1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections

One district in Massachusetts had been vacant in the 31st Congress. No new seats were added. The previous election had 1 Know-Nothing and 1 Independent. == Special elections ==

31st Congress • : 1850 • : 1850 • : 1851 • : 1850 • : 1850 32nd Congress == Alabama ==

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Charles Langdon (Whig) 41.19%}} == Arkansas ==

The election was held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Robert W. Johnson (Democratic) 57.4% • John Preston (Whig) 42.6% }} == California ==

California's members were elected late, at-large statewide, September 3, 1851. There were nevertheless seated with the rest of the House at the beginning of the first session. • Edward C. Marshall (Democratic) 27.16% • Joseph W. McCorkle (Democratic) 26.77% • Edward J. Kewen (Whig) 23.70% • Benjamin J. Moore (Whig) 22.37% }} == Connecticut ==

Elections were held April 7, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Charles Chapman (Whig) 48.8% • Loren P. Waldo (Democratic) 48.5% • Timothy Cowles (Free Soil) 2.6% }} • Colin M. Ingersoll (Democratic) 49.6% • James F. Babcock (Whig) 45.9% • Walter Booth (Free Soil) 2.6% }} • Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 50.9% • John C. Ames (Whig) 49.3% • Ephraim Williams (Free Soil) 1.7% }} • Origen S. Seymour (Democratic) 49.3% • Thomas B. Butler (Whig) 48.4% • Lewis Beers Jr. (Free Soil) 2.3% }} == Delaware ==

The election was held November 12, 1850. • George R. Riddle (Democratic) 49.21% • George B. Rodney (Whig) 48.24% • Francis D. Wait (Temperance) 2.54% }} == Florida ==

The election was held October 7, 1850. • Edward C. Cabell (Whig) 52.80% • John Beard (Democratic) 47.20% }} == Georgia ==

Elections were held October 6, 1851. • Joseph W. Jackson (Southern Rights) 51.67% • Charles H. Hopkins (Constitutional Union) 48.34% }} • James Johnson (Constitutional Union) 53.72% • Henry L. Benning (Southern Rights) 46.28% }} • Jack Bailey (Southern Rights) 50.67% • Absalom H. Chappell (Constitutional Union) 49.33% }} • Charles Murphey (Constitutional Union) 58.05% • John P. Stell (Southern Rights) 41.95% }} • Elijah W. Chastain (Constitutional Union) 64.98% • William H. Stiles (Southern Rights) 35.02% }} • Junius Hillyer (Constitutional Union) 71.11% • Thomas F. Jones (Southern Rights) 28.90% }} • Alexander H. Stephens (Constitutional Union) 70.82% • David W. Lewis (Southern Rights) 29.18% }} • Robert Toombs (Constitutional Union) }} == Illinois ==

Elections were held November 5, 1850. • William H. Bissell (Democratic) }} • Thomas G. C. Davis (Whig) 45.5%}} • Orlando B. Ficklin (Democratic) 56.3% • E. G. Ryan (Whig) 43.5%}} • Richard S. Molony (Democratic) 48.9% • Churchill Coffing (Whig) 46.1%}} • William Alexander Richardson (Democratic) 53.0% • Orville H. Browning (Whig) 47.1%}} • Thompson Campbell (Democratic) 50.7% • Martin P. Sweet (Whig) 48.7%}} • Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 47.1%}} == Indiana ==

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Lemuel Debruler (Whig) 49.0%}} • Roger Martin (Whig) 46.8%}} • Johnson Watts (Whig) 49.8%}} • George W. Julian (Free Soil) 47.1%}} • William P. Rush (Whig) 38.0%}} • Eli P. Farmer (Whig) 33.1%}} • Edward W. McGaughey (Whig) 48.9%}} • David Brier (Whig) 49.0%}} • Schuyler Colfax (Whig) 49.4%}} • James W. Borden (Democratic) 47.1%}} == Iowa ==

Elections were held August 5, 1850. • Bernhart Henn (Democratic) 50.5% • George G. Wright (Whig) 47.4%}} • William H. Henderson (Whig) 44.4%}} == Kentucky ==

Elections were held August 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Linn Boyd (Democratic) 57.5% • H. M. McCarty (Whig) 29.9% • Hiram McElroy (Unknown) 12.7%}} • Jeff Jennings (Unknown) 36.5%}} • Beverly L. Clarke (Democratic) 47.9%}} • James W. Stone (Democratic) 51.6% • C. S. Hill (Unknown) 48.4%}} • Theodore T. Garrard (Unknown) 40.0%}} • David Meriwether (Democratic) 49.5%}} • John C. Breckinridge (Democratic) 52.5% • Leslie Combs (Whig) 47.6%}} • John C. Mason (Democratic) 72.1% • Samuel Montgomery (Whig) 27.2%}} • Richard H. Stanton (Democratic) 53.6% • William C. Marshall (Whig) 46.4%}} == Louisiana ==

Elections were held November 4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. == Maine ==

Elections were held September 9, 1850. == Maryland ==

Elections were held October 1, 1851 elections were after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1851. == Massachusetts ==

Elections were held November 11, 1850, but at least one district's elections went to multiple ballots into 1851. }} Fourth ballot }} Fourth ballot == Michigan ==

Elections were held November 5, 1850. • Ebenezer J. Penniman (Whig) 54.7% • Alexander W. Buel (Democratic) 45.3% }} • Charles E. Stuart (Democratic) 50.8% • Joseph R. Williams (Whig) 49.0% }} • James L. Conger (Whig) 50.6% • Charles C. Hascall (Democratic) 49.4% }} == Minnesota Territory ==

See Non-voting delegates, below. == Mississippi ==

Elections were held November 3–4, 1851, after the March 4, 1851 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1851. • Benjamin D. Nabers (Union) 57.80% • Jacob Thompson (Southern Rights) 42.20% }} • John A. Wilcox (Union) 52.77% • Winfield S. Featherston (Southern Rights) 47.24% }} • John D. Freeman (Union) 50.81% • William McWillie (Southern Rights) 49.19% }} • Albert G. Brown (Southern Rights) 57.35% • A. B. Dawson (Union) 42.66% }} == Missouri ==