1842–43 United States House of Representatives elections

1842–43 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1840 & 1841 August 1, 1842 – November 8, 1843[a] 1844 & 1845 →
All 223 seats in the United States House of Representatives 112 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Jones John White Party Democratic Whig Leader's seat Virginia 6th Kentucky 6th Last election 98 seats 142 seats Seats won 147[b] 72 Seat change 49 70 Popular vote 1,051,561 905,910 Percentage 51.27% 44.17% Swing 3.44% 6.89%   Third party Fourth party   Party Law and Order Independent Last election Pre-creation 2 seats[c] Seats won 2 2[d] Seat change 2 Popular vote 7,145 42,236 Percentage 0.35% 2.06% Swing New Party 1.21%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Whig hold      Whig gain      Law and Order gain
Speaker before election John White Whig Elected Speaker John Jones Democratic

The 1842–43 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 1, 1842, and November 8, 1843.^[a] Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 28th United States Congress convened on December 4, 1843. The exception was Maryland, who held theirs so late that they ran into February 1844.^[a] These elections occurred during President John Tyler's term. The congressional reapportionment based on the 1840 United States census unusually decreased the number of House seats, from 242 down to 223.

After Whig President William Henry Harrison died within a month of taking office, his successor as president, John Tyler was only nominally a Whig who had not been properly validated for alignment to Whig policy. Effectively an independent, Tyler was disliked by politicians and was unpopular with voters of both parties, leaving the Whigs unexpectedly leaderless and in visible disarray.

Despite the improving economy, rural voters favored Democrats, again rejecting Whig economic nationalism. The Whig Party lost 69 seats and their sizeable majority from the 1840 election, almost half their House delegation (one of the Whigs who won re-election was William Wright of New Jersey, elected as an "Independent Whig"^{[1] [2]}).

The Democrats won a majority, flipping 48 Whig seats (this includes Henry Nes of Pennsylvania, elected as an Independent Democrat^[1][e]). In Rhode Island, the Law and Order Party, formed in response to the Dorr Rebellion, won both of Rhode Island's two seats.

Apportionment was based on the census of 1840 and was unusual in that the number of House seats was decreased, from 242 to 223:^[4] this came after the Apportionment Act of 1842 mandated that all members be elected from single-member contiguous districts, thus abolishing plural districts and at-large districts.^[5] Four states that did not comply with this new law delayed redistricting under a grandfather clause.

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State	Type	Date	Total seats		Democratic		Whig		Law and Order
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Missouri	At-large	August 1, 1842	5	3	5	3	0		0
Tennessee	District	August 3, 1842	11	2	6	1	5	3	0
Illinois	District	August 7, 1842	7	4	6	4	1		0
Arkansas	At-large	October 3, 1842	1		1		0		0
Georgia	At-large	October 3, 1842	8	1	8	8	0	9	0
New Jersey	District[g]	October 8, 1842	5	1	4	4	1[h]	5	0
Delaware	At-large	November 8, 1842	1		0		1		0
New York	District	November 8, 1842	34	6	24	4	10	10	0
Massachusetts	District	November 14, 1842[i]	10	2	2	1	8	3	0
South Carolina	District	February 20–21, 1843	7	2	7	1	0	1	0
New Hampshire	At-large	March 3, 1843	4	1	4	1	0		0
Late elections after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term
Connecticut	District	April 5, 1843	4	2	4	4	0	6	0
Virginia	District	April 27, 1843	15	6	12	2	3	8	0
Louisiana	District	July 3–5, 1843	4	1	4	3	0	2	0
North Carolina	District	August 3, 1843	9	4	5		4	4	0
Alabama	District	August 7, 1843	7	2	6	1	1	1	0
Indiana	District	August 7, 1843	10	3	8	7	2	4	0
Kentucky	District	August 7, 1843	10	3	5	3	5	6	0
Rhode Island	District[g]	August 29, 1843	2		0		0	2	2	2
Vermont	District	September 5, 1843	4	1	1	1	3	2	0
Maine	District	September 11, 1843	7	1	5	1	2	2	0
Ohio	District	October 10, 1843	21	2	12	5	9	3	0
Pennsylvania	District	October 10, 1843	24	4	12[j]	3	12	1	0
Mississippi	At-large	November 6–7, 1843	4	2	4	2	0		0
Michigan	District[g]	November 8, 1843	3	2	3	3	0	1	0
Maryland	District	February 14, 1844	6	2	0	2	6		0
Total			223	19	148[j] 66.4%	50	73[h] 32.7%	71	2 0.9%	2

Popular vote Democratic   51.27% Whig   44.17% Law & Order   0.35% Independent   2.06% Others   2.15%

House seats Democratic   65.47% Whig   32.74% Law & Order   0.90% Independent   0.90%

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Robert C. Winthrop	Whig	1840 (special)	Incumbent resigned May 25, 1842 due to the death of his wife. New member elected June 3, 1842. Whig hold. Winner would later resign and be replaced by his predecessor; see below.	▌Y Nathan Appleton (Whig) 67.13% ▌William Washburn (Democratic) 30.04% ▌Amos Merrill (Liberty) 2.83%[6]
Massachusetts 1	Nathan Appleton	Whig	1830 1832 (retired) 1842 (special)	Incumbent resigned September 28, 1842. New member elected November 14, 1842. Whig hold. Winner also elected to the next term; see below.	▌Y Robert C. Winthrop (Whig) 54.50% ▌William Washburn (Democratic) 42.12% ▌Dexter S. King (Liberty) 3.38%[7]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 10	Barker Burnell	Whig	1840	Incumbent died June 15, 1843. New member elected November 13, 1843 and seated December 7, 1843. Whig hold.	▌Y Joseph Grinnell (Whig) 53.47% ▌Sampson Perkins (Democratic) 42.48% ▌Caleb Belcher (Liberty) 4.05%[8]

Alabama gained 2 seats, going from 5 to 7 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term. In the 1841 elections, Alabama briefly used at-large general-ticket elections, but in these elections it returned to districts.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Alabama 1	Benjamin Glover Shields Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent retired. Whig gain.	▌Y James Dellet (Whig) 50.7% ▌Henry Goldthwaite (Democratic) 49.3%[9]
Alabama 2	New seat			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y James Edwin Belser (Democratic) 52.2% ▌John Pettit (Whig) 47.9%
Alabama 3	Dixon Hall Lewis Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1829	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dixon Hall Lewis (Democratic) 52.3% ▌Henry Charles Lea (Whig) 47.7%
Alabama 4	William Winter Payne Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William Winter Payne (Democratic) 51.7% ▌Elisha Young (Whig) 48.3%
Alabama 5	George S. Houston Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George S. Houston (Democratic) 50.3% ▌Francis Armstrong (Whig) 49.7%
Alabama 6	Reuben Chapman Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic	1835	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Reuben Chapman (Democratic) 83.31% Unknown 16.69%[10]
Alabama 7	Open seat			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Felix Grundy McConnell (Democratic) 52.37% ▌William Parish Chilton (Whig) 45.37% ▌Samuel G. Daily (Unknown) 2.26%[11]

1842 Arkansas at-large election

← 1840 October 3, 1842 1844 →

Nominee Edward Cross William Cummins Lemuel D. Evans Party Democratic Whig Independent Popular vote 9,413[12] 5,315 1,686 Percentage 57.4% 32.4% 10.3%

County Results Cross:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%      70-80%     80-90%     >90% Cummins:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80% Evans:     50-60%      No Data

U.S. Representative before election Edward Cross Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Edward Cross Democratic

Arkansas stayed at 1 seat, electing its one member at-large October 3, 1842.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Arkansas at-large	Edward Cross	Democratic	1838	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edward Cross (Democratic) 57.35% ▌William Cummins (Whig) 32.38% ▌Lemuel D. Evans (Independent) 10.27%[13]

Connecticut lost 2 seats, reduced from 6 to 4 members. Elections were held April 5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1843.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[14]
Connecticut 1	Joseph Trumbull	Whig	1834 (special) 1835 (lost) 1839	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Thomas H. Seymour (Democratic) 49.1% ▌Thomas K. Brace (Whig) 48.7% ▌Edward Hooker (Liberty) 2.3%
	John H. Brockway Redistricted from the 6th district	Whig	1839	Incumbent retired. Whig loss.
Connecticut 2	William Boardman	Whig	1840 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y John Stewart (Democratic) 48.9% ▌Samuel D. Hubbard (Whig) 48.3% ▌Ely Warner (Liberty) 2.8%
Connecticut 3	Thomas W. Williams	Whig	1839	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y George S. Catlin (Democratic) 52.8% ▌Edward Eldridge (Whig) 41.0% ▌Increase Wilson (Liberty) 5.1% ▌Samuel Bowen (Unknown) 1.1%
	Truman Smith Redistricted from the 5th district	Whig	1839	Incumbent retired. Whig loss.
Connecticut 4	Thomas B. Osborne	Whig	1839	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Samuel Simons (Democratic) 49.3% ▌Thomas B. Osborne (Whig) 48.3% ▌Daniel G. Platt (Liberty) 2.3%

1842 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

← 1840 November 8, 1842 1844 →

Nominee George B. Rodney William H. Jones Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 5,465 5,456 Percentage 50.04% 49.96%

Rodney:      50–60% Jones:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election George B. Rodney Whig Elected U.S. Representative George B. Rodney Whig

Delaware stayed at 1 seat, electing its one member at-large November 8, 1842.

The election was decided by a nine-vote margin.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	George B. Rodney	Whig	1840	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George B. Rodney (Whig) 50.04% ▌William H. Jones (Democratic) 49.96%[15]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Georgia lost 1 seat, going from 9 to 8 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket October 3, 1842.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia at-large 8 at-large seats	Mark A. Cooper	Democratic	1841 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Elected on a general ticket: ▌Y Mark A. Cooper (Democratic) 6.48% ▌Y John B. Lamar (Democratic) 6.45% ▌Y William H. Stiles (Democratic) 6.42% ▌Y Hugh A. Haralson (Democratic) 6.42% ▌Y Howell Cobb (Democratic) 6.41% ▌Y John Millen (Democratic) 6.39% ▌Y Edward J. Black (Democratic) 6.37% ▌Y John H. Lumpkin (Democratic) 6.37% ▌Absalom H. Chappell (Whig) 6.50% ▌Richard W. Habersham (Whig) 6.11% ▌Augustus R. Wright (Whig) 6.07% ▌Roger L. Gamble (Whig) 6.06% ▌Richard H. Wilde (Whig) 6.03% ▌Augustus Holmes Kenan (Whig) 6.00% ▌T. Butler King (Whig) 5.99% ▌Henry P. Smead (Whig) 5.94%[16]
	Thomas F. Foster	Whig	1828 1834 (lost) 1840	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.
	Thomas B. King	Whig	1838	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
	Roger L. Gamble	Whig	1838	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
	James A. Meriwether	Whig	1840	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.
	Richard W. Habersham	Whig	1838	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. Incumbent died December 2, 1842, leading to a special election.
	Edward J. Black	Democratic	1838 1840 (lost) 1841 (special)	Incumbent re-elected.
	Walter T. Colquitt	Democratic	1841 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.

Illinois gained 4 seats, going from 3 to 7 members. Elections were held August 7, 1842.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Illinois 1
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Illinois 3
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Illinois 5
Illinois 6
Illinois 7

Indiana gained 3 seats, going from 7 to 10 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Indiana 1
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Indiana 4
Indiana 5
Indiana 6
Indiana 7
Indiana 8
Indiana 9
Indiana 10

Kentucky lost 3 seats, going from 13 to 10 members. Elections were held August 7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1
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Kentucky 3
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Kentucky 5
Kentucky 6
Kentucky 7
Kentucky 8
Kentucky 9
Kentucky 10

Louisiana gained 1 seats, going from 3 to 4 members. Elections were held July 3–5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Louisiana 1
Louisiana 2
Louisiana 3
Louisiana 4

Maine lost 1 seat, going from 8 to 7 members. Elections were held September 11, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maine 1
Maine 2
Maine 3
Maine 4
Maine 5
Maine 6
Maine 7

Maryland lost 2 seats, going from 8 to 6 members. Elections were held February 14, 1844, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

Maryland's elections to the next Congress were held February 14, 1844, after the 1842–1843 election cycle was passed and almost after the next Congress completed.

Massachusetts lost 2 seats, going from 12 to 10 members. Elections were held November 14, 1842, but some districts' elections stretched to multiple ballots into 1843 and very early 1844.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Massachusetts 1	Nathan Appleton	Whig	1830 1833 (retired) 1842 (special)	Incumbent resigned September 28, 1842. Whig hold. Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term; see above.	▌Y Robert C. Winthrop (Whig) 54.33% ▌William Washburn (Democratic) 42.03% ▌Dexter S. King (Liberty) 3.65%[17]
Massachusetts 2	Leverett Saltonstall I	Whig	1838	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the fourth ballot. Whig hold.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democratic) 46.88% ▌Leverett Saltonstall I (Whig) 42.76% ▌William B. Dodge (Liberty) 7.28% ▌David Pingree (Unknown) 3.09%[18] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democratic) 49.09% ▌Leverett Saltonstall I (Whig) 39.11% ▌David H. Barlow (Unknown) 7.33% ▌David Pingree (Unknown) 2.99% ▌Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Unknown) 1.49%[19] Third ballot (April 3, 1843) ▌Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democratic) 45.38% ▌Daniel P. King (Whig) 43.97% ▌Moses P. Hanson (Liberty) 7.56% ▌David Pingree (Unknown) 3.10%[20] Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843) ▌Y Daniel P. King (Whig) 51.36% ▌Jeremiah C. Stickney (Democratic) 39.50% ▌Moses P. Hanson (Liberty) 9.14%[21]
Massachusetts 3	Caleb Cushing	Whig	1834	Incumbent retired. New member elected on the seventh ballot. Whig hold.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 48.68% ▌John P. Robinson (Whig) 39.89% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 9.38% ▌Caleb Cushing (Whig) 2.06%[22] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 45.74% ▌Amos Abbott (Whig) 42.32% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 8.29% ▌Caleb Cushing (Whig) 3.64%[23] Third ballot (April 3, 1843) ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 42.76% ▌Amos Abbott (Whig) 42.39% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 12.25% ▌Caleb Cushing (Whig) 2.60%[24] Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843) ▌Amos Abbott (Whig) 43.82% ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 42.70% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 13.48%[25] Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843) ▌Amos Abbott (Whig) 45.19% ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 42.36% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 12.46%[26] Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844) ▌Amos Abbott (Whig) 48.63% ▌Joseph W. Mansur (Democratic) 38.11% ▌John Greenleaf Whittier (Liberty) 13.26%[27] Seventh ballot (January 29, 1844) ▌Y Amos Abbott (Whig) 51.04% ▌Gayton P. Osgood (Democratic) 39.77% ▌Gardner B. Perry (Liberty) 9.19%[28]
Massachusetts 4	William Parmenter	Democratic	1836	Incumbent re-elected on the second ballot.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌William Parmenter (Democratic) 49.92% ▌Samuel Hoar (Whig) 43.68% ▌Thomas M. Ward (Liberty) 5.95%[29] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Y William Parmenter (Democratic) 52.69% ▌Samuel Hoar (Whig) 39.58% ▌Thomas M. Ward (Liberty) 7.73%[30]
Massachusetts 5	Charles Hudson	Whig	1841 (special)	Incumbent re-elected on the third ballot.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌Charles Hudson (Whig) 48.41% ▌Pliny Merrick (Democratic) 45.95% ▌Phineas Crandall (Liberty) 5.64%[31] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Charles Hudson (Whig) 49.03% ▌Pliny Merrick (Democratic) 44.48% ▌Phineas Crandall (Liberty) 6.49%[32] Third ballot (April 3, 1843) ▌Y Charles Hudson (Whig) 51.22% ▌David Henshaw (Democratic) 41.81% ▌Phineas Crandall (Liberty) 6.97%[33]
Massachusetts 6	Osmyn Baker	Whig	1839 (special)	Incumbent re-elected on the sixth ballot.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌Osmyn Baker (Whig) 49.02% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 45.71% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 5.27%[34] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Osmyn Baker (Whig) 48.19% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 45.57% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 6.24%[35] Third ballot (April 3, 1843) ▌Osmyn Baker (Whig) 47.18% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 45.18% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 7.64%[36] Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843) ▌Osmyn Baker (Whig) 47.85% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 45.16% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 6.99%[37] Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843) ▌Osmyn Baker (Whig) 49.57% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 43.95% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 6.48%[38] Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844) ▌Y Osmyn Baker (Whig) 50.26% ▌Chester W. Chapin (Democratic) 40.26% ▌Gardiner Dorance (Liberty) 9.48%[39]
Massachusetts 7	George N. Briggs	Whig	1833	Incumbent retired. New member elected on the sixth ballot. Whig hold.	First ballot (November 14, 1842) ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 47.05% ▌Julius Rockwell (Whig) 45.65% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 4.68% ▌Henry Shaw (Unknown) 2.62%[40] Second ballot (February 13, 1843) ▌Julius Rockwell (Whig) 45.20% ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 43.31% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 4.20% Scattering 6.71%[41] Third ballot (April 3, 1843) ▌Julius Rockwell (Whig) 49.11% ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 46.04% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 4.86%[42] Fourth ballot (June 5, 1843) ▌Julius Rockwell (Whig) 47.49% ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 37.66% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 6.03% ▌John Banning (Unknown) 3.23% ▌Ira Curtis (Unknown) 1.76% ▌Russell Brown (Democratic) 1.03% Scattering 2.02%[43] Fifth ballot (November 13, 1843) ▌Julius Rockwell (Whig) 49.15% ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 44.78% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 6.07%[44] Sixth ballot (January 1, 1844) ▌Y Julius Rockwell (Whig) 54.05% ▌Henry W. Bishop (Democratic) 38.52% ▌Joel Hayden (Liberty) 7.43%[45]
Massachusetts 8	John Quincy Adams Redistricted from the 12th district	Whig	1830	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Quincy Adams (Whig) 51.86% ▌Ezra Wilkinson (Democratic) 46.86% ▌William M. Jackson (Liberty) 1.27%[46]
Massachusetts 9	Nathaniel B. Borden Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic	1834 1838 (lost) 1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y Henry Williams (Democratic) 55.32% ▌Seth Sprague (Whig) 37.95% ▌Hodges Read (Liberty) 6.73%[47]
Massachusetts 10	Barker Burnell Redistricted from the 11th district	Whig	1840	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Barker Burnell (Whig) 52.12% ▌John H. Shaw (Democratic) 44.36% ▌Caleb Belcher (Liberty) 3.51%[48]

Michigan gained 2 seats, going from 1 to 3 members. Elections were held from districts November 8, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term, having previously elected a single member at-large.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Michigan 1	Jacob M. Howard Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1840	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y Robert McClelland (Democratic) 55.4% ▌Jacob M. Howard (Whig) 38.7% ▌Arthur S. Porter (Liberty) 5.8%[49]
Michigan 2	None (New seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Lucius Lyon (Democratic) 52.6% ▌Joseph R. Williams (Whig) 38.2% ▌Rufus B. Bement (Liberty) 9.2%[50]
Michigan 3	None (New seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y James B. Hunt (Democratic) 56.6% ▌Thomas J. Drake (Whig) 36.5% ▌William Caulfield (Liberty) 6.9%[51]

Mississippi gained 2 seats, going from 2 to 4 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket November 6–7, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term. Due to a banking crisis in Mississippi, the state Democratic party was split into two factions; the Redemptions, which favored the repudiation of bank bonds, and Anti-Redemptions, which opposed it.^[52]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi at-large (4 seats)	Jacob Thompson	Democratic	1839	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jacob Thompson (Democratic Redemption) 14.97% ▌Y William H. Hammett (Democratic Redemption) 14.32% ▌Y Robert W. Roberts (Democratic Redemption) 13.91% ▌Y Tilghman Tucker (Democratic Redemption) 12.24% ▌Volney E. Tucker (Democratic Anti-Redemption) 11.74% ▌Joseph Dunbar (Democratic Anti-Redemption) 11.36% ▌John Gilmer (Democratic Anti-Redemption) 10.95% ▌William G. Kendall (Democratic Anti-Redemption) 10.52%[52]
	William M. Gwin	Democratic	1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.
	None (new seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.
	None (new seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.

Missouri gained 3 seats, going from 2 to 5 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket August 1, 1842.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Missouri at-large 5 seats on a general ticket					▌Y John Jameson (Democratic) 19.31% ▌Y James B. Bowlin (Democratic) 19.06% ▌Y James M. Hughes (Democratic) 18.98% ▌Y James H. Relfe (Democratic) 18.90% ▌Y Gustavus M. Bower (Democratic) 18.47% ▌John P. Campbell (Democratic) 4.44%[53]

New Hampshire lost 1 seat, going from 5 to 4 members. Elections were held at-large on a general ticket March 3, 1843.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Hampshire at-large 4 seats on a general ticket

New Jersey lost 1 seats, going from 6 to 5 members. Elections were held from districts October 8, 1842, having previously elected them at-large.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey 1	Joseph Fitz Randolph Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Lucius Elmer (Democratic) 51.33% ▌Edmond L. Wales (Whig) 48.67%[54]
New Jersey 2	John B. Aycrigg Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836 1838 (not seated[k]) 1840	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y George Sykes (Democratic) 51.98% ▌William Irick (Whig) 48.02%[55]
New Jersey 3	William Halstead Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836 1838 (not seated[k]) 1840	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Democratic gain.	▌Y Isaac G. Farlee (Democratic) Unopposed[56]
New Jersey 4	John Patterson Bryan Maxwell Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836 1838 (not seated[k]) 1840	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Democratic gain.	▌Y Littleton Kirkpatrick (Democratic) 51.06% ▌Samuel B. Halsey (Whig) 48.94%[57]
New Jersey 5	Charles C. Stratton Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836 1838 (not seated[k]) 1840	Incumbent retired. Whig hold.	▌Y William Wright (Ind. Whig) 52.68% ▌William B. Winney (Whig) 48.32%[58]
	Thomas Jones Yorke Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1836 1838 (not seated[k]) 1840	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Whig loss.

New York lost 6 seats, going from 40 to 34 members, but remaining the largest delegation. Its thirty-four members were elected November 8, 1842.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 1
New York 2
New York 3
New York 4
New York 5
New York 6
New York 7
New York 8
New York 9
New York 10
New York 11
New York 12
New York 13
New York 14
New York 15
New York 16
New York 17
New York 18
New York 19
New York 20
New York 21
New York 22
New York 23
New York 24
New York 25
New York 26
New York 27
New York 28
New York 29
New York 30
New York 31
New York 32
New York 33
New York 34

North Carolina lost 4 seats, going from 13 to 9 members. Elections were held August 3, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
North Carolina 1
North Carolina 2
North Carolina 3
North Carolina 4
North Carolina 5
North Carolina 6
North Carolina 7
North Carolina 8
North Carolina 9

Ohio gained 2 seats, going from 19 to 21 members. Its twenty-one members were elected October 10, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Ohio 1
Ohio 2
Ohio 3
Ohio 4
Ohio 5
Ohio 6
Ohio 7
Ohio 8
Ohio 9
Ohio 10
Ohio 11
Ohio 12
Ohio 13
Ohio 14
Ohio 15
Ohio 16
Ohio 17
Ohio 18
Ohio 19
Ohio 20
Ohio 21

Pennsylvania lost 4 seats, going from 28 to 24 members. Its twenty-four members were elected October 10, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Pennsylvania 1
Pennsylvania 2
Pennsylvania 3
Pennsylvania 4
Pennsylvania 5
Pennsylvania 6
Pennsylvania 7
Pennsylvania 8
Pennsylvania 9
Pennsylvania 10
Pennsylvania 11
Pennsylvania 12
Pennsylvania 13
Pennsylvania 14
Pennsylvania 15
Pennsylvania 16
Pennsylvania 17
Pennsylvania 18
Pennsylvania 19
Pennsylvania 20
Pennsylvania 21
Pennsylvania 22
Pennsylvania 23
Pennsylvania 24

Rhode Island stayed at 2 seats, but elected its members from districts, having previously elected them at-large. Elections were held August 29, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Rhode Island 1	Robert B. Cranston Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1837	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Law and Order gain.	▌Y Henry Y. Cranston (Law and Order) [data missing]
Rhode Island 2	Joseph L. Tillinghast Redistricted from the at-large district	Whig	1837	Incumbent retired. Law and Order gain.	▌Y Elisha R. Potter (Law and Order) [data missing]

South Carolina lost 2 seats, going from 9 to 7 members. Elections were held February 20–21, 1843.

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District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1
South Carolina 2
South Carolina 3
South Carolina 4
South Carolina 5
South Carolina 6
South Carolina 7

Tennessee lost 2 seats, going from 13 to 11 members. Elections were held August 3, 1842.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Thomas D. Arnold	Whig	1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Andrew Johnson (Democratic) 52.31% ▌John Aiken (Whig) 47.69%[59]
Tennessee 2	Abraham McClellan	Democratic	1837	Incumbent retired. Whig gain.	▌Y William T. Senter (Whig) 59.03% ▌William Wallace (Democratic) 40.97%[60]
Tennessee 3	Joseph L. Williams	Whig	1837	Incumbent lost renomination. Whig loss.	▌Y Julius W. Blackwell (Democratic) 50.41% ▌Thomas J. Campbell (Whig) 49.60%[61]
	Thomas J. Campbell Redistricted from the 4th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.
Tennessee 4	None (new district)			New district. Democratic gain.	▌Y Alvan Cullom (Democratic) 58.66% ▌Thomas L. Bransford (Whig) 41.34%[62]
Tennessee 5	Hopkins L. Turney	Democratic	1837	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y George W. Jones (Democratic) 63.46% ▌Medicas H. Long (Whig) 36.54%[63]
Tennessee 6	William B. Campbell	Whig	1837	Incumbent retired. Whig loss.	▌Y Aaron V. Brown (Democratic) 52.76% ▌Neill S. Brown (Whig) 47.24%[64]
	Aaron V. Brown Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic	1839	Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7	Robert L. Caruthers	Whig	1841	Incumbent retired. Whig hold.	▌Y David W. Dickinson (Whig) 100%[65]
Tennessee 8		Whig	1839	Incumbent retired. Whig hold.	▌Y Joseph H. Peyton (Whig) 55.62% ▌David Donalson (Democratic) 44.38%[66]
Tennessee 9	Harvey M. Watterson	Democratic	1839	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.	▌Y Cave Johnson (Democratic) 51.19% ▌G. A. Henry (Whig) 48.81%[67]
	Cave Johnson Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic	1839	Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 10	None (new district)			New district. Whig gain.	▌Y John B. Ashe (Whig) 50.85% ▌Frederick P. Staunton (Democratic) 49.15%[68]
Tennessee 11	Milton Brown Redistricted from the 12th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Milton Brown (Whig) 61.12% ▌Stephen C. Davatt (Democratic) 38.88%[69]

Vermont lost 1 seat, going from 5 to 4 members. Elections were held September 5, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[70]
Vermont 1	Hiland Hall	Whig	1833 (special)	Incumbent retired. Whig hold.	▌Y Solomon Foot (Whig) 54.5% ▌Caleb B. Harrington (Democratic) 40.5%
Vermont 2	William Slade	Whig	1831 (special)	Incumbent retired. Whig hold.	First ballot ▌Jacob Collamer (Whig) 48.9% ▌Truman B. Ransom (Democratic) 38.7% ▌Titus Hutchinson (Liberty) 10.2% Second ballot ▌Y Jacob Collamer (Whig) 54.1% ▌Truman B. Ransom (Democratic) 39.4% ▌Titus Hutchinson (Liberty) 5.0% ▌Horace Everett (Whig) 1.5%
	Horace Everett Redistricted from the 3rd district	Whig	1828	Incumbent lost re-election. Whig loss.
Vermont 3	None (new district)			New district. Whig gain.	▌Y George P. Marsh (Whig) 53.4% ▌John Smith (Democratic) 39.3% ▌William H. French (Unknown) 6.1%
Vermont 4	Augustus Young	Whig	1840	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Paul Dillingham (Democratic) 50.8% ▌George B. Chandler (Whig) 40.4%
Vermont 5	Isaac Fletcher	Whig	1840	Incumbent retired. District eliminated. Whig loss.	None

Virginia lost 6 seats, going from 21 to 15 members. Elections were held April 27, 1843, after the March 4, 1843 beginning of the term.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[71]
Virginia 1	Francis Mallory	Whig	1840 (special)	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.	▌Y Archibald Atkinson (Democratic) 50.1% ▌James E. Langhorne (Whig) 49.9%
Virginia 2	George B. Cary	Democratic	1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic hold.	▌Y George Dromgoole (Democratic) 87.7% ▌William B. Robertson (Whig) 12.3%
	William Goode Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.
Virginia 3	Walter Coles Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic	1835	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Walter Coles (Democratic) 51.3% ▌[FNU] Gilmer (Whig) 48.7%
Virginia 4	Edmund W. Hubard Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Edmund W. Hubard (Democratic) 51.5% ▌Richard H. Toler (Whig) 48.5%
Virginia 5	William L. Goggin Redistricted from the 7th district	Whig	1839	Incumbent lost re-election. Whig loss.	▌Y Thomas W. Gilmer (Democratic) 50.2% ▌William L. Goggin (Whig) 49.8%
	Thomas W. Gilmer Redistricted from the 12th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain.
Virginia 6	John Winston Jones Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic	1835	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Winston Jones (Democratic) 100%
	John Botts Redistricted from the 11th district	Whig	1839	Incumbent lost re-election. Whig loss.
Virginia 7	Henry A. Wise Redistricted from the 8th district	Whig	1833	Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat. Democratic gain.	▌Y Henry A. Wise (Democratic) 57.2% ▌Hitt Carter (Whig) 42.8%
Virginia 8	Robert M. T. Hunter Redistricted from the 9th district	Independent	1837	Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain.	▌Y Willoughby Newton (Whig) 53.8% ▌Robert M. T. Hunter (Independent) 46.2%
Virginia 9	William Smith Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic	1841 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain.	▌Y Samuel Chilton (Whig) 59.9% ▌William Smith (Democratic) 40.1%
Virginia 10	John Taliaferro	Whig	1835	Incumbent retired. Whig loss.	▌Y William Lucas (Democratic) 56.2% ▌Charles James Faulkner (Whig) 43.8%
	Richard W. Barton Redistricted from the 15th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent retired. Democratic gain.
Virginia 11	Alexander H. H. Stuart Redistricted from the 17th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	▌Y William Taylor (Democratic) 61.9% ▌Alexander H. H. Stuart (Whig) 38.1%
Virginia 12	None (new district)			New district. Democratic gain.	▌Y Augustus A. Chapman (Democratic) 64.6% ▌James B. Watts (Whig) 35.4%
Virginia 13	George W. Hopkins Redistricted from the 18th district	Democratic	1835	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y George W. Hopkins (Democratic) 57.1% ▌John H. Fulton (Whig) 42.9%
Virginia 14	Cuthbert Powell	Whig	1841	Incumbent retired. Whig loss.	▌Y George W. Summers (Whig) 52.6% ▌Samuel L. Hays (Democratic) 47.4%
	Samuel L. Hays Redistricted from the 20th district	Democratic	1841	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.
	George W. Summers Redistricted from the 19th district	Whig	1841	Incumbent re-elected.
Virginia 15	Lewis Steenrod Redistricted from the 21st district	Democratic	1839	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Lewis Steenrod (Democratic) 100%
Virginia 16	William A. Harris	Democratic	1841	Incumbent retired. District eliminated. Democratic loss.	None

See Non-voting delegates, below.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Florida Territory at-large	David Levy Yulee	Democratic	1840	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y David Levy Yulee (Democratic) [data missing]
Iowa Territory at-large	Augustus C. Dodge	Democratic	1840	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Augustus C. Dodge (Democratic) [data missing][72]
Wisconsin Territory at-large

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