democratic-Republican) 24.4% ! New York's 7th congressional district John V. Veeder (Democratic-Republican) 42.4% ! New York's 8th congressional district James McCrea (Federalist) 42.4% ! New York's 9th congressional district Richard Van Horne (Federalist) 47.4% ! New York's 10th congressional district Simeon Ford (Federalist) 48.7% ! New York's 11th congressional district Thomas Skinner (Democratic-Republican) 47.4% ! New York's 12th congressional district John M. Bowers (Federalist) 43.8% ! New York's 13th congressional district Nathaniel Waldron (Federalist) 39.8% ! New York's 14th congressional district John Harris (Federalist) 30.2% ! New York's 15th congressional district Ebenezer F. Norton (Federalist) 40.9%
North Carolina
! NC's 1st congressional district William Hinton (Democratic-Republican) 37.1% Joseph Riddick (Democratic-Republican) 1.5% ! NC's 2nd congressional district Joseph H. Bryon (Federalist) 34.1% ! NC's 3rd congressional district ! NC's 4th congressional district William Gaston (Federalist) 45.2% ! NC's 5th congressional district Christopher Dudley (Federalist) 32.2% ! NC's 6th congressional district ! NC's 7th congressional district John Culpepper (Federalist) 42.6% ! NC's 8th congressional district ! NC's 9th congressional district Theophilus Lacy (Democratic-Republican) 43.0% ! NC's 10th congressional district James Wallis (Democratic-Republican) 36.4% ! NC's 11th congressional district Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 39.8% John Stevelie (Democratic-Republican) 9.7% ! NC's 12th congressional district
Ohio
This was the last election in which Ohio had a single OH's at-large congressional district. Due to rapid population growth in the state, the at-large district had become disproportionately populous by this point. ! OH At-large Others 0.6%
Pennsylvania
! rowspan=3 | Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district Plural district with 3 seats ✅ William Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 19.6% ✅ James Milnor (Federalist) 13.7% Thomas Truxton (Federalist) 13.7% Thomas Dick (Federalist) 13.4% John Porter (Democratic-Republican) 9.9% Robert McMullin (Democratic-Republican) 9.9% ! rowspan=3 | Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district Plural district with 3 seats ✅ Jonathan Roberts (Democratic-Republican) 19.0% ✅ William Rodman (Democratic-Republican) 18.9% William Milnor (Federalist) 14.5% Levi Paulding (Federalist) 14.2% William Latimere (Federalist) 13.9% Charles Miner (Federalist) 0.4% ! rowspan=3 | Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district Plural district with 3 seats ✅ Roger Davis (Democratic-Republican) 18.3% ✅ John M. Hyneman (Democratic-Republican) 17.2% Daniel Hiester (Federalist) 16.0% Samuel Bethel (Federalist) 15.1% Mark J. Biddle (Federalist) 15.0% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Robert Whitehill (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% ! Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district ! Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district David Cassat (Federalist) 43.4% ! Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district John Rea (Democratic-Republican) 41.5% ! Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district John Kirkpatrick (Democratic-Republican) 39.1% ! Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district ! Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district Thomas L. Birch (Federalist) 29.6% ! Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district Adamson Tannehill (Democratic-Republican) 43.2% Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 5.7%
Rhode Island
✅ Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist) 25.6% Nathaniel Hazard (Democratic-Republican) 24.5% Nathan Brown (Democratic-Republican) 24.2%
South Carolina
! SC's 1st congressional district "Charleston district" Others 10.8% ! SC's 2nd congressional district "Beaufort district" Edmund Bacon (Democratic-Republican) Francisco Annone (Federalist) ! SC's 3rd congressional district "Georgetown district" Moses Glover (Federalist) 5.6% ! SC's 4th congressional district "Orangeburgh district" John Taylor (Democratic-Republican) 47.8% ! SC's 5th congressional district "Sumter district" ! SC's 6th congressional district "Abbeville district" John A. Elmore (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% Eastland (Federalist) ! SC's 7th congressional district "Chester district" ! SC's 8th congressional district "Pendleton district" William Hunter (Federalist) 42.0%
Tennessee
! TN's 1st congressional district Uncontested ! TN's 2nd congressional district Uncontested ! TN's 3rd congressional district Isaac Roberts (Unknown) 21.7% James Winchester (Unknown) 17.9%
Vermont
! VT's 1st congressional district Chauncey Langdon (Federalist) 33.5% ! VT's 2nd congressional district Jonathan H. Hubbard (Federalist) 42.1% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 1.7% ! VT's 3rd congressional district William Chamberlain (Federalist) 41.3% ! VT's 4th congressional district Ezra Butler (Democratic-Republican) 47.5%
Virginia
! VA's 1st congressional district William McKinley (Democratic-Republican) 47.7% ! VA's 2nd congressional district Daniel Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 43.5% ! VA's 3rd congressional district ! VA's 4th congressional district Samuel Blackburn (Federalist) 47.4% ! VA's 5th congressional district Thomas L. Preston (Democratic-Republican) 41.6% ! VA's 6th congressional district ! rowspan=2 | VA's 7th congressional district John Love (Democratic-Republican) 19.9% ! VA's 8th congressional district John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 49.8% ! VA's 9th congressional district George F. Strother (Democratic-Republican) 26.3% ! VA's 10th congressional district ! VA's 11th congressional district ! VA's 12th congressional district John Eyre (Federalist) 40.5% ! VA's 13th congressional district ! VA's 14th congressional district John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) ! rowspan=2 | VA's 15th congressional district John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 32.2% ! VA's 16th congressional district ! VA's 17th congressional district ! VA's 18th congressional district ! VA's 19th congressional district Samuel Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.8% ! VA's 20th congressional district Robert B. Taylor (Federalist) 2.3% ! VA's 21st congressional district ! VA's 22nd congressional district
Non-voting delegates
There were five territories with the right to send non-voting delegates to the 12th Congress. Two of them, Illinois Territory and Missouri Territory elected their first representative near the end of the 12th Congress in 1812, while Orleans Territory's seat remained vacant until the territory was admitted as the State of Louisiana. ! Indiana Territory At-large Thomas Randolph (Unknown) 34.9% ! Mississippi Territory At-large Robert Williams (Democratic-Republican) 28.2% David Cooper (Unknown) 6.7%
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