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1806–07 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1806–07 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 29, 1806 and August 4, 1807. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 10th United States Congress convened on October 26, 1807. They occurred during Thomas Jefferson's second term. Elections were held for all 142 seats, representing 17 states.

Special elections
There were special elections in 1806 and 1807 during the 9th United States Congress and 10th United States Congress. Elections are sorted here by date then district. 9th Congress Evan S. Alexander (Democratic-Republican) • Robert Locke (Democratic-Republican) }} • Theodore Dwight (Federalist) • }} • Dennis Smelt (Democratic-Republican) 51.9% • George M. Troup (Unknown) 42.6% • Buckner Harris (Unknown) 5.5% • Others <0.1% }} • William W. Bibb (Democratic-Republican) 74.2% • David Creswell (Unknown) 25.8% }} • Edward Lloyd (Democratic-Republican) 83.8% • James Brown (Unknown) 16.2% }} • William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican) • Henry Callaway (Unknown) }} • Nicholas Van Dyke (Federalist) 51.7% • John Dickinson (Democratic-Republican) 48.3% • Scattering <0.1% }} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
Connecticut elected its members on September 15, 1806. • Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) • Jonathan O. Moseley (Federalist) • Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) • Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) • Lewis B. Sturges (Federalist) • John Davenport (Federalist) • Samuel W. Dana (Federalist) • Sylvanus Backus (Federalist) • Asa Bacon (Federalist) • John Caldwell (Federalist) • Sylvester Gilbert (Federalist) • Uriel Holmes (Federalist) • Ebenezer Huntington (Federalist) • Lyman Law (Federalist) • Samuel B. Sherwood (Federalist) • John Cotton Smith (Federalist) • Nathaniel Terry (Federalist) • Noah Webster (Federalist) }} == Delaware ==
Delaware
Delaware elected its member October 7, 1806. • James M. Broom (Federalist) 60.5% • Thomas Fitzgerald (Democratic-Republican) 21.3% • Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican) 9.8% • Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) 8.3% }} == Georgia ==
Georgia
Georgia elected its members October 6, 1806. • Dennis Smelt (Democratic-Republican) 18.4% • George Troup (Democratic-Republican) 16.7% • William W. Bibb (Democratic-Republican) 15.3% • Howell Cobb (Democratic-Republican) 12.8% • Elijah Clarke (Democratic-Republican) 12.5% • William Barnett (Democratic-Republican) 7.2% • Thomas Carr (Unknown) 6.2% • James Simms (Unknown) 6.2% • Thomas Spalding (Democratic-Republican) 3.1% • Obediah Jones (Unknown) 1.0% • Buckner Harris (Unknown) 0.6% }} == Indiana Territory ==
Indiana Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Kentucky ==
Kentucky
Kentucky elected its members August 4, 1806. • Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 57.9% • David Walker (Democratic-Republican) 42.1% }} • John Boyle (Democratic-Republican) }} • John Rowan (Democratic-Republican) 55.8% • Stephen Ormsby (Democratic-Republican) 44.2% }} • Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 42.5% • Thomas Sandford (Democratic-Republican) 30.2% • James Moore (Unknown) 27.3% }} • Benjamin Howard (Democratic-Republican) • Uncontested }} • Joseph Desha (Democratic-Republican) }} == Maryland ==
Maryland
Maryland elected its members October 6, 1806. • John Campbell (Federalist) 99.9% }} • Archibald Van Horne (Democratic-Republican) 58.4% • Leonard Covington (Democratic-Republican) 41.5% }} • Philip B. Key (Federalist) 53.3% • Patrick Magruder (Democratic-Republican) 46.7% }} • Roger Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 96.4% • Nathaniel Rochester (D-R Quid) 3.0% }} • Nicholas R. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 44.5% • William McCreery (Democratic-Republican) 25.7% • Joshua Barney (Quid) 14.9% • John Scott (Federalist) 14.9% }} • John Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) 50.2% • John Archer (D-R Quid) 48.7% • Samuel Sutton (Unknown) 1.0% }} • Edward Lloyd (Democratic-Republican) 81.1% • James Brown (D-R Quid) 18.8% }} • Charles Goldsborough (Federalist) 68.8% • Philip Quinton (D-R Quid) 31.1% }} == Massachusetts ==
Massachusetts
Massachusetts elected its members November 3, 1806. • Josiah Quincy (Federalist) 57.7% • James Prince (Democratic-Republican) 42.2% }} • Jacob Crowninshield (Democratic-Republican) 54.8% • Samuel Putnam (Federalist) 45.0% }} • Edward St. Loe Livermore (Federalist) 67.6% • Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 32.4% }} • Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 74.0% • Ebenezer Bridgely (Federalist) 25.1% }} • William Ely (Federalist) 57.1% • Samuel Fowler (Democratic-Republican) 38.5% • William Eaton (Federalist) 4.4% }} • Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 64.4% • Solomon Snead (Democratic-Republican) 35.6% }} • Joseph Barker (Democratic-Republican) 60.8% • Nahum Mitchell (Federalist) 38.4% }} • Isaiah L. Green (Democratic-Republican) 63.4% • Wendall Davis (Federalist) 34.6% • Others 2.0% }} • Josiah Dean (Democratic-Republican) 55.1% • Nicholas Tillinghast (Federalist) 43.1% • Nathaniel Morton (Unknown) 1.6% }} • Jabez Upham (Federalist) 53.9% • Edward Bangs (Democratic-Republican) 45.4% }} • William Stedman (Federalist) 63.6% • John Whiting (Democratic-Republican) 36.0% }} • Barnabas Bidwell (Democratic-Republican) 59.9% • Daniel Dewey (Federalist) 40.1% }} • Ebenezer Seaver (Democratic-Republican) 65.3% • Edward H. Robbins (Federalist) 34.7% }} • Richard Cutts (Democratic-Republican) 55.9% • Joseph Leland (Federalist) 25.8% • Joseph Bartlett (Democratic-Republican) 18.4% }} • Daniel Ilsley (Democratic-Republican) 52.5% • Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 47.5% }} • Orchard Cook (Democratic-Republican) 55.9% • Mark L. Hill (Federalist) 44.1% }} • John Chandler (Democratic-Republican) 76.5% • John Crosby (Unknown) 20.6% • Benjamin Whitwell (Federalist) 2.9% }} == Mississippi Territory ==
Mississippi Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == New Hampshire ==
New Hampshire
New Hampshire elected its members August 25, 1806. • Jedediah K. Smith (Democratic-Republican) 12.2% • Clement Storer (Democratic-Republican) 12.1% • Peter Carleton (Democratic-Republican) 12.1% • Francis Gardner (Democratic-Republican) 12.0% • Daniel M. Durell (Democratic-Republican) 10.9% • Samuel Tenney (Federalist) 7.8% • Caleb Ellis (Federalist) 7.7% • David Hough (Federalist) 7.6% • Thomas W. Thompson (Federalist) 6.0% • Silas Betton (Federalist) 6.0% • John Wheeler (Federalist) 2.0% • Timothy Farrar (Federalist) 1.7% • Others 2.0% }} == New Jersey ==
New Jersey
New Jersey elected its members October 14–15, 1806. The Federalists ran a mixed ticket consisting of 2 Federalists (Aaron Ogden and John Beatty) and 4 Democratic-Republicans (William Helms, Ebenezer Elmer, George Maxwell, and Adam Boyd), one of whom (William Helms) was also on the Democratic-Republican ticket. The Federalists capitalized on resentment over the replacement on the official Democratic-Republican ticket of Ebenezer Elmer, from South Jersey, with Thomas Newbold from Monmouth County and the retention of James Sloan. This ticket was formed too late to gain sufficient support, but the Federalists did do much better in state elections that year than they had in previous elections. • William Helms (Democratic-Republican) 14.9% • Thomas Newbold (Democratic-Republican) 12.4% • Henry Southard (Democratic-Republican) 12.4% • Ezra Darby (Democratic-Republican) 11.9% • John Lambert (Democratic-Republican) 11.8% • James Sloan (Democratic-Republican) 11.2% • Aaron Ogden (Federalist) 5.9% • Ebenezer Elmer (Federalist) 5.8% • John Beatty (Federalist) 5.3% • George C. Maxwell (Democratic-Republican) 3.8% • Adam Boyd (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% }} == New York ==
New York
New York elected representatives to the 10th Congress on April 29 – May 1, 1806. This was the second and last election in which Districts 2 and 3 were elected on a joint ticket. New York redistricted in the next election. • Samuel Riker (Democratic-Republican) 99.1% }} • Gurdon S. Mumford (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% • George Clinton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 26.5% • John B. Coles (Federalist) 22.3% • Nicholas Fish (Federalist) 22.3% • John R. Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 1.0% }} • Philip Van Cortlandt (Democratic-Republican) 46.5% • Peter A. Jay (Federalist) 41.0 % • Peter Taulman (Democratic-Republican) 6.5% • Samuel S. Smith (D-R Quid) 6.1% }} • John Blake Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 62.9% • Reuben Hopkins (Federalist) 37.1% }} • Daniel C. Verplanck (Democratic-Republican) 98.5% }} • Barent Gardenier (Federalist) 47.8% • William A. Thompson (Quid) 34.7% • Johannes Bruyn (Democratic-Republican) 17.5% }} • James I. Van Alen (Democratic-Republican) 50.1% • Robert Le Roy Livingston (Federalist) 49.9% }} • Killian Van Rensselaer (Federalist) 46.6% • Benjamin DeWitt (Democratic-Republican) 32.7% • Henry Glen (D-R Quid) 20.6% }} • Josiah Masters (Democratic-Republican) 51.1% • Hosea Moffet (Federalist) 48.6% }} • John Thompson (Democratic-Republican) 57.8% • Asahel Porter (Federalist) 39.6% • Peter Sailly (Democratic-Republican) 2.6% }} • David Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 92.4% • Others 8.6% }} • Peter Swart (Democratic-Republican) 69.4% • Isaac H. Tiffany (Federalist) 30.6% }} • John Russell (Democratic-Republican) 67.3% • Solomon Martin (Federalist) 33.7% }} • William Kirkpatrick (D-R Quid) 55.3% • John Nicholson (Democratic-Republican) 44.7% }} • Reuben Humphrey (Democratic-Republican) 86.1% • Thaddeus M. Wood (Federalist) 8.1% • John Cantine (Democratic-Republican) 3.1% • Uri Tracy (Democratic-Republican) 2.6% }} • John Harris (Democratic-Republican) 35.1% • Daniel W. Lewis (Federalist) 33.6% • Silas Halsey (D-R Quid) 30.0% • James Faulkner (Democratic-Republican) 1.8% }} == North Carolina ==
North Carolina
North Carolina elected its members August 15, 1806. • Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 64.0% • William H. Murfree (Democratic-Republican) 36.0% }} • Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} • Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 50.1% • William Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% }} • William Blackledge (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} • Thomas Kenan (Democratic-Republican) • Benjamin Smith (Democratic-Republican) • Samuel Jacelyn (Unknown) • Alexander D. Moore (Unknown) }} • Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 99.8% }} • John Culpepper (Federalist) 48.1% • Duncan McFarlan (Democratic-Republican) 47.2% • John Hay (Federalist) 3.7% • James Sanders (Democratic-Republican) 1.0% }} • Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 94.3% • Calvin Jones (Unknown) 2.6% }} • Marmaduke Williams (Democratic-Republican) 57.9% • Theophilus Lacy (Democratic-Republican) 42.1% }} • Evan S. Alexander • Matthew Brandon (Unknown) }} • James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 96.1% • Joseph Graham (Unknown) 3.7% }} • Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 63.1% • William Lenoir (Democratic-Republican) 32.5% • Peter Eaton (Democratic-Republican) 4.4% }} == Ohio ==
Ohio
Ohio elected its member October 14, 1806. Both candidates were Democratic-Republicans, but from election articles published in The Scioto Gazette it was suggested that James Pritchard was the candidate of the Ohio Quids and that in a few counties, notably Columbiana and Jefferson, he was also supported by the Federalists. • Jeremiah Morrow (Democratic-Republican) 73.9% • James Pritchard (D-R Quid) 26.0% }} == Orleans Territory ==
Orleans Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Pennsylvania ==
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania elected its members October 14, 1806. • John Porter (Democratic-Republican) 21.1% • Jacob Richards (Democratic-Republican) 20.7% • Joseph Clay (Democratic-Republican) 20.4% • William Graham (Federalist) 18.3% • Joseph Hemphill (Federalist) 12.7% • John Sergeant (Federalist) 6.8% }} • Robert Brown (Democratic-Republican) 18.0% • William Milnor (Federalist Quid) 16.8% • John Pugh (Democratic-Republican) 16.6% • John Hahn (Democratic-Republican) 16.5% • Frederick Conrad (D-R Quid) 16.2% • William Latimore (D-R Quid) 16.0% }} • John Hiester (D-R Quid) 18.3% • Matthias Richards (D-R Quid) 18.1% • Robert Jenkins (Federalist Quid) 17.7% • John Whitehill (Democratic-Republican) 15.5% • Roger Davis (Democratic-Republican) 15.2% • William Witman (Democratic-Republican) 15.1% }} • Robert Whitehill (Democratic-Republican) 47.7% • David Bard (D-R Quid) 42.7% • Evers Doty (Democratic-Republican) 7.8% • Oliver Pollock (Unknown) 1.8% }} • Daniel Montgomery Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 57.7% • Andrew Gregg 42.3% (D-R Quid) }} • James Kelly (Federalist Quid) 100% }} • John Rea (Democratic-Republican) 52.7% • Andrew Dunlap (Federalist) 29.7% • Henry Woods (D-R Quid) 17.6% }} • William Findley (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} • John Smilie (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} • William Hoge (Democratic-Republican) 62.0% • John Hamilton (Federalist Quid) 38.0% }} • Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 55.9% • John Wilkins (Federalist Quid) 44.1% }} == Rhode Island ==
Rhode Island
Rhode Island elected its members August 26, 1806. Rhode Island law required a majority of votes to win. In this election, only one candidate won a majority on the first ballot, and so a run-off election was required to choose the second seat. • Nehemiah Knight (Democratic-Republican) 26.9% • Isaac Wilbour (Democratic-Republican) 24.4% • William Hunter (Federalist) 22.2% • Thomas Arnold (Federalist) 21.8% • Thomas B. Hazard (D-R Quid) 4.7% }}'''''' == South Carolina ==
South Carolina
South Carolina elected its members October 13–14, 1806. • Robert Marion (Democratic-Republican) 55.6% • William L. Smith (Federalist) 43.6% }} • William Butler Sr. (Democratic-Republican) 73.6% • Richard B. Screven (Federalist) 26.2% }} • David R. Williams (Democratic-Republican) 97.9% }} • John Taylor (Democratic-Republican) 55.3% • Henry Dana Ward (Federalist) 30.0% • Miles B. Pinkney (Democratic-Republican) 14.3% }} • Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican) 73.0% • Anthony Butler (Federalist) 27.0% }} • Levi Casey (Democratic-Republican) 50.1% • John A. Elmer (Federalist) 25.2% • Joseph Calhoun (Democratic-Republican) 24.7% }} • Thomas Moore (Democratic-Republican) • Uncontested }} • Lemuel J. Alston (Democratic-Republican) 39.7% • William Hunter (Democratic-Republican) 30.3% • Elias Earle (Democratic-Republican) 30.0% }} == Tennessee ==
Tennessee
Tennessee elected its members August 3–4, 1807, after the Congress began but before the first session met. • John Rhea (Democratic-Republican) • Uncontested }} • George W. Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 69.3% • Pleasant M. Miller (Democratic-Republican) 30.7% }} • Jesse Wharton (Democratic-Republican) 62.5% • James Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 31.2% • Spencer Clack (Unknown) 3.5% • Moses Fisk (Unknown) 2.8% }} == Vermont ==
Vermont
Vermont elected its members September 2, 1806. • James Witherell (Democratic-Republican) 54.1% • Jonas Galusha (Federalist) 29.4% • Others 16.5% }} • James Elliot (Federalist) 57.9% • William Hunter (Democratic-Republican) 32.2% • Others 9.9% }} • James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 61.0% • William Chamberlain (Federalist) 37.1% • Others 1.9% }} • Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 52.6% • Ezra Butler (Democratic-Republican) 43.3% • Others 4.2% }} == Virginia ==
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