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1837 U.S. House election results

72 races · 72 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1837 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

Alabama

1837 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Reuben ChapmanD7,599 votes · +5,857 over Dan Moore
District 2Joshua MartinD2,496 votes · +1,035 over David Greenhill Lyon
District 3Joab LawlerW5,874 votes · +597 over Henry W Ellis
District 5Francis LyonW3,651 votes · +47 over Robert E B Baylor

Connecticut

1837 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Isaac TanceyD4,410 votes · +76 over Joseph Trumbull
District 2Samuel InghamD10,194 votes · +1,636 over Henry Flagg
District 3Elisha HalleyD2,367 votes · +115 over Williams
District 4Thomas WhittleseyD3,604 votes · +365 over Gideon Tomlinson
District 5Lancelot PhelpsD3,493 votes · +102 over Simion Miner
District 6Orrin HoltD5,301 votes · +458 over John Brockway

Indiana

1837 U.S. House results in Indiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Ratliff BoonD4,534 votes · +67 over John Pitcher
District 2John EwingW5,820 votes · +933 over John Law
District 3William GrahamW5,717 votes · +1,327 over John S Simonson
District 4George DunnW6,091 votes · +1,034 over Charles R Lane
District 5James RaridenW6,599 votes · +1,754 over Jonathan McCarty
District 6William HerodW9,635 votes · +3,747 over James Brown Ray
District 7Albert WhiteW10,937 votes · +7,148 over Henry C Jackson

Kentucky

1837 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John MurrayD2,921 votes · +374 over Linn Boyd
District 2Edward RumseyW4,035 votes · +3,539 over George Jones
District 4Sherrod WilliamsW3,189 votes · +1,370 over McHenry
District 6John CalhoonW3,656 votes · +754 over Vanmetre
District 7John PopeI3,248 votes · +520 over T J Hardin
District 8William GravesW5,021 votes · +2,071 over C S Marshall
District 9John WhiteW3,700 votes · +1,236 over William Garrard
District 11MenifeeW4,084 votes · +234 over French
District 12John ChambersW2,886 votes · +1,897 over James G Dr Leach
District 13William SouthgateW4,457 votes · +341 over Phelps

Maryland

1837 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John DennisW2,076 votes · +667 over J H Handy
District 2James PearceW2,714 votes · +326 over Charles Odonovan Evans
District 3John WorthingtonD2,413 votes · +287 over Brown
District 4Benjamin HowardD7,184 votes · +43 over Isaac McKim
District 5William JohnsonI1,292 votes · +139 over Kimmell
District 6Francis ThomasD3,819 votes · +296 over Merrick

Michigan

1837 U.S. House results in Michigan
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeIssac CraryD11,451 votes · +1,122 over Hezekiah G Wells

Mississippi

1837 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeSeargent PrentissW13,688 votes · +1,314 over Thomas Word

New Hampshire

1837 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJared WilliamsDWinner

North Carolina

1837 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Samuel SawyerD2,111 votes · +405 over Charles H Moore
District 2J W LongWWinner
District 3Edward StanlyW2,842 votes · +666 over George F Wilson
District 4Charles ShepardW2,392 votes · +478 over William D Moseley
District 5James McKayD3,023 votes · +2,355 over A M Miller
District 6Micajah HawkinsD1,949 votes · +1,055 over Joseph Macklin
District 7Edmund DeberryW3,323 votes · +858 over Lauchlin Bethune
District 8William MontgomeryD2,591 votes · +191 over John W Graham
District 9Augustine ShepperdW3,359 votes · +120 over Eli W Hill
District 10Abraham RencherW3,041 votes · +2,836 over William H Cox
District 13Lewis WilliamsDWinner

Rhode Island

1837 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJoseph TillinghastW4,282 votes · +61 over Robert Cranston

Tennessee

1837 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William CarterW3,994 votes · +238 over Thomas Arnold
District 2Abraham McClellanD3,612 votes · +1,255 over Samuel Bunch
District 3Joseph WilliamsW6,812 votes · +4,159 over N. N. Anderson
District 4James StandiferW5,110 votes · +2,529 over William Stone
District 5Hopkins TurneyD3,437 votes · +453 over Coxe
District 6William CampbellW4,142 votes · +1,382 over William Trousdale
District 8Abram MauryW3,043 votes · +585 over David Crockett
District 10Ebenezer ShieldsW4,432 votes · +911 over A A Kincannon
District 11Richard CheathamW3,822 votes · +91 over J W Johnson
District 12John CrockettW8,456 votes · +7,043 over Hughes
District 13Christopher WilliamsW5,360 votes · +1,882 over R L Dunlap

Virginia

1837 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Francis MalloryWWinner
District 2William B GoodyearDWinner
District 6Walter ColesDWinner
District 7Archibald StuartDWinner
District 9Robert HunterWWinner
District 10John TaliaferroWWinner
District 14Charles MercerWWinner
District 15James MasonDWinner
District 16Isaac PennybackerDWinner
District 17Robert CraigDWinner
District 18John N HumesDWinner
District 19Andrew BeirneDWinner
District 20Joseph JohnsonDWinner