1820–21 United States House of Representatives elections

One seat was added during this Congress for the new State of Missouri == Special elections ==

There were special elections in 1820 and 1821 to the 16th United States Congress and 17th United States Congress. Special elections are sorted by date then district. 16th Congress • William S. Archer (Democratic-Republican) • James Robertson (Unknown) }} • Thomas L. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 41.0% • Zephaniah Turner (Unknown) 27.5% • John Love (Democratic-Republican) 27.0% • Mark A. Chilton (Unknown) 4.5% }} • Edward B. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 60.6% • Isaac Leffler (Unknown) 35.4% • Thomas P. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 4.0% }} • Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) • }} • Francis Johnson (Democratic-Republican) • }} • William Eustis (Democratic-Republican) 56.2% • James Richardson (Federalist) 38.4% • Scattering 5.4% }} • Thomas G. McCullough (Federalist) 51.4% • Matthew S. Clarke (Democratic-Republican) 43.3% • Robert K. Lowry (Independent) 5.4% }} Second ballot • Joseph Dane (Federalist) 53.6% • Alexander Rice (Democratic-Republican) 38.2% • Isaac Lyman (Unknown) 4.5% • William Moody (Unknown) 2.3% • Others 1.0% }} Second ballot • Daniel Udree (Democratic-Republican) • Ludwig Worman (Federalist) }} • Lewis Condict (Democratic-Republican) 46.5% • Robert W. Rutherford (Democratic-Republican) 31.3% • James Parker (Federalist) 22.2% }} • David Chambers (Democratic-Republican) • John Patterson (Democratic-Republican) }} • John Findlay (Democratic-Republican) 53.6% • Thomas G. McCullough (Federalist) 46.4% }} • Thomas Murray Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 50.3% • William Cox Ellis (Federalist) 49.7% }} == Alabama ==

Alabama elected its member August 5–6, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. • Gabriel Moore (Democratic-Republican) 64.6% • George W. Owen (Democratic-Republican) 32.6% • Silas Dinsmoor (Unknown) 2.8% }} == Arkansas Territory ==

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

Connecticut elected its members April 2, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. • Gideon Tomlinson (Democratic-Republican) 14.3% • Noyes Barber (Democratic-Republican) 13.8% • Henry W. Edwards (Democratic-Republican) 13.7% • John Russ (Democratic-Republican) 13.5% • Ebenezer Stoddard (Democratic-Republican) 13.4% • Ansel Sterling (Democratic-Republican) 13.1% • Daniel Burrows (Democratic-Republican) 9.6% • Calvin Willey (Democratic-Republican) 4.1% • Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) 1.0% • Others 3.5% }} == Delaware ==

Delaware elected its members October 3, 1820. • Caesar A. Rodney (Democratic-Republican) 26.9% • Louis McLane (Federalist) 26.1% • Willard Hall (Democratic-Republican) 23.5% • John Mitchell (Federalist) 23.3% • Others 0.2% }} == Georgia ==

Georgia elected its members October 2, 1820. • Robert R. Reid (Democratic-Republican) 14.8%% • Alfred Cuthbert (Democratic-Republican) 12.5% • Joel Abbot (Democratic-Republican) 12.3% • George R. Gilmer (Democratic-Republican) 11.1% • Edward F. Tattnall (Democratic-Republican) 11.1% • Wiley Thompson (Democratic-Republican) 10.7% • Thomas W. Cobb (Democratic-Republican) 10.6% • George Walton (Unknown) 7.2% • Zadock Cook (Democratic-Republican) 4.2% • Gibson Clark (Unknown) 2.9% • James Blair (Unknown) 2.7% }} == Illinois ==

Illinois elected its member August 7, 1820. • Daniel P. Cook (Democratic-Republican) 64.7% • Elias Kane (Unknown) 35.2% • John McLean (Democratic-Republican) 0.1% }} == Indiana ==

Indiana elected its member August 7, 1820. • William Hendricks (Democratic-Republican) 91.0% • Reuben W. Nelson (Unknown) 9.0% }} == Kentucky ==

Kentucky elected its members August 7, 1820. • David Trimble (Democratic-Republican) 68.5% • William P. Fleming (Unknown) 31.5% }} • Samuel H. Woodson (Democratic-Republican) 59.4% • John Pope (Democratic-Republican) 37.8% • Thomas T. Barr (Unknown) 2.8% }} • John T. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 98.6% • Thomas A. Grimes (Unknown) 1.4% }} • Thomas Metcalfe (Democratic-Republican) }} • Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) • John Daviess (Unknown) • Dickson Gwen (Unknown) }} • Francis Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 57.2% • John Breathitt (Unknown) 41.8% • Willis Wills (Unknown) 1.0% }} • George Robertson (Democratic-Republican) }} • Wingfield Bullock (Democratic-Republican) • Norborne B. Beall (Unknown) • Samuel Churchill (Unknown) • John Logan (Unknown) }} • Thomas Montgomery (Democratic-Republican) }} • Benjamin Hardin (Democratic-Republican) • Richard Rudd (Unknown) • John Hays (Unknown) }} == Louisiana ==

Louisiana elected its member July 3–5, 1820. • Josiah S. Johnston (Democratic-Republican) 50.9% • Edward Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 49.1% }} == Maine ==

This was the first election in Maine since its separation from Massachusetts. In the previous election, Massachusetts had had 20 representatives. Seven seats (representing the -) were reassigned from Massachusetts to Maine. In addition, under the terms of the law which admitted Maine to the union, any vacancies in the 16th Congress by Representatives elected to represent Massachusetts but residing in the new states of Maine would be filled by a resident of Maine. John Holmes, who had been elected to the House for the former was elected as one of the first two senators for Maine. The vacancy was filled in a special election by Joseph Dane (Federalist). Dane was the only Representative officially considered as representing Maine in the 16th Congress. The Representatives from the 15th-20th districts were still classified as being from Massachusetts for the remainder of the 16th Congress. Maine elected its members on November 7, 1820. State law required a majority to win an election, necessitating additional ballots if a majority was not received. And, in fact, additional ballots were held on January 22, 1821, and September 10, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. • Joseph Dane (Federalist) 52.8% • Alexander Rice (Democratic-Republican) 38.7% • Isaac Lyman (Unknown) 6.0% • William Moody (Unknown) 2.4% }} • Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist) 74.1% • James Irish (Unknown) 24.6% • Mark Harris (Democratic-Republican) 1.3% }} • Mark Langdon Hill (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% • Joseph F. Wingate (Democratic-Republican) 39.8% • Joshua Head (Unknown) 4.4% • Daniel Rose (Democratic-Republican) 3.5% • Pearl Stafford (Unknown) 2.4%}} Second ballot • William D. Williamson (Democratic-Republican) 44.7% • Jacob MacGaw (Federalist) 21.2% • John Cooper (Unknown) 11.8% • Martin Kinsley (Democratic-Republican) 11.2% • John Wilkins (Democratic-Republican) 9.3% • Josiah Kedder (Unknown) 1.3%}} Third ballot • Ebenezer Herrick (Democratic-Republican) 38.2% • Ebenezer T. Warren (Democratic-Republican) 31.3% • James Parker (Democratic-Republican) 21.6% • Joshua Gage (Democratic-Republican) 4.7% • Peter Grant (Federalist) 1.5% • Others 2.8%}} Third ballot • Joshua Cushman (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} • Enoch Lincoln (Democratic-Republican) 95.9% • Samuel A. Bradley (Unknown) 1.5% • Others 2.6% }} == Maryland ==

Maryland elected its members October 2, 1820. • Raphael Neale (Federalist) 54.0% • Nicholas Stonestreet (Federalist) 46.0% }} • Joseph Kent (Democratic-Republican) 96.9% • John C. Herbert (Federalist) 2.2% }} • Henry R. Warfield (Federalist) 99.3% }} • John Nelson (Democratic-Republican) 57.9% • Thomas C. Worthington (Federalist) 41.9% }} • Peter Little (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% • Samuel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 50.0% }} • Jeremiah Cosden (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% • Philip Reed (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% }} • Robert Wright (Democratic-Republican) 50.5% • Thomas Culbreth (Democratic-Republican) 49.5% }} • Thomas Bayly (Federalist) 99.5% }} == Massachusetts ==

This was the first election in Massachusetts after the separation of the former District of Maine as the new State of Maine, taking the old – districts with it. Massachusetts elected its members November 6, 1820. Massachusetts had a majority requirement for election, which was not met in the necessitating two additional elections on January 8, 1821, and April 16, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here. • Benjamin Gorham (Democratic-Republican) 57.9% • Samuel Wells (Unknown) 40.2% • Jesse Putname (Unknown) 1.4% • Others 0.5% }} • Timothy Fuller (Democratic-Republican) 58.2% • John Hart (Democratic-Republican) 20.9% • Samuel P. Fay (Federalist) 17.8% • Others 3.1% }} • Samuel Lathrop (Federalist) 73.7% • Thomas Shepherd (Democratic-Republican) 26.3% }} • Samuel C. Allen (Federalist) 92.4% • Others 7.6% }} • Henry W. Dwight (Federalist) 51.4% • William P. Walker (Democratic-Republican) 43.9% • Others 4.7% }} • Aaron Hobart (Democratic-Republican) 54.4% • William Baylies (Federalist) 45.6% }} • John Reed Jr. (Federalist) 65.9% • Walter Folger Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 22.9% • Others 11.2% }} • Francis Baylies (Federalist) 52.5% • Marcus Morton (Democratic-Republican) 47.5% }} • Jonathan Russell (Democratic-Republican) 52.9% • Benjamin Adams (Federalist) 42.9% • Others 4.2% }} • Lewis Bigelow (Federalist) 51.7% • Edmund Cushing (Democratic-Republican) 26.1% • Jonas Kendall (Federalist) 22.1% }} • William Eustis (Democratic-Republican) 65.0% • James Richardson (Federalist) 30.7% • Richard Sullivan (Federalist) 4.3% }} == Michigan Territory ==

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

Mississippi elected its member August 7–8, 1820. • Christopher Rankin (Democratic-Republican) 100% }} == Missouri ==

Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821, but elections had been held August 28, 1820. • John Scott (Democratic-Republican) 93.6% • James Caldwell (Democratic-Republican) 6.4% }} == New Hampshire ==

New Hampshire elected its members August 18, 1820. • William Plumer Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 16.6% • Nathaniel Upham (Democratic-Republican) 16.5% • Josiah Butler (Democratic-Republican) 16.2% • Matthew Harvey (Democratic-Republican) 14.9% • Aaron Matson (Democratic-Republican) 14.2% • Thomas Whipple Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 10.6% • Arthur Livermore (Democratic-Republican) 5.9% • Levi Jackson (Federalist) 2.7% • Clifton Clagett (Democratic-Republican) 2.2% }} == New Jersey ==

New Jersey elected its members November 7, 1820. There were an unusually large number of candidates, 119 candidates according to one contemporary newspaper. Some candidates ran under an "Anti-Caucus" ticket. Only 1 of the 6 six incumbents would serve in the next term, as 4 retired and 1 died after re-election. • Ephraim Bateman (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% • George Holcombe (Democratic-Republican) 15.1% • George Cassedy (Democratic-Republican) 14.0% • Samuel Swan (Democratic-Republican) 13.9% • John Linn (Democratic-Republican) 12.2% • James Matlack (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% • Lewis Condict (D-R Anti-Caucus) 5.6% • John Rutherford (D-R Anti-Caucus) 1.7% • James Parker (Federalist) 1.5% • Joseph McIlvaine (D-R Anti-Caucus) 1.4% • Samuel L. Southard (D-R Anti-Caucus) 1.4% • Joseph Hopkinson (D-R Anti-Caucus) 1.1% • John Frelinghuysen (Federalist Anti-Caucus) 1.1% • Others 2.9% }} == New York ==

New York elected its members April 24–26, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. The , previously a plural district with two seats, was divided into two single-member districts for the 17th Congress, the 21st and . The Democratic-Republican party in New York was divided between "Bucktails" and "Clintonians". The Clintonians ran on a joint ticket with the remaining Federalists. In a few cases, marked as "Clintonian/Federalist" below, it is unclear whether a candidate on the joint ticket was Democratic-Republican or Federalist. Only five of the twenty-seven incumbents were re-elected to the next term. Sixteen incumbents retired and five lost re-election. Despite this high turnover of membership, there was only a one-seat net gain for the Federalists. • Silas Wood (Federalist) 27.1% • Peter Sharpe (Democratic-Republican) 23.1% • Cadwallader D. Colden (Federalist) 22.9% • Joshua Smith (Democratic-Republican) 22.8% • "Cadwallader Colden" 2.7% • "Cadwallader D. Colder" 1.5% }} • Cadwallader D. Colden (Federalist) • Peter Sharpe (Democratic-Republican) }} • John J. Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 49.5% • Churchill C. Cambreleng (Democratic-Republican) 29.6% • Henry Eckford (Clintonian/Federalist) 20.9% }} • Jeremiah H. Pierson (Democratic-Republican) 59.2% • John T. Smith (Clintonian/Federalist) 37.7% • Peter S. Van Orden (Democratic-Republican) 9.4% }} • William W. Van Wyck (Democratic-Republican) 56.8% • William Taber (Clintonian/Federalist) 43.2% }} • Walter Patterson (Federalist) 57.8% • Philip J. Schuyler (Democratic-Republican) 42.0% }} • Selah Tuthill (Democratic-Republican) 61.6% • James W. Wilkin (Democratic-Republican) 38.3% }} • Charles H. Ruggles (Federalist) 54.6% • William Gillespie (Democratic-Republican) 45.3% }} • Richard McCarty (Democratic-Republican) 58.8% • Jacob Haight (Democratic-Republican) 41.1% }} • Solomon Van Rensselaer (Federalist) 57.1% • Harmanus Bleecker (Democratic-Republican) 42.8% }} • John D. Dickinson (Federalist) 55.5% • James L. Hogeboom (Democratic-Republican) 42.4% • Simon Newcomb (Clintonian/Federalist) 2.0% }} • John W. Taylor (Democratic-Republican) 53.3% • Guert Van Schoonhoven (Democratic-Republican) 46.5% }} • Reuben H. Walworth (Democratic-Republican) 27.9% • Nathaniel Pitcher (Democratic-Republican) 26.1% • John Crary (Clintonian/Federalist) 23.5% • Ezra C. Gross (Democratic-Republican) 22.5% }} • John Gebhard (Democratic-Republican) 51.0% • William Mann (Democratic-Republican) 49.0% }} • Alfred Conkling (Democratic-Republican) 52.4% • John Herkimer (Democratic-Republican) 47.6% }} • James Hawkes (Democratic-Republican) 28.5% • Samuel Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% • Robert Monell (Democratic-Republican) 22.3% • Alvan Stewart (Clintonian/Federalist) 21.5% }} • Joseph Kirkland (Federalist) 56.5% • Nathan Williams (Democratic-Republican) 43.4% }} • Thomas H. Hubbard (Democratic-Republican) 51.0% • David Woods (Democratic-Republican) 48.9% }} • Micah Sterling (Federalist) 52.3% • Perley Keyes (Democratic-Republican) 47.3% }} • Elisha Litchfield (Democratic-Republican) 51.4% • George Hall (Democratic-Republican) 48.5% }} • William B. Rochester (Democratic-Republican) 29.6% • David Woodcock (Democratic-Republican) 24.7% • Jonathan Richmond (Democratic-Republican) 23.9% • Herman Camp (Democratic-Republican) 21.8% }} • Elijah Spencer (Democratic-Republican) 49.6% • Nathaniel Allen (Democratic-Republican) 48.6% • Daniel W. Lewis (Clintonian/Federalist) 1.7% }} • Albert H. Tracy (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% • Benjamin Ellicott (Democratic-Republican) 49.2% }} == North Carolina ==