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1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections

States held the 1854–55 United States House of Representatives elections between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, during President Franklin Pierce's term. Each state set a date to elect the 234 members and five non-voting delegates of the United States House of Representatives. In a critical defeat for the governing Democratic Party, opposition groups won more than 150 seats and control of the House, signaling the collapse of the Second Party System.

Special elections
33rd CongressDavis Carpenter (Whig) 43.82% • Frederick F. Backud (Democratic) 32.51% • Calvin Huson (Free Soil) 20.87% }} • J. Glancy Jones (Democratic) 60.01% • William H. Keim (Whig) 39.99% }} • Nathaniel G. Taylor (Whig) 53.31% • Samuel Milligan (Democratic) 46.04% • William Boyce (Whig) 0.65% }} • Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 52.04% • Abraham H. Howland (Independent) 47.96% }} • Charles S. Lewis (Democratic) 54.11% • Benjamin A. Smith (Whig) 45.89% }} • Isaac Teller (Whig) 50.56% • Samuel Morse (Soft-Shell Democratic) 31.27% • Charles Robinson (Hard-Shell Democratic) 18.17% }} • Henry C. Goodwin (Whig) 45.15% • Sidney T. Fairchild (Soft Shell Democratic) 27.30% • Federal Dana (Free Soil) 17.79% • Zedock T. Bentley (Hard Shell Democratic) 9.77% }} • Francis Bristow (Whig) 81.58% • A. J. Halberson (Unknown) 18.42% }} 34th CongressCalvin C. Chaffee (Know Nothing) 35.96% • John W. Foster (Republican) 33.16% • Haynes H. Chilson (Democratic) 25.29% • Edward Dickinson (Whig) 5.60% }} == Alabama ==
Alabama
Alabama elected its members on August 6, 1855. • Percy Walker (Know Nothing) 52.40% • James A. Stallworth (Democratic) 47.60% }} • Eli S. Shorter (Democratic) 54.89% • Julius C. Alford (Know Nothing) 45.11% }} • James F. Dowdell (Democratic) 52.20% • Thomas H. Watts (Know Nothing) 47.80% }} • William Russell Smith (Know Nothing) 59.83% • Sydenham Moore (Democratic) 40.17% }} • George S. Houston (Democratic) 100.00% }} • Williamson R. W. Cobb (Democratic) 62.87% • James M. Adams (Anti-Know Nothing Independent) 37.13% }} • Sampson Willis Harris (Democratic) 57.28% • William B. Martin (Anti-Know Nothing Independent) 42.72% }} == Arkansas ==
Arkansas
Arkansas elected its members on August 4, 1854. • Alfred B. Greenwood (Democratic) 97.99% • W. C. Myrtle (Unknown) 2.01% }} • Albert Rust (Democratic) 65.95% • E. G. Walker (Whig) 34.05% }} == California ==
California
California elected its members on September 6, 1854. • James W. Denver (Anti-Broderick Democratic) 44.81% • Philemon T. Herbert (Anti-Broderick Democratic) 44.47% • George Washington Bowie (Whig) 42.28% • Calhoun Benham (Whig) 41.88% • James Churchman (Broderick Democratic) 12.18% • James A. McDougall (Broderick Democratic) 12.13% • Milton S. Latham (Broderick Democratic) 2.24% }} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
Connecticut elected its members on April 2, 1855. • Ezra Clark Jr. (Know Nothing) 52.11% • James T. Pratt (Democratic) 47.89% }} • John Woodruff (Know Nothing) 55.50% • Samuel Arnold (Democratic) 44.50% }} • Sidney Dean (Know Nothing) 67.51% • Joel W. White (Democratic) 32.49% }} • William W. Welch (Know Nothing) 56.07% • William H. Noble (Democratic) 43.93% }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
Delaware elected its member on November 14, 1854. • Elisha D. Cullen (Know Nothing) 51.85% • George R. Riddle (Democratic) 48.15% }} == Florida ==
Florida
Florida elected its member on October 2, 1854. • Augustus Maxwell (Democratic) 55.26% • Thomas Brown (Whig) 44.74% }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
Georgia elected its members on October 1, 1855. • James Lindsay Seward (Democratic) 57.62% • Samuel Varnadoe (Know Nothing) 42.38% }} • Martin J. Crawford (Democratic) 51.99% • Willis Hawkins (Know Nothing) 48.01% }} • Robert P. Trippe (Know Nothing) 53.96% • James M. Smith (Democratic) 46.04% }} • Hiram B. Warner (Democratic) 50.26% • Benjamin H. Hill (Know Nothing) 49.74% }} • John H. Lumpkin (Democratic) 58.61% • Lewis Tumblin (Know Nothing) 41.39% }} • Howell Cobb (Democratic) 63.78% • Leonidas Franklin (Know Nothing) 36.22% }} • Nathaniel G. Foster (Know Nothing) 51.13% • Linton Stephens (Democratic) 48.87% }} • Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) 65.35% • C. A. Lafayette Lamar (Know Nothing) 34.65% }} == Illinois ==
Illinois
Illinois elected its members on November 7, 1854. • Elihu B. Washburne (Republican) 69.33% • William M. Jackson (Democratic) 22.99% • E. P. Ferry (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 7.67% }} • James H. Woodworth (Republican) 53.05% • Robert S. Blackwell (Whig) 19.84% • John B. Turner (Democratic) 19.48% • Edward L. Mayo (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 7.63% }} • Jesse O. Norton (Republican) 62.76% • John A. Drake (Democratic) 37.24% }} • James Knox (Whig) 57.22% • William McMurtry (Democratic) 42.79% }} • William A. Richardson (Democratic) 52.38% • Archibald Williams (Republican) 47.62% }} • Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 50.53% • Richard Yates (Republican) 49.47% }} • James C. Allen (Democratic) 50.003% • William B. Archer (Republican) 49.997% }} • Lyman Trumbull (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 58.17% • Philip B. Fouke (Democratic) 38.98% • Nathaniel Buckmaster (Unknown) 2.85% }} • Samuel S. Marshall (Democratic) 62.10% • L. Jay Turner (Republican) 21.27% • DeWitt C. Barber (Unknown) 9.33% • Almerin Grow (Unknown) 7.30% }} == Indiana ==
Indiana
Indiana elected its members on October 10, 1854. • Smith Miller (Democratic) 52.15% • Sam Hall (People's) 47.85% }} • William Hayden English (Democratic) 51.70% • Thomas C. Slaught (People's) 48.30% }} • George G. Dunn (People's) 54.53% • Cyrus L. Dunham (Democratic) 45.47% }} • William Cumback (People's) 51.92% • William G. Holman (Democratic) 48.08% }} • David P. Holloway (People's) 64.25% • J. J. Buckles (Democratic) 35.75% }} • Lucien Barbour (People's) 51.41% • Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) 48.59% }} • Harvey D. Scott (People's) 52.58% • John G. Davis (Democratic) 47.42% }} • Daniel Mace (People's) 56.92% • James Davis (Democratic) 43.08% }} • Schuyler Colfax (People's) 54.85% • Norman Eddy (Democratic) 45.15% }} • Samuel Brenton (People's) 56.00% • Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (Democratic) 44.00% }} • John U. Pettit (People's) 56.59% • J. R. Slack (Democratic) 43.41% }} == Iowa ==
Iowa
Iowa elected its members on August 7, 1854. • Augustus Hall (Democratic) 50.27% • R. L. Clark (Whig) 49.50% • J. L. Ashbaugh (Unknown) 0.23% }} • James Thorington (Whig) 53.33% • Stephen P. Hempstead (Democratic) 46.09% • Augustus Hall (Unknown) 0.57% }} == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
Kentucky elected its members on August 6, 1855. • Henry C. Burnett (Democratic) 62.03% • W. G. Hughes (Know Nothing) 37.97% }} • John P. Campbell Jr. (Know Nothing) 55.29% • Samuel Peyton (Democratic) 44.71% }} • Warner Underwood (Know Nothing) 56.88% • James P. Bates (Democratic) 43.12% }} • Albert G. Talbott (Democratic) 50.06% • Fountain T. Fox (Know Nothing) 49.94% }} • Joshua Jewett (Democratic) 51.63% • C. G. Wintersmith (Know Nothing) 48.37% }} • John M. Elliott (Democratic) 54.80% • George W. Dunlap (Know Nothing) 45.20% }} • Humphrey Marshall (Know Nothing) 61.29% • William Preston (Democratic) 38.71% }} • Alexander K. Marshall (Know Nothing) 55.98% • James O. Harrison (Democratic) 44.02% }} • Leander Cox (Know Nothing) 55.06% • Richard H. Stanton (Democratic) 44.94% }} • Samuel F. Swope (Know Nothing) 51.72% • Henry C. Harris (Democratic) 48.28% }} == Louisiana ==
Louisiana
Louisiana elected its members on November 5, 1855. • George Eustis Jr. (Know Nothing) 53.40% • Albert Fabre (Democratic) 46.60% }} • Miles Taylor (Democratic) 51.54% • Theodore G. Hunt (Know Nothing) 48.46% }} • Thomas G. Davidson (Democratic) 50.62% • Preston Pond Jr. (Know Nothing) 49.38% }} • John M. Sandidge (Democratic) 58.05% • William B. Lewis (Know Nothing) 41.95% }} == Maine ==
Maine
Maine elected its members on September 11, 1854. • John M. Wood (Republican) 59.36% • Samuel Wells (Democratic) 39.90% • Lorenzo D. Wilkinson (Unknown) 0.73% }} • John J. Perry (Republican) 56.88% • William K. Kimball (Democratic) 42.46% • Charles J. Gilman (Unknown) 0.65% }} • Ebenezer Knowlton (Republican) 43.94% • Jonathan G. Dickerson (Democratic) 30.78% • E. Wilder Farley (Whig) 25.28% }} • Samuel P. Benson (Republican) 77.12% • George Rogers (Democratic) 22.88% }} • Israel Washburn Jr. (Republican) 62.88% • Samuel H. Blake (Democratic) 37.12% }} • Thomas J. D. Fuller (Democratic) 41.29% • James A. Milliken (Republican) 37.73% • Noah Smith (Whig) 20.98% }} == Maryland ==
Maryland
Maryland elected its members on November 6, 1865. • James A. Stewart (Democratic) 51.27% • John Dennis (Know Nothing) 48.73% }} • James B. Ricaud (Know Nothing) 56.58% • Jacob Shower (Democratic) 43.42% }} • J. Morrison Harris (Know Nothing) 50.21% • Joshua Van Sant (Democratic) 49.79% }} • Henry W. Davis (Know Nothing) 51.60% • William T. Hamilton (Democratic) 48.40% }} • Henry W. Hoffman (Know Nothing) 52.36% • Henry May (Democratic) 47.64% }} • Thomas F. Bowie (Democratic) 53.93% • William Watkins (Know Nothing) 46.07% }} == Massachusetts ==
Massachusetts
Massachusetts elected its members on November 12, 1854. • Robert B. Hall (Know Nothing) 63.70% • Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 26.63% • Abraham H. Howland (Democratic) 9.66% }} • James Buffinton (Know Nothing) 68.25% • Samuel L. Crocker (Whig) 16.20% • Charles R. Vickery (Democratic) 9.00% • Gersham B. Weston (Free Soil) 6.55% }} • William S. Damrell (Know Nothing) 74.76% • Nathaniel F. Safford (Whig) 16.67% • Edward Avery (Democratic) 5.38% • Arthur W. Austin (Unknown) 3.19% }} • Linus B. Comins (Know Nothing) 57.45% • Samuel H. Walley (Whig) 32.00% • Samuel R. Skinner (Democratic) 10.55% }} • Anson Burlingame (Know Nothing) 61.64% • William Appleton (Whig) 32.12% • William Parmenter (Democratic) 6.24% }} • Timothy Davis (Know Nothing) 65.39% • Charles W. Upham (Whig) 28.44% • Nathaniel J. Lord (Democratic) 5.57% • George Hood (Unknown) 0.59% }} • Nathaniel P. Banks (Know Nothing) 73.22% • Luther Bell (Whig) 20.35% • Bowen Buckman (Democratic) 6.01% • Scattering 0.43% }} • Chauncey L. Knapp (Know Nothing) 62.80% • Tappan Wentworth (Whig) 31.88% • Daniel Needham (Democratic) 5.32% }} • Alexander DeWitt (Know Nothing) 76.97% • Isaac Davis (Democratic) 13.36% • Ira M. Barton (Whig) 7.45% • Alfred Mowrey (Unknown) 1.42% • William P. Marble (Unknown) 0.46% • Scattering 0.34% }} • Henry Morris (Know Nothing) 65.35% • Edward Dickinson (Whig) 23.33% • Stephen C. Bemis (Democratic) 11.32% }} • Mark Trafton (Know Nothing) 50.52% • John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 30.42% • Whiting Griswold (Democratic) 19.06% }} == Michigan ==
Michigan
Michigan elected its members on November 7, 1854. • William A. Howard (Republican) 53.10% • David Stuart (Democratic) 46.90% }} • Henry Waldron (Republican) 57.67% • David A. Noble (Democratic) 42.33% }} • David S. Walbridge (Republican) 55.83% • Samuel Clark (Democratic) 44.17% }} • George W. Peck (Democratic) 53.25% • Moses Wisner (Republican) 46.75% }} == Mississippi ==
Mississippi
Mississippi elected its members on November 5–6, 1855. • Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 55.53% • J. H. Taylor (Know Nothing) 44.47% }} • Hendley S. Bennett (Democratic) 51.64% • L. E. Houston (Know Nothing) 48.36% }} • William Barksdale (Democratic) 55.48% • Joseph B. Cobb (Know Nothing) 44.52% }} • William A. Lake (Know Nothing) 50.76% • Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 49.24% }} • John A. Quitman (Democratic) 59.31% • Giles M. Hillyer (Know Nothing) 40.69% }} == Missouri ==
Missouri
Missouri elected its members on August 7, 1854. • Luther M. Kennett (Whig) 52.45% • Thomas H. Benton (Benton Democratic) 44.39% • Trusten Polk (Anti-Benton Democratic) 3.17% }} • Gilchrist Porter (Whig) 54.29% • Tully Cornick (Benton Democratic) 45.71% }} • James J. Lindley (Whig) 52.46% • Augustus W. Fournoy (Democratic) 47.54% }} • Mordecai Oliver (Whig) 41.95% • S. L. Leonard (Anti-Benton Democratic) 34.21% • Shelton J. Howe (Benton Democratic) 19.08% • J. F. Pitt (Independent Whig) 4.76% }} • John G. Miller (Whig) 46.16% • Thomas L. Price (Benton Democratic) 35.43% • Warwick Hough (Anti-Benton Democratic) 18.40% }} • John S. Phelps (Anti-Benton Democratic) 51.07% • Waldo P. Johnson (Benton Democratic) 48.93% }} • Samuel Caruthers (Whig) 58.85% • Charles Jones (Democratic) 41.15% }} == New Hampshire ==
New Hampshire
New Hampshire elected its members on March 13, 1855. • James Pike (Know Nothing) 56.29% • George W. Kittredge (Democratic) 43.71% }} • Mason Tappan (Know Nothing) 58.37% • George W. Morrison (Democratic) 41.63% }} • Aaron H. Cragin (Know Nothing) 58.40% • William P. Wheeler (Democratic) 41.60% }} == New Jersey ==
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