Market1838–39 United States House of Representatives elections
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1838–39 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1838–39 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 2, 1838, and November 5, 1839. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 26th United States Congress convened on December 2, 1839. They occurred during President Martin Van Buren's term. Elections were held for all 242 seats, representing 26 states.

Special elections
There were special elections in 1838 and 1839 to the 25th United States Congress and 26th United States Congress. Special elections are listed by date then district. 25th Congress Sergeant S. Prentiss (Whig) 26.55% • Thomas J. Word (Whig) 25.20% • John F. H. Claiborne (Democratic) 24.57% • Samuel J. Gholson (Democratic) 23.68% }} • Leverett Saltonstall (Whig) 59.15% • Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democratic) 32.26% • Joseph S. Cabot (Democratic) 8.60% }} 26th Congress John Jameson (Democratic) 63.16% • Thorton Grimsley (Whig) 35.96% }} • Abbott Lawrence (Whig) 57.52% • Bradford Sumner (Democratic) 42.48% }} }} Second ballot == Alabama ==
Arkansas
Edward Cross (Democratic) 61.0% • William Cummins (Whig) 39.0% }} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
Connecticut elected its six members April 1, 1839, flipping all six seats from Democratic to Whig. • Joseph Trumbull (Whig) 53.3% • Isaac Toucey (Democratic) 42.2% • Charles Chapman (Unknown) 4.6% }} • William L. Storrs (Whig) 50.5% • Samuel Ingham (Democratic) 49.2% }} • Thomas W. Williams (Whig) 50.4% • Coolidge Billings (Democratic) 48.9% }} • Thomas B. Osborne (Whig) 52.2% • Thomas T. Whittlesey (Democratic) 47.4% }} • Truman Smith (Whig) 53.4% • Charles B. Phelps (Democratic) 46.4% }} • John H. Brockway (Whig) 52.4% • Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 46.7% }} == Delaware ==
Florida Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Georgia ==
Iowa Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Kentucky ==
Maine
Thomas Davee (Democratic) 51.90% • John S. Tenney (Whig) 46.62% • Samuel Farrar (Conservative) 1.48% }} == Maryland ==
Massachusetts
Elections were held November 12, 1838, but one district's election went to a fourth ballot in 1839, after the March 4, 1839 start of the term but before the House convened in December 1839. • Richard Fletcher (Whig) 63.1% • Bradford Sumner (Democratic) 36.2% }} • Leverett Saltonstall (Whig) 59.26% • Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democratic) 32.33% • Joseph S. Cabot (Democratic) 8.51% }} • Caleb Cushing (Whig) 61.1% • Gayton P. Osgood (Democratic) 35.0% }} • William Parmenter (Democratic) 49.24% • Nathan Brooks (Whig) 48.24% • James T. Woodbury (Democratic) 1.27% • Amos Farnsworth (Anti-Slavery) 1.25%}} Fourth ballot Levi Lincoln Jr. (Whig) 55.2% • Isaac Davis (Democratic) 34.1% • Charles Allen (Unknown) 10.3% }} • James C. Alvord (Whig) 61.8% • Thomas Nims (Democratic) 28.6% • Osmyn Baker (Whig) 9.1% }} • George N. Briggs (Whig) 54.58% • Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 45.42% }} • William Calhoun (Whig) 59.4% • William W. Thompson (Democratic) 40.3% }} • William S. Hastings (Whig) 56.6% • Alexander H. Everett (Democratic) 43.2% }} • Henry Williams (Democratic) 51.90% • Nathaniel B. Borden (Whig) 45.84% • William Baylies (Whig) 2.26% }} • John Reed Jr. (Whig) 56.4% • Henry Crocker (Democratic) 43.3% }} • John Quincy Adams (Whig) 59.23% • William M. Jackson (Democratic) 40.77% }} == Michigan ==
Michigan
Isaac E. Crary (Democratic) 50.3% • Hezekiah Wells (Whig) 49.7% }} == Mississippi ==
Mississippi
A special election was held in Mississippi on July 17–18, 1837. Its winners were Democrats John F. H. Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson. The first session of the 25th Congress was a special session beginning on September 4, 1837, extending to October 16. In November, Mississippi held the regular election. Seargent Smith Prentiss, a Vicksburg lawyer and Whig, unexpectedly launched a vigorous, partisan campaign. He and fellow Whig Thomas J. Word won in an upset. Claiborne and Gholson then argued that the July result entitled them to serve full terms. With the Whig Party newly organizing, the closely divided House, in which Anti-Masons, Nullifiers, and the Independent tended to align more with Whigs and to oppose Democrats, agreed to hear Prentiss. He spoke for nine hours over three days, packing the gallery, drawing Senators, and earning a national reputation for oratory and public admiration from leading Whigs including Senators Clay and Webster. The Elections Committee then required a third election. Scheduled for April 1838, it confirmed the November result. Both Whigs were seated in May late in the second session, also serving for the third session. • Albert G. Brown (Democratic) 27.17% • Jacob Thompson (Democratic) 26.89% • Adam L. Benjamin (Whig) 23.68% • Reuben Davis (Whig) 22.26% }} == Missouri ==
New York
Thomas B. Jackson (Democratic) 56.46% • Nathaniel Miller (Whig) 43.54% • James De La Montanya (Democratic) 54.48% • John S. Gurnee (Whig) 45.52% • Ogden Hoffman (Whig) 51.54% • Moses H. Grinnell (Whig) 51.51% • Edward Curtis (Whig) 51.24% • James Monroe (Whig) 51.23% • John McKeon (Democratic) 48.31% • Isaac L. Varian (Democratic) 48.10% • Churchill C. Cambreleng (Democratic) 48.10% • Ely Moore (Democratic) 47.20% • Gouverneur Kemble (Democratic) 54.26% • Joshua W. Bowron (Whig) 45.74% • Charles Johnston (Whig) 53.11% • Obadiah Titus (Democratic) 46.89% • Gouverneur Kemble (Democratic) 51.26% • Thomas McKissock (Whig) 48.74% • Rufus Palen (Whig) 54.16% • Anthony Hasbrouck (Democratic) 45.84% == North Carolina ==
Pennsylvania
Lemuel Paynter (Democratic) 55.1% • Joel B. Sutherland (Whig) 44.9% }} • George W. Toland (Whig) 69.4% • John Sergeant (Whig) 69.2% • Joseph R. Evans (Democratic) 30.7% • Samuel Brasnears (Democratic) 30.7% }} • Charles Naylor (Whig) 53.1% • Charles J. Ingersoll (Democratic) 46.9% }} • John Edwards (Anti-Masonic) 57.2% • Edward Davies (Anti-Masonic) 57.0% • Francis James (Anti-Masonic) 57.0% • Joshua Evans Jr. (Democratic) 43.0% • Reah Frazer (Democratic) 43.0% • Samuel Leiper (Democratic) 42.8% }} • Joseph Fornance (Democratic) 54.9% • Joseph Royer (Whig) 45.1% }} • John Davis (Democratic) 51.9% • Mathias Morris (Whig) 48.1% }} • David D. Wagener (Democratic) 63.7% • Peter S. Michler (Whig) 36.3% }} • Peter Newhard (Democratic) 54.5% • Walter C. Livingston (Whig) 45.5% }} • George Keim (Democratic) 69.3% • Daniel M. Bieber (Whig) 30.7% }} • William Simonton (Whig) 59.1% • William Reily (Democratic) 40.9% }} • James Gerry (Democratic) 56.6% • Charles A. Barnitz (Whig) 43.4% }} • James Cooper (Whig) 55.9% • Daniel Sheffer (Democratic) 44.1% }} • William S. Ramsey (Democratic) 57.3% • Frederick Watts (Whig) 42.7% }} • William W. Potter (Democratic) 50.9% • William Irvin (Whig) 49.1% }} • David Petrikin (Democratic) 53.5% • David Hurley (Whig) 46.5% }} • Robert H. Hammond (Democratic) 56.6% • James Morrill (Whig) 43.4% }} • Samuel W. Morris (Democratic) 54.2% • William Willard (Whig) 45.8% }} • Charles Ogle (Anti-Masonic) 55.9% • Job Mann (Democratic) 44.1% }} • Albert G. Marchand (Democratic) 60.9% • Joseph Markle (Whig) 39.1% }} • Enos Hook (Democratic) 62.4% • Fideleo Hughes (Whig) 37.6% }} • Isaac Leet (Democratic) 50.1% • Joseph Lawrence (Whig) 49.9% }} • Richard Biddle (Anti-Masonic) 58.1% • James Power (Democratic) 41.9% }} • William Beatty (Democratic) 61.5% • George W. Smith (Whig) 38.5% }} • Thomas Henry (Anti-Masonic) 54.7% • James D. White (Democratic) 45.3% }} • John Galbraith (Democratic) 51.2% • David Dick (Whig) 48.8% }} In the , Charles Naylor's election was unsuccessfully contested by Charles J. Ingersoll. There were three special elections in Pennsylvania during the 26th Congress. The first was in the caused by the death of William W. Potter (Democratic) on October 28, 1839. This vacancy was filled by George McCulloch (Democratic). The second was in the caused by the resignation of Richard Biddle. This vacancy was filled by Henry M. Brackenridge (Whig). The third was in the caused by the death of William S. Ramsey (Democratic) on October 17, 1840. Ramsey had also been re-elected to the 27th Congress and so an additional special election was held the following May to fill the vacancy in the 27th Congress. == Rhode Island ==
Tennessee
Elections held late, on August 1, 1839. • William B. Carter (Whig) 58.95% • Joseph Powell (Democratic) 41.05% }} • Abraham McClellan (Democratic) 63.32% • John A. McKennry (Whig) 36.68% }} • Joseph L. Williams (Whig) 100% }} • Julius W. Blackwell (Democratic) 57.51% • William Stone (Whig) 42.50% }} • Hopkins L. Turney (Democratic) 65.55% • Anthony Dibrell (Whig) 34.45% }} • William B. Campbell (Whig) 60.48% • William Trousdale (Democratic) 39.52% }} • John Bell (Whig) 59.38% • Robert M. Burton (Democratic) 40.63% }} • Meredith P. Gentry (Whig) 54.18% • William G. Childress (Democratic) 45.82% }} • Harvey M. Watterson (Democratic) 58.91% • Daniel L. Barenger (Whig) 41.09% }} • Aaron V. Brown (Democratic) 57.77% • Ebenezer J. Shields (Whig) 42.23% }} • Cave Johnson (Democratic) 57.91% • Richard Cheatham (Whig) 42.09% }} • John W. Crockett (Whig) 55.49% • Stephen C. Davatt (Democratic) 44.51% }} • Christopher H. Williams (Whig) 54.19% • William C. Dunlap (Democratic) 45.81% }} == Vermont ==
Vermont
Hiland Hall (Whig) 60.1% • John Roberts (Democratic) 38.4% }} • William Slade (Whig) 69.2% • Charles Linsley (Democratic) 30.1% }} • Horace Everett (Whig) 56.8% • Alden Partridge (Democratic) 42.1% }} }} Second ballotIsaac Fletcher (Democratic) 52.8% • William Upham (Whig) 46.6% }} == Virginia ==
Virginia
Joel Holleman (Democratic) 51.9% • Francis Mallory (Whig) 48.1% }} • Francis E. Rives (Democratic) 57.6% • William B. Goodwyn (Whig) 42.4% }} • John Winston Jones (Democratic) 58.5% • [FNU] Taylor (Whig) 41.5% }} • George Dromgoole (Democratic) 57.1% • Thomas Gholson Jr. (Whig) 42.9% }} • John Hill (Whig) 54.1% • Daniel A. Wilson (Democratic) 45.9% }} • Walter Coles (Democratic) 51.7% • Vincent Witcher (Whig) 48.3% }} • William L. Goggin (Whig) 52.6% • Archibald Stuart (Democratic) 47.4% }} • Henry A. Wise (Whig) 79.6% • William C. Jones (Democratic) 20.4% }} • Robert M. T. Hunter (Whig) 52.0% • Francis Scott (Democratic) 48.0% }} • John Taliaferro (Whig) 51.4% • Robert O. Grayson (Democratic) 48.6% }} • John Botts (Whig) 53.8% • William Selden (Democratic) 46.2% }} • James Garland (Conservative) 66.3% • William F. Gordon (Democratic) 33.7% }} • Linn Banks (Democratic) 56.1% • Daniel F. Slaughter (Whig) 43.9% }} • Charles F. Mercer (Whig) 59.3% • William T. T. Mason (Democratic) 40.7% }} • William Lucas (Democratic) 50.0% • Richard W. Barton (Whig) 50.0% }} • Green Berry Samuels (Democratic) 60.3% • David Steele (Whig) 39.7% }} • Robert Craig (Democratic) 58.7% • Samuel M. Moore (Whig) 41.3% }} • George W. Hopkins (Conservative) 52.7% • John B. George (Whig) 47.3% }} • Andrew Beirne (Democratic) 61.5% • Pierre B. Withered (Whig) 38.5% }} • Joseph Johnson (Democratic) 46.6% • George D. Camden (Whig) 38.7% • Wilson K. Shinn (Democratic) 14.8% }} • Lewis Steenrod (Democratic) 55.8% • Thomas Haymond (Whig) 44.2% }} == Wisconsin Territory ==
Wisconsin Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Non-voting delegates ==
Non-voting delegates
25th Congress William W. Chapman (Democratic) 33.32% • Peter H. Engle (Democratic) 32.51% • Benjamin F. Wallace (Whig) 20.42% • David Rorer (Democratic) 13.53%}} 26th Congress Charles Downing (Democratic) • }} • Francis Gehon (Democratic) 843 votes • William W. Chapman (Democratic) 24 votes • Joseph M. Robinson (Unknown) 13 votes • Others 18 votes }} • James Duane Doty (Democratic) • George Wallace Jones (Democratic) }} ==See also==
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