1848–49 United States House of Representatives elections

Wisconsin was apportioned a third seat in 1848, and two more were added for the pending new state of California. == Special elections ==

30th Congress • Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democratic) 50.5% • Lester Trexler (Whig) 49.5% }} • Horace Mann (Whig) 60.1% • Edgar K. Whitaker (Democratic) 26.9% • Appleton Howe (Liberty) 13.0% }} • Daniel Wallace (Democratic) 36.9% • H. F. Thompson (Unknown) 36.8% • W. F. Davie (Unknown) 26.3% }} • Henry Hastings Sibley (Democratic) 62.6% • Henry M. Rice (Democratic) 32.4% • Socrates Nelson (Democratic) 5.0% }} • Horace Greeley (Whig) 53.7% • John M. Bradhurst (Democratic) 36.9% • John Townsend (Free Soil) 9.1% • James Monroe (Ind. Whig) 0.3% }} • Esbon Blackmar (Whig) 45.6% • James C. Smith (Free Soil) 40.9% • Cullen Foster (Democratic) 13.5% }} • John McQueen (Democratic) 62.7% • Robert Munroe (Unknown) 37.3% }} 31st Congress • John McQueen (Democratic) 62.5% • Robert Munroe (Unknown) 37.5% }} • James Meacham (Whig) 54.5% • Asahel Peck (Free Soil) 38.7% • Giles Harrington (Democratic) 6.8% }} • Thomas Haymond (Whig) 50.5% • George W. Thompson (Democratic) 49.5% }} == Alabama ==

Elections were held August 6, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • William J. Alston (Whig) 51.2% • C.C. Sellers (Democratic) 48.8% }} • Henry W. Hilliard (Whig) 53.1% • James L. Pugh (Ind. Whig) 46.9% }} • Sampson Willis Harris (Democratic) 52.6% • Jonathan S. Hunter (Whig) 47.4% }} • Samuel Williams Inge (Democratic) 52.4% • Jonathan S. Hunter (Whig) 47.6% }} • David Hubbard (Democratic) 49.1% • [FNU] Wood (Whig) 30.1% • Edward A. O'Neal (Democratic) 17.8% }} • Williamson R. W. Cobb (Democratic) 53.9% • Jere Clemens (Whig) 46.1% }} • Franklin W. Bowdon (Democratic) 55.1%% • [FNU] Bradford (Whig) 44.9% }} == Arkansas ==

The election was held August 7, 1848. • Robert Ward Johnson (Democratic) 60.8% • Thomas Willoughby Newton (Whig) 39.2% }} == California ==

In California two at-large members were elected November 13, 1849 in anticipation of statehood and seated September 11, 1850. • George W. Wright (Independent) 22.0% • Edward Gilbert (Democratic) 20.6% • Rodman M. Price (Democratic) 16.3% • P. A. Morse (Unknown) 8.3% • Lewis Dent (Unknown) 8.2% • E. J. C. Kewen (Unknown) 7.3% • W. M. Sheppard (Unknown) 7.2% • William E. Shannon (Unknown) 5.4% }} == Connecticut ==

Elections were held April 2, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • Loren P. Waldo (Democratic) 50.3% • Charles Chapman (Whig) 49.5% }} • Walter Booth (Free Soil) 50.0% • James F. Babcock (Whig) 49.0% • Samuel D. Hubbard (Unknown) 0.9% }} • Chauncey F. Cleveland (Democratic) 50.5% • John A. Rockwell (Whig) 49.3% • Increase Wilson (Free Soil) 0.2% }} • Thomas B. Butler (Whig) 51.4% • Nathaniel H. Wildman (Democratic) 44.4% • Barstow F. White (Free Soil) 4.1% }} == Delaware ==

The election was held November 6, 1848. • John W. Houston (Whig) 51.4% • William G. Whiteley (Democratic) 48.6% }} == Florida ==

Florida's single at-large member was elected October 2, 1848. • Edward C. Cabell (Whig) 53.5% • William Pope Duval (Democratic) 46.5% }} == Georgia ==

Elections were held October 2, 1848. • T. Butler King (Whig) 57.0% • Joseph W. Jackson (Democratic) 43.0% }} • Marshall Johnson Wellborn (Democratic) 50.3% • James Calhoun (Whig) 49.7% }} • Allen F. Owen (Whig) 52.7% • John I. Carey (Democratic) 47.3% }} • Hugh A. Haralson (Democratic) 50.9% • John A. Williamson (Whig) 49.1% }} • Thomas C. Hackett (Democratic) 59.8% • James Calhoun (Whig) 40.2% }} • Howell Cobb (Democratic) 57.7% • James W. Harris (Whig) 42.3% }} • Alexander H. Stephens (Whig) 60.7% • Joseph Day (Democratic) 39.3% }} • Robert Toombs (Whig) 62.4% • A.J. Lawson (Democratic) 37.6% }} == Illinois ==

Elections were held August 7, 1848. • William Henry Bissell (Democratic) 97.7% • Charles W. Hunter (Liberty) 2.3% }} • John Alexander McClernand (Democratic) 65.0% • Samuel Marshall (Whig) 35.0% }} • Timothy R. Young (Democratic) 61.4% • George M. Hanson (Whig) 38.6% }} • John Wentworth (Democratic) 50.9% • J. Young Scammon (Whig) 35.6% • Owen Lovejoy (Free Soil) 13.5% }} • William Alexander Richardson (Democratic) 96.6% • Eli Wilson (Free Soil) 3.4% }} • Edward D. Baker (Whig) 50.9% • Joseph Wells (Democratic) 45.8% • Joseph Call (Free Soil) 3.3% }} • Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 49.8% • Stephen T. Logan (Whig) 49.1% • E. Wright (Free Soil) 1.1% }} == Indiana ==

Elections were held August 10, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • Nathaniel Albertson (Democratic) 52.1% • Elisha Embree (Whig) 47.9% }} • Cyrus L. Dunham (Democratic) 51.6% • William McKee Dunn (Whig) 48.4% }} • John L. Robinson (Democratic) 52.5% • Joseph Robinson (Whig) 47.5% }} • George W. Julian (Free Soil) 50.8% • Samuel W. Parker (Whig) 49.2% }} • William J. Brown (Democratic) 54.7% • William Herod (Whig) 45.3% }} • Willis A. Gorman (Democratic) 54.1% • John Sebrie Watts (Whig) 45.9% }} • Edward W. McGaughey (Whig) 58.0% • Gratton F. Cookerly (Democratic) 42.0% }} • Joseph E. McDonald (Democratic) 51.2% • Henry S. Lane (Whig) 48.8% }} • Graham N. Fitch (Democratic) 50.8% • Williamson Wright (Whig) 49.2% }} • Andrew J. Harlan (Democratic) 52.1% • David Kilgore (Whig) 47.9% }} == Iowa ==

Elections were held August 7, 1848. • William Thompson (Democratic) 50.3% • Daniel F. Miller (Whig) 47.3% • Samuel L. Howe (Free Soil) 2.4% }} • Shepherd Leffler (Democratic) 50.9% • Timothy Davis (Whig) 47.5% • James Dawson (Free Soil) 1.6% }} == Kentucky ==

Elections were held August 6, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • Linn Boyd (Democratic) • Unopposed }} • James Leeper Johnson (Whig) 67.4% • Francis Peyton (Democratic) 32.6% }} • Finis McLean (Whig) • Unopposed }} • George Caldwell (Democratic) 54.6% • Aylette Buckner (Whig) 45.4% }} • John Burton Thompson (Whig) • Unopposed }} • Daniel Breck (Whig) 54.7% • John Preston Martin (Democratic) 45.3% }} • Humphrey Marshall (Whig) 50.3% • Newton Lane (Democratic) 49.7% }} • Charles S. Morehead (Whig) 52.7% • Newton Lane (Know Nothing) 47.3% }} • John Calvin Mason (Democratic) 52.8% • John B. Houston (Whig) 47.2% }} • Richard H. Stanton (Democratic) 51.2% • John P. Gaines (Whig) 48.8% }} == Louisiana ==

Elections were held November 5, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • Emile La Sére (Democratic) 56.3% • O. P. Jackson (Whig) 43.7% }} • Charles Magill Conrad (Whig) 52.4% • J. C. Beatty (Democratic) 47.6% }} • John H. Harmanson (Democratic) 54.8% • R. A. Stewart (Whig) 45.2% }} • Isaac E. Morse (Democratic) 53.1% • [FNU] Waddell (Whig) 46.9% }} == Maine ==

Elections were held September 11, 1848. • Elbridge Gerry (Democratic) 55.0% • John Jameson (Whig) 37.2% • David Gerry (Free Soil) 7.8% }} • Nathaniel Littlefield (Democratic) 46.9% • Isaac Lincoln (Whig) 40.0% • William P. Fessenden (Free Soil) 13.1% }} • John Otis (Whig) 44.2% • Moses Sherburne (Democratic) 34.6% • Ezekiel Holmes (Free Soil) 21.2% }} • Rufus K. Goodenow (Whig) 49.5% • John D. McCrate (Democratic) 42.1% • William H. Vinton (Free Soil) 7.3% • Franklin Clark (Democratic) 1.1% }} • Cullen Sawtelle (Democratic) 51.0% • Abner Coburn (Whig) 31.1% • Cyrus Fletcher (Free Soil) 17.9% }} • Charles Stetson (Democratic) 40.8% • Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) 36.0% • Jeremiah Curtis (Free Soil) 16.4% • Samuel Veazie (Democratic) 6.8% }} • Thomas J. D. Fuller (Democratic) 54.1% • George Downes (Whig) 39.8% • Tristram Redman (Free Soil) 6.2% }} == Maryland ==

Elections were held October 3, 1849 elections were after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1849. • Richard Bowie (Whig) 90.5% • Jesse Garner (Unknown) 6.7% • [FNU] Stoddard (Unknown) 2.8% }} • William T. Hamilton (Democratic) 50.4% • Thomas J. McKaig (Whig) 49.6% }} • Edward Hammond (Democratic) 60.8% • George W. Gray (Whig) 39.2% }} • Robert Milligan McLane (Democratic) 53.5% • John Reese Kenly (Whig) 46.5% }} • Alexander Evans (Whig) 52.6% • S. W. Magraw (Democratic) 47.4% }} • John Bozman Kerr (Whig) 99.4% • Scattering 0.6% }} == Massachusetts ==

Elections were held November 13, 1848. • Robert C. Winthrop (Whig) 67.0% • Charles Sumner (Free Soil) 20.3% • Benjamin F. Hallett (Democratic) 12.7% }} }} Second ballot • James H. Duncan (Whig) 53.1% • Chauncey L. Knapp (Free Soil) 24.1% • George S. Boutwell (Democratic) 22.8% }} }} }} Second ballot • George Ashmun (Whig) 52.3% • Muhling Griswold (Democratic) 27.9% • Daniel W. Atwood (Free Soil) 19.8% }} • Julius Rockwell (Whig) 51.4% • Thomas F. Plunkett (Democratic) 28.2% • Charles Sedgwick (Free Soil) 20.4% }} • Horace Mann (Whig) 84.5% • Bradford L. Wales (Democratic) 15.5% }} }} Second ballot • Joseph Grinnell (Whig) 56.2% • Abraham H. Howland (Free Soil) 17.9% • Charles B. Fessenden (Democratic) 14.3% • Sampson Hart (Free Soil) 8.0% • John A. Kasson (Free Soil) 3.6% }} == Michigan ==

Elections were held November 7, 1848. • Alexander W. Buel (Democratic) 46.8% • George C. Bates (Whig) 40.8% • Caleb N. Ormsby (Free Soil) 12.4% }} • William Sprague (Whig) 53.3% • Charles E. Stuart (Democratic) 46.7% }} • Kinsley S. Bingham (Democratic) 51.0% • George H. Hazelton (Whig) 38.7% • John M. Lamb (Free Soil) 10.3% }} == Minnesota Territory ==

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

Elections were held November 5–6, 1849, after the March 4, 1849 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1849. • Jacob Thompson (Democratic) 57.3% • Alexander B. Bradford (Whig) 42.7% }} • Winfield S. Featherston (Democratic) 54.0% • William L. Harris (Whig) 46.0% }} • William McWillie (Democratic) 52.0% • Henry Gray (Whig) 48.0% }} • Albert G. Brown (Democratic) 67.6% • William Winans (Whig) 32.4% }} == Missouri ==