Market1840–41 United States House of Representatives elections
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1840–41 United States House of Representatives elections

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.

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 ==
Special elections
26th Congress • : 1840 • : January 1841 (one of the at-large seat) • : 1840 • : 1840 • : 1840 • : 1840 • : 1840 27th Congress • : 1841 • : 1841 • : 1841 • : 1841 • : 1841 • (again): 1841 • : 1841 • John Greig (Whig) 53.36% • Bowen Whiting (Democratic) 43.30% • Hiram Pitts (Liberty) 3.34% }} • Francis Granger (Whig) 53.36% • Bowen Whiting (Democratic) 45.14% • Hiram Pitts (Liberty) 3.96% }} • Mark A. Cooper (Democratic) 17.26% • 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
Edward Cross (Democratic) 57.6% • Absalom Fowler (Whig) 42.4% }} == Connecticut ==
Connecticut
Joseph Trumbull (Whig) 56.7% • Thomas H. Seymour (Democratic) 42.6% }} • William W. Boardman (Whig) 53.2% • Charles A. Ingersoll (Democratic) 44.7% }} • Thomas W. Williams (Whig) 55.2% • Erastis Coit (Democratic) 44.5% }} • Thomas B. Osborne (Whig) 55.4% • Thomas T. Whittlesey (Democratic) 44.3% }} • Truman Smith (Whig) 55.4% • John C. Smith Jr. (Democratic) 43.8% }} • John H. Brockway (Whig) 56.6% • Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 43.4% }} == Delaware ==
Florida Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Georgia ==
Iowa Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Kentucky ==
Maine
Maine elected its members September 14, 1840. • Elisha H. Allen (Whig) 51.90% • 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. • William Parmenter (Democratic) 50.34% • Nathan Brooks (Whig) 48.35% • David Goodale (Unknown) 1.31% }} • Henry Williams (Democratic) 49.75% • Nathaniel B. Borden (Whig) 49.60% • Otis Thompson (Unknown) 0.65%}} Second ballot John Quincy Adams (Whig) 54.60% • William M. Jackson (Democratic) 45.40% }} == Mississippi ==
Mississippi
Elections held late, from November 1 to 2, 1841. • Jacob Thompson (Democratic) 26.86% • William M. Gwin (Democratic) 26.74% • Adam L. Benjamin (Whig) 23.38% • William Harley (Whig) 23.03% }} == Michigan ==
Michigan
Jacob M. Howard (Whig) 51.5% • Alpheus French (Democratic) 48.5% }} == Missouri ==
Tennessee
Elections held late, on May 6, 1841. • Thomas D. Arnold (Whig) 90.21% • Robert J. McKinney (Unknown) 5.65% • Jeremiah Jack (Unknown) 4.14% }} • Abraham McClellan (Democratic) 53.00% • William T. Senter (Whig) 47.00% }} • Joseph L. Williams (Whig) 97.41% • Scattering 2.59% }} • Thomas J. Campbell (Whig) 49.26% • Julius W. Blackwell (Democratic) 48.50% • William Stone (Unknown) 2.24% }} • Hopkins L. Turney (Democratic) 67.98% • John L. Goodall (Whig) 32.02% }} • William B. Campbell (Whig) 87.44% • Jesse Skein (Unknown) 10.74% • Scattering 1.82% }} • Robert L. Caruthers (Whig) 72.29% • John Hall (Democratic) 27.71% }} • Meredith P. Gentry (Whig) 70.10% • Thomas Hogan (Democratic) 29.90% }} • Harvey M. Watterson (Democratic) 54.81% • Terry H. Cahal (Whig) 45.19% }} • Aaron V. Brown (Democratic) 80.96% • Ebenezer J. Shields (Whig) 15.63% • Scattering 3.41% }} • Cave Johnson (Democratic) 74.25% • N. H. Allen (Whig) 25.75% }} • Milton Brown (Whig) 61.19% • Stephen C. Davatt (Democratic) 38.81% }} • Kit Williams (Whig) 57.29% • Levin H. Coe (Democratic) 42.71% }} == Vermont ==
Vermont
Hiland Hall (Whig) 59.2% • Daniel Kellogg (Democratic) 40.4% }} • William Slade (Whig) 68.6% • Charles Linsley (Democratic) 30.9% }} • Horace Everett (Whig) 58.5% • Truman B. Ransom (Democratic) 40.0% }} • Augustus Young (Whig) 55.9% • John Smith (Democratic) 43.6% }} • John Mattocks (Whig) 60.1% • Isaac Fletcher (Democratic) 38.4% }} == Virginia ==
Virginia
Francis Mallory (Whig) 81.9% • Archibald Atkinson (Democratic) 11.3% • James Walters (Unknown) 6.8% }} • George B. Cary (Democratic) 56.5% • [FNU] Collier (Whig) 43.5% }} • John Winston Jones (Democratic) 69.5% • Junius E. Leigh (Unknown) 23.2% • Thomas Miller (Unknown) 7.3% }} • William Goode (Democratic) 75.0% • Richard H. Baptist (Unknown) 25.0% }} • Edmund W. Hubard (Democratic) 50.4% • John Hill (Whig) 49.6% }} • Walter Coles (Democratic) 50.5% • Vincent Witcher (Whig) 49.5% }} • William L. Goggin (Whig) 56.5% • Archibald Stuart (Democratic) 43.5% }} • Henry A. Wise (Whig) • William Todd (Democratic) }} • Robert M. T. Hunter (Independent) 53.4% • [FNU] Corbin (Whig) 36.1% • [FNU] Braxton (Democratic) 10.4% }} • John Taliaferro (Whig) 54.2% • Robert O. Grayson (Democratic) 45.8% }} • John Botts (Whig) 73.2% • [FNU] Goodall (Unknown) 26.8% }} • Thomas W. Gilmer (Whig) 51.6% • James Garland (Conservative) 42.0% • [FNU] Holladay (Unknown) 6.5% }} • Linn Banks (Democratic) 50.1% • William Smith (Democratic) 49.9% }} • Cuthbert Powell (Whig) 62.9% • B. Shreve (Democratic) 37.1% }} • Richard W. Barton (Whig) 52.2% • William Lucas (Democratic) 47.8% }} • William A. Harris (Democratic) 36.8% • Samuel C. Williams (Democratic) 30.1% • James M. H. Beale (Democratic) 19.5% • Gabriel T. Barbee (Unknown) 13.7% }} • Alexander H. H. Stuart (Whig) 53.6% • James McDowell Jr. (Democratic) 46.4% }} • George W. Hopkins (Democratic) 60.9% • J. Watson (Whig) 39.1% }} • George W. Summers (Whig) 92.6% • Augustus Caperton (Unknown) 7.4% }} • Samuel L. Hays (Democratic) 59.2% • Augustine J. Smith (Whig) 40.8% }} • Lewis Steenrod (Democratic) 100% }} == Wisconsin Territory ==
Wisconsin Territory
See Non-voting delegates, below. == Non-voting delegates ==
Non-voting delegates
26th Congress Augustus C. Dodge (Democratic) • Alfred Rich (Whig) (615-vote margin) }} 27th Congress Charles Downing (Democratic) • }} • Augustus C. Dodge (Democratic) 4838 votes • Alfred Rich (Whig) 4315 votes }} • James D. Doty (Democratic) • }} ==See also==
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