The 1814–15 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 26, 1814, and August 10, 1815. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 14th United States Congress convened on December 4, 1815. They occurred during President James Madison's second term. Elections were held for all 182 seats, representing 18 states. This election happened in the middle of the War of 1812. The war was extremely unpopular in certain regions, particularly New England. The failed American invasion of Upper Canada (Ontario) and the 1814 Burning of Washington were embarrassing military setbacks, but the Democratic-Republican Party remained dominant and the declining Federalist Party was unable to convert war opposition into political gain. This election marked the first in American history where the incumbent president's party gained House seats in a midterm election while still losing seats in the Senate, this happened again in 1822 and 1902.

Election summaries

Special elections

There were special elections in 1814 and 1815 to the 13th United States Congress and 14th United States Congress. Special elections are sorted by date then district.

13th Congress

! KY's 2nd congressional district George Trotter Jr. (Federalist) 42.7% William B. Blackburn (Democratic-Republican) 10.2% ! MA's 4th congressional district "Middlesex district" Asahel Stearns (Federalist) 42.4% ! VA's 11th congressional district Uncontested ! MA's 12th congressional district "Berkshire district" William P. Walker (Democratic-Republican) 48.6% ! NH At-large David L. Morrill (Democratic-Republican) 48.2% Charles H. Atherton (Federalist) 2.6% Others 0.9% ! TN's 5th congressional district Thomas Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 25.9% William W. Cooke (Unknown) 15.6% John Reid (Unknown) 8.4% ! NJ's 3rd congressional district "Southern district" William B. Ewing (Federalist) 48.7% ! Missouri Territory At-large Alexander MacNair (Democratic-Republican) 33.1% Samuel Hammond (Democratic-Republican) 28.8% Thomas F. Riddick (Democratic-Republican) 1.4% ! OH's 6th congressional district Lewis Kinney (Democratic-Republican) 17.5% John G. Young (Democratic-Republican) 12.2% Thomas G. Jones (Democratic-Republican) 6.1% ! PA's 2nd congressional district John Hahn (Democratic-Republican) 49.6% ! PA's 3rd congressional district John Whiteside (Democratic-Republican) 44.1%

14th Congress

! MA's 3rd congressional district "Essex North district" ! NY's 6th congressional district ! NY's 12th congressional district ! VA's 15th congressional district ! PA's 1st congressional district ! PA's 3rd congressional district ! PA's 9th congressional district ! KY's 2nd congressional district Uncontested ! TN's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut

Connecticut held its election September 19, 1814. ! rowspan=7 | CT At-large 7 seats on a general ticket ✅ John Davenport (Federalist) ✅ Lyman Law (Federalist) ✅ Jonathan O. Moseley (Federalist) ✅ Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) ✅ Lewis B. Sturges (Federalist) ✅ Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) Sylvanus Backus (Federalist) Asa Bacon (Federalist) Charles Dennison (Federalist) Sylvester Gilbert (Federalist) James Gould (Federalist) Uriel Holmes (Federalist) Ebenezer Huntington (Federalist) Samuel B. Sherwood (Federalist) Nathan Smith (Federalist) Nathaniel Terry (Federalist) Thomas Scott Williams (Federalist)

Delaware

Delaware held its election October 4, 1814. ! rowspan=2 | DE At-large 2 seats on a general ticket ✅ Thomas Cooper (Federalist) 30.4% Willard Hall (Democratic-Republican) 19.6% George Read Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 19.6%

Georgia

Georgia held its election October 3, 1814. ! rowspan=6 | GA At-large 6 seats on a general ticket ✅ Alfred Cuthbert (Democratic-Republican) 15.7% ✅ Wilson Lumpkin (Democratic-Republican) 13.7% ✅ Richard Henry Wilde (Democratic-Republican) 12.4% ✅ Bolling Hall (Democratic-Republican) 11.4% ✅ Thomas Telfair (Democratic-Republican) 10.6% William Barnett (Democratic-Republican) 9.8% Joel Abbot (Democratic-Republican) 8.5% Hiram Storrs (Unknown) 0.9%

Illinois Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Indiana Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Kentucky

Kentucky held its elections August 3, 1814. ! KY's 1st congressional district ! KY's 2nd congressional district ! KY's 3rd congressional district ! KY's 4th congressional district ! KY's 5th congressional district Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) 27.1% Rezin Davidge (Unknown) 18.8% ! KY's 6th congressional district ! KY's 7th congressional district Samuel South (Unknown) 38.7% ! KY's 8th congressional district James Moore (Unknown) ! KY's 9th congressional district Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) ! KY's 10th congressional district Matthew Walton (Democratic-Republican)

Louisiana

Louisiana held its election July 4–6, 1814. ! LA At-large John B. Prevost (Federalist) 8.2%

Maryland

Maryland held its elections October 3, 1814. ! MD's 1st congressional district ! MD's 2nd congressional district Joseph Kent (Democratic-Republican) 42.6% ! MD's 3rd congressional district ! MD's 4th congressional district Samuel Ringgold (Democratic-Republican) 48.5% ! rowspan=2 | MD's 5th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ William Pinkney (Democratic-Republican) 38.0% John E. Howard (Federalist) 22.9% ! MD's 6th congressional district Abraham Jarrett (Federalist) 48.1% ! MD's 7th congressional district Samuel W. Thomas (Federalist) 47.5% ! MD's 8th congressional district Thomas E. Waggaman (Democratic-Republican) 3.8%

Massachusetts

Massachusetts held its elections November 7, 1814. State law required a majority vote for election which was not met in two districts, leading to a second election January 6, 1815. District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here. ! MA's 1st congressional district "Suffolk district" Benjamin Austin (Democratic-Republican) 3.1% ! MA's 2nd congressional district "Essex South district" Daniel Kilham (Democratic-Republican) 10.8% ! MA's 3rd congressional district "Essex North district" Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 10.2% ! MA's 4th congressional district "Middlesex district" Samuel Dana (Democratic-Republican) 46.5% ! MA's 5th congressional district "Hampshire South district" Enos Foot (Democratic-Republican) 10.6% ! MA's 6th congressional district "Hampshire North district" Samuel C. Allen (Federalist) 30.2% Solomon Snead (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% ! MA's 7th congressional district "Berkshire district" William P. Walker (Democratic-Republican) 44.4% ! MA's 8th congressional district "Plymouth district" Seth Sprague (Democratic-Republican) 33.5% Joseph Rice (Democratic-Republican) 1.2% ! MA's 9th congressional district "Barnstable district" Thomas Hazard Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 19.5% Joseph Dimmick (Democratic-Republican) 2.1% ! MA's 10th congressional district "Bristol district" Marcus Morton (Democratic-Republican) 34.8% ! MA's 11th congressional district "Worcester South district" John Spurr (Democratic-Republican) 33.8% ! MA's 12th congressional district "Worcester North district" Edmund Cushing (Democratic-Republican) 25.2% ! MA's 13th congressional district "Norfolk district" Thomas Boylston Adams (Democratic-Republican) 42.6% ! MA's 14th congressional district "1st Eastern district" District of Maine John Holmes (Democratic-Republican) 46.9% ! MA's 15th congressional district "2nd Eastern district" District of Maine Ezekiel Whitman (Democratic-Republican) ! MA's 16th congressional district "3rd Eastern district" District of Maine Abiel Wood (Democratic-Republican) 38.3% ! MA's 17th congressional district "4th Eastern district" District of Maine John Wilson (Federalist) 49.3% James Carr (Federalist) 48.3% Others 2.4% Second ballot (January 6, 1815)✅ James Carr (Federalist) 57.0% John Wilson (Federalist) 43.0% ! MA's 18th congressional district "5th Eastern district" District of Maine James Parker (Democratic-Republican) 43.6% ! MA's 19th congressional district "6th Eastern district" District of Maine Samuel S. Conner (Democratic-Republican) 49.3% Timothy Boutelle (Federalist) 48.8% William Reed (Democratic-Republican) 1.5% Others 0.4% Second ballot (January 6, 1815)✅ ** Samuel S. Conner** (Democratic-Republican) 52.4% Timothy Boutelle (Federalist) 47.6% ! MA's 20th congressional district "7th Eastern district" District of Maine Samuel A. Bradley (Federalist) 43.4%

Mississippi Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Missouri Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire held its election August 29, 1814. ! rowspan=6 | NH At-large 6 seats on a general ticket ✅ Daniel Webster (Federalist) 8.7% ✅ Roger Vose (Federalist) 8.7% ✅ Jeduthun Wilcox (Federalist) 8.7% ✅ Bradbury Cilley (Federalist) 8.7% ✅ Charles Humphrey Atherton (Federalist) 8.7% John Fabyan Parrott (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% David Morrill (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% Stephen P. Webster (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% Nathaniel Upham (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% Elisha Huntley (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% Josiah Butler (Democratic-Republican) 7.9%

New Jersey

New Jersey held its election October 10–11, 1814. The state returned to an at-large basis for electing its representatives, abolishing the short-lived districts of the previous election. ! rowspan=6 | NJ At-large 6 seats on a general ticket ✅ Lewis Condict (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% ✅ Ephraim Bateman (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% ✅ Ezra Baker (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% ✅ Benjamin Bennet (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% ✅ Thomas Ward (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% John Frelinghuysen (Federalist) 8.1% John N. Cumming (Federalist) 8.1% James Parker (Federalist) 8.1% James Giles (Federalist) 8.0% Samuel W. Harrison (Federalist) 8.0% Jacob S. Thompson (Federalist) 8.0%

New York

New York held its elections April 26–28, 1814. ! rowspan=2 | New York's 1st congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Henry Crocheron (Democratic-Republican) 26.8% William Townsend (Federalist) 22.7% Cornelius Bedell (Federalist) 22.6% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 2nd congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Peter H. Wendover (Democratic-Republican) 26.0% John Anthon (Federalist) 23.7% Jacob Lorillard (Federalist) 23.7% ! New York's 3rd congressional district Richard Valentine Morris (Federalist) 43.8% Philip Van Cortlandt (Democratic-Republican) 10.6% ! New York's 4th congressional district Abraham Bockee (Federalist) 46.0% ! New York's 5th congressional district Edward P. Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 38.3% ! New York's 6th congressional district Jonas Storey (Federalist) 22.0% ! New York's 7th congressional district Elnathan Sears (Federalist) 43.7% ! New York's 8th congressional district Erastus Root (Democratic-Republican) 39.2% "Erastus Rott" 13.8% ! New York's 9th congressional district Robert L. Tillotson (Democratic-Republican) 36.1% ! New York's 10th congressional district Josiah Masters (Democratic-Republican) 42.1% ! New York's 11th congressional district Elisha Powell (Federalist) 42.2% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 12th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Benjamin Pond (Democratic-Republican) 25.6% Elisha I. Winter (Federalist) 24.4% Zebulon R. Shipherd (Federalist) 24.3% ! New York's 13th congressional district Lawrence Vrooman (Federalist) 42.2% ! New York's 14th congressional district John McCarthy (Democratic-Republican) 48.1% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 15th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ James Birdsall (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% Robert Campbell (Federalist) 22.2% Tracy Robinson (Federalist) 22.0% ! New York's 16th congressional district Nathan Williams (Democratic-Republican) 43.4% ! New York's 17th congressional district Westel Willoughby Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 46.7% "Westel Willoughby" 5.8% ! New York's 18th congressional district Samuel Whittlesey (Democratic-Republican) 46.1% ! New York's 19th congressional district James Geddes (Federalist) 41.1% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 20th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Oliver C. Comstock (Democratic-Republican) 36.5% Emanuel Coryell (Federalist) 13.4% Seth Phelps (Federalist) 13.3% ! rowspan=2 | New York's 21st congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Peter B. Porter (Democratic-Republican) 27.1% Daniel W. Lewis (Federalist) 22.7% Richard Smith (Federalist) 22.6%

North Carolina

North Carolina held its elections August 10, 1815. ! NC's 1st congressional district Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 37.0% William S. Hinton (Democratic-Republican) 5.4% ! NC's 2nd congressional district Thomas Burgess (Federalist) 47.8% ! NC's 3rd congressional district James B. Haughton (Federalist) 46.7% ! NC's 4th congressional district ! NC's 5th congressional district ! NC's 6th congressional district William Person (Federalist) 28.4% ! NC's 7th congressional district Richard Powell (Unknown) 3.6% Benjamin Robinson (Unknown) 3.0% John Winslow (Unknown) 1.0% ! NC's 8th congressional district Roger Tillman (Democratic-Republican) 47.3% ! NC's 9th congressional district John Caldwell (Federalist) 25.9% Alexander Sneed (Unknown) 14.1% ! NC's 10th congressional district Joseph Pearson (Federalist) 46.9% ! NC's 11th congressional district Joseph Graham (Federalist) 47.0% ! NC's 12th congressional district Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 48.2% ! NC's 13th congressional district Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 42.8%

Ohio

Ohio held its elections October 11, 1814. ! OH's 1st congressional district ! OH's 2nd congressional district Thomas Morris (Democratic-Republican) 41.6% John W. Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 7.8% ! OH's 3rd congressional district Levin Belt (Federalist) 16.9% ! OH's 4th congressional district Bezaleel Wells (Federalist) 38.3% ! OH's 5th congressional district Samuel MacCulloch (Democratic-Republican) 24.3% Philemon Beecher (Federalist) 21.2% Robert E. Slaughter (Democratic-Republican) 4.6% Robert Cloud (Democratic-Republican) 2.2% Hiram M. Curry (Democratic-Republican) 2.2% ! OH's 6th congressional district Lewis Kinney (Democratic-Republican) 24.7% John G. Young (Democratic-Republican) 15.2% Thomas G. Jones (Democratic-Republican) 4.4%

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania held its elections October 11, 1814. ! rowspan=4 | Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district Plural district with 4 seats ✅ Joseph Hopkinson (Federalist) 13.6% ✅ William Milnor (Federalist) 13.2% ✅ Thomas Smith (Federalist) 13.2% Adam Seybert (Democratic-Republican) 11.8% William Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 11.8% Charles J. Ingersoll (Democratic-Republican) 11.4% John Conard (Democratic-Republican) 11.3% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district Plural district with 2 seats }} ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ John Whiteside (Democratic-Republican) 28.4% Amos Slaymaker (Federalist) 22.0% Samuel Rex (Federalist) 20.7% ! Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 25.7% Edward Crawford (Federalist) 23.9% Alexander Cobean (Federalist) 19.7% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ John Ross (Democratic-Republican) 30.0% William Rodman (Federalist) 15.9% James Hollingshead (Federalist) 12.5% James Ralston (Democratic-Republican) 4.3% Samuel Sitgreaves 3.1% (Federalist) ! Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district Daniel Udree (Unknown) 39.3% ! Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district John Anderson (Federalist) 37.6% ! Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district John Blair (Federalist) 22.0% ! rowspan=2 | Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district Plural district with 2 seats ✅ Jared Irwin (Democratic-Republican) 25.8% David Scott (Democratic-Republican) 25.6% John Boyd (Federalist) 18.0% Isaac Smith (Democratic-Republican) 1.7% ! Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district James Brady (Federalist) 44.7% ! Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district Obadiah Jennings (Federalist) 34.2% Thomas L. Birch (Democratic-Republican) 4.4% ! Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district ! Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district }} ! Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district }}

Rhode Island

Rhode Island held its election August 30, 1814. ! rowspan=2 | RI At-large 2 seats on a general ticket ✅ James B. Mason (Federalist) 27.5% Nehemiah R. Knight (Democratic-Republican) 22.1% John DeWolf Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 22.1%

South Carolina

South Carolina held its elections October 10–11, 1814. ! SC's 1st congressional district Thomas Rhett Smith (Federalist) 37.2% ! SC's 2nd congressional district ! SC's 3rd congressional district Theodore Gourdin (Democratic-Republican) 48.4% ! SC's 4th congressional district ! SC's 5th congressional district ! SC's 6th congressional district Benjamin C. Yancey (Democratic-Republican) ! SC's 7th congressional district Elias Earle (Democratic-Republican) 24.1% ! SC's 8th congressional district Bowen (Federalist) Samuel Farrow (Democratic-Republican) ! SC's 9th congressional district John Kershaw (Democratic-Republican) 33.9%

Tennessee

Tennessee held its elections August 3–4, 1815. ! TN's 1st congressional district John Rhea (Democratic-Republican) 41.1% ! TN's 2nd congressional district Uncontested ! TN's 3rd congressional district Thomas K. Harris (Democratic-Republican) 45.6% ! TN's 4th congressional district Archibald W. Overton (Unknown) 23.4% Willis Jones (Unknown) 10.5% ! TN's 5th congressional district Uncontested ! TN's 6th congressional district Peter R. Booker (Unknown) 31.6% George W. L. Marr (Democratic-Republican) 28.8% James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 5.8%

Vermont

Vermont held its elections September 6, 1814. Voters swung from one party to the other. The margins were close, actually, but to toss the entire six-member delegation out of office. ! rowspan=6 | VT At-large 6 seats on a general ticket ✅ Charles Marsh (Federalist) 8.5% ✅ Asa Lyon (Federalist) 8.5% ✅ Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 8.5% ✅ John Noyes (Federalist) 8.5% ✅ Luther Jewett (Federalist) 8.5% Ezra Butler (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% Richard Skinner (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% William C. Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% William Strong (Democratic-Republican) 8.2% Charles Rich (Democratic-Republican) 8.1%

Virginia

Virginia held its elections in April 1815. ! VA's 1st congressional district Others 5.3% ! VA's 2nd congressional district Francis White (Democratic-Republican) 36.6% ! VA's 3rd congressional district Griffin Taylor (Federalist) 27.6% ! VA's 4th congressional district Robert Porterfield (Federalist) 49.0% ! VA's 5th congressional district John Floyd (Democratic-Republican) 48.5% ! VA's 6th congressional district ! VA's 7th congressional district John Matthews (Federalist) ! VA's 8th congressional district Armistead Mason (Democratic-Republican) 48.0% ! VA's 9th congressional district William Brent (Democratic-Republican) 43.1% ! VA's 10th congressional district John Scott (Federalist) 40.6% ! VA's 11th congressional district John Mercer (Democratic-Republican) ! VA's 12th congressional district James M. Garnett (Federalist) 21.9% ! VA's 13th congressional district John Eyre (Federalist) ! VA's 14th congressional district ! VA's 15th congressional district John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) 34.1% William Rice (Federalist) 20.3% White (Federalist) 3.1% ! VA's 16th congressional district John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 48.4% ! VA's 17th congressional district ! VA's 18th congressional district John C. Goode (Federalist) ! VA's 19th congressional district ! VA's 20th congressional district Edwin Gray (Federalist) 47.8% ! VA's 21st congressional district ! VA's 22nd congressional district ! VA's 23rd congressional district

Non-voting delegates

Four territories sent delegates to the 14th Congress. There was no election held in Illinois Territory ! Illinois Territory At-large ! Indiana Territory At-large Elisha Sparks (Democratic-Republican) ! Mississippi Territory At-large Cowles Mead (Democratic-Republican) 41.4% ! Missouri Territory At-large Alexander MacNair (Unknown) 33.1% Samuel Hammond (Democratic-Republican) 28.8% Thomas (Federalist) Riddick (Unknown) 1.4% This was the last election for Indiana Territory, as it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1816. In Missouri Territory, Hempstead resigned and Easton also filled his seat for the remainder of the 13th Congress