The 1840–41 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 6, 1840, and November 2, 1841. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives, before or after the first session of the 27th United States Congress convened on May 31, 1841. Elections were held for all 242 seats, representing 26 states. In a Whig wave, voters gave the Whig Party a House majority for the first time. Most Americans experienced the Panic of 1837 as a severe economic downturn. Its perceived mishandling by Democratic President Martin Van Buren fueled new support for alternative economic policies favored by Whigs of which voters had previously been skeptical. Collapse of the Anti-Masonic Party in the late 1830s also drove some third-party incumbents into the Whig Party. Newly elected members included Robert M. T. Hunter, Independent of Virginia, and Zadok Casey, Independent Democrat of Illinois.

Election summaries

The previous election had two minor parties, the Anti-Masonic Party with 6 seats and the Conservative Party (of Virginia) with 2 seats, both of which disappeared in this election. The 1st session of the 27th Congress began May 31, 1841, before Mississippi had elected Representatives, leaving that State unrepresented until the 2nd session.

Special elections

26th Congress

27th Congress

! NY's 26th congressional district Bowen Whiting (Democratic) 43.30% Hiram Pitts (Liberty) 3.34% ! NY's 26th congressional district Bowen Whiting (Democratic) 45.14% Hiram Pitts (Liberty) 3.96% ! rowspan=3 | GA At-large (Three of the at-large seats) ✅ Walter T. Colquitt (Democratic) 17.14% ✅ Edward J. Black (Democratic) 16.96% Charles Dougherty (Whig) 16.32% George R. Gilmer (Whig) 16.18% Augustus R. Wright (Whig) 16.14%

Alabama

Arkansas

! AR At-large Absalom Fowler (Whig) 42.4%

Connecticut

! CT's 1st congressional district Thomas H. Seymour (Democratic) 42.6% ! CT's 2nd congressional district Charles A. Ingersoll (Democratic) 44.7% ! CT's 3rd congressional district Erastis Coit (Democratic) 44.5% ! CT's 4th congressional district Thomas T. Whittlesey (Democratic) 44.3% ! CT's 5th congressional district John C. Smith Jr. (Democratic) 43.8% ! CT's 6th congressional district Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 43.4%

Delaware

Florida Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maine elected its members September 14, 1840. ! ME's 1st congressional district ! ME's 2nd congressional district ! ME's 3rd congressional district ! ME's 4th congressional district ! ME's 5th congressional district ! ME's 6th congressional district ! ME's 7th congressional district ! ME's 8th congressional district Hannibal Hamlin (Democratic) 46.62%

Maryland

Massachusetts

Massachusetts held its elections November 9, 1840, but one district went to a second ballot on January 4, 1841. ! MA's 1st congressional district ! MA's 2nd congressional district ! MA's 3rd congressional district ! MA's 4th congressional district Nathan Brooks (Whig) 48.35% David Goodale (Unknown) 1.31% ! MA's 5th congressional district ! MA's 6th congressional district ! MA's 7th congressional district ! MA's 8th congressional district ! MA's 9th congressional district ! MA's 10th congressional district Second ballot (January 4, 1841) ✅ Nathaniel B. Borden (Whig) 52.41% Henry Williams (Democratic) 45.26% George W. Johnson (Unknown) 2.33% ! MA's 11th congressional district ! MA's 12th congressional district William M. Jackson (Democratic) 45.40%

Mississippi

Elections held late, from November 1 to 2, 1841. ! rowspan=2 | MS At-large (2 seats) ✅ Jacob Thompson (Democratic) 26.86% ✅ William M. Gwin (Democratic) 26.74% Adam L. Benjamin (Whig) 23.38% William Harley (Whig) 23.03%

Michigan

! MI At-large Alpheus French (Democratic) 48.5%

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

North Carolina

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Elections held late, on May 6, 1841. ! TN's 1st congressional district ✅ Thomas D. Arnold (Whig) 90.21% Robert J. McKinney (Unknown) 5.65% Jeremiah Jack (Unknown) 4.14% ! TN's 2nd congressional district ✅ Abraham McClellan (Democratic) 53.00% William T. Senter (Whig) 47.00% ! TN's 3rd congressional district ✅ Joseph L. Williams (Whig) 97.41% Scattering 2.59% ! TN's 4th congressional district ✅ Thomas J. Campbell (Whig) 49.26% Julius W. Blackwell (Democratic) 48.50% William Stone (Unknown) 2.24% ! TN's 5th congressional district ✅ Hopkins L. Turney (Democratic) 67.98% John L. Goodall (Whig) 32.02% ! TN's 6th congressional district ✅ William B. Campbell (Whig) 87.44% Jesse Skein (Unknown) 10.74% Scattering 1.82% ! TN's 7th congressional district ✅ Robert L. Caruthers (Whig) 72.29% John Hall (Democratic) 27.71% ! TN's 8th congressional district ✅ Meredith P. Gentry (Whig) 70.10% Thomas Hogan (Democratic) 29.90% ! TN's 9th congressional district Terry H. Cahal (Whig) 45.19% ! TN's 10th congressional district ✅ Aaron V. Brown (Democratic) 80.96% Ebenezer J. Shields (Whig) 15.63% Scattering 3.41% ! TN's 11th congressional district ✅ Cave Johnson (Democratic) 74.25% N. H. Allen (Whig) 25.75% ! TN's 12th congressional district ✅ Milton Brown (Whig) 61.19% Stephen C. Davatt (Democratic) 38.81% ! TN's 13th congressional district ✅ Kit Williams (Whig) 57.29% Levin H. Coe (Democratic) 42.71%

Vermont

! VT's 1st congressional district Daniel Kellogg (Democratic) 40.4% ! VT's 2nd congressional district Charles Linsley (Democratic) 30.9% ! VT's 3rd congressional district Truman B. Ransom (Democratic) 40.0% ! VT's 4th congressional district John Smith (Democratic) 43.6% ! VT's 5th congressional district Isaac Fletcher (Democratic) 38.4%

Virginia

! VA's 1st congressional district Archibald Atkinson (Democratic) 11.3% James Walters (Unknown) 6.8% ! VA's 2nd congressional district [FNU] Collier (Whig) 43.5% ! VA's 3rd congressional district Junius E. Leigh (Unknown) 23.2% Thomas Miller (Unknown) 7.3% ! VA's 4th congressional district Richard H. Baptist (Unknown) 25.0% ! VA's 5th congressional district John Hill (Whig) 49.6% ! VA's 6th congressional district Vincent Witcher (Whig) 49.5% ! VA's 7th congressional district Archibald Stuart (Democratic) 43.5% ! VA's 8th congressional district William Todd (Democratic) ! VA's 9th congressional district [FNU] Corbin (Whig) 36.1% [FNU] Braxton (Democratic) 10.4% ! VA's 10th congressional district Robert O. Grayson (Democratic) 45.8% ! VA's 11th congressional district [FNU] Goodall (Unknown) 26.8% ! VA's 12th congressional district James Garland (Conservative) 42.0% [FNU] Holladay (Unknown) 6.5% ! VA's 13th congressional district William Smith (Democratc) 49.9% ! VA's 14th congressional district B. Shreve (Democratic) 37.1% ! VA's 15th congressional district William Lucas (Democratic) 47.8% ! VA's 16th congressional district Samuel C. Williams (Democratic) 30.1% James M. H. Beale (Democratic) 19.5% Gabriel T. Barbee (Unknown) 13.7% ! VA's 17th congressional district James McDowell Jr. (Democratic) 46.4% ! VA's 18th congressional district J. Watson (Whig) 39.1% ! VA's 19th congressional district Augustus Caperton (Unknown) 7.4% ! VA's 20th congressional district Augustine J. Smith (Whig) 40.8% ! VA's 21st congressional district

Wisconsin Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Non-voting delegates

26th Congress

! Iowa Territory At-large Alfred Rich (Whig) (615-vote margin)

27th Congress

! Florida Territory At-large ! Iowa Territory At-large Alfred Rich (Whig) 4315 votes ! Wisconsin Territory At-large