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1838 U.S. House election results

117 races · 117 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1838 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

Arkansas

1838 U.S. House results in Arkansas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeEdward CrossD6,771 votes · +2,443 over Cummings

Delaware

1838 U.S. House results in Delaware
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeThomas RobinsonD4,451 votes · +52 over John Milligan

Georgia

1838 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWilliam DawsonS33,278 votes · +958 over Julius Alford

Illinois

1838 U.S. House results in Illinois
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John ReynoldsD8,029 votes · +2,929 over James Hogan
District 2Zadok CaseyD8,367 votes · +7,866 over Samuel McRoberts
District 3John StuartW18,248 votes · +35 over Emily Taft Douglas

Louisiana

1838 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Edward WhiteW3,351 votes · +865 over Slidell
District 2Thomas ChinnW1,790 votes · +367 over Lawson

Maine

1838 U.S. House results in Maine
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Nathan CliffordD5,568 votes · +1,008 over David Appleton
District 2Albert SmithD5,709 votes · +86 over Exekiel Whitman
District 3John D McCrateD4,859 votes · +207 over Benjamin Randall
District 4George EvansW7,143 votes · +2,552 over John Hubbard
District 5Virgil ParrisD6,765 votes · +1,766 over Zadoc Long
District 6Hugh AndersonD5,727 votes · +2,208 over Josiah Crosby
District 7Joshua LowellD5,033 votes · +367 over Joseph Noyes
District 8Thomas DaveeD7,839 votes · +797 over John S Tenney

Massachusetts

1838 U.S. House results in Massachusetts
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Richard FletcherW5,145 votes · +2,193 over Bradford Sumner
District 2Leverett SaltonstallW3,734 votes · +1,703 over Robert Rantoul Jr.
District 3Caleb CushingW4,762 votes · +2,032 over William N Osgood
District 4William ParmenterD4,972 votes · +539 over Joshua L Brooks
District 5Levi LincolnW4,251 votes · +1,621 over Davis
District 6James AlvordW4,440 votes · +2,386 over Thomas Nims
District 7George BriggsW4,328 votes · +727 over Henry W Bishop
District 8William CalhounW4,363 votes · +1,406 over Charles P Thompson
District 9William HastingsW4,049 votes · +959 over William Everett
District 10Henry WilliamsD3,306 votes · +386 over Nathaniel Borden
District 11John ReedW3,519 votes · +816 over Henry Crocker
District 12John Quincy AdamsW4,100 votes · +1,278 over Frederick H Jackson

Michigan

1838 U.S. House results in Michigan
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeIssac CraryD16,360 votes · +261 over Hezekiah G Wells

Missouri

1838 U.S. House results in Missouri
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeAlbert HarrisonD23,410 votes · +228 over John Miller

New Jersey

1838 U.S. House results in New Jersey
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largePeter VroomD28,492 votes · +37 over William Cooper

New York

1838 U.S. House results in New York
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas JacksonD4,896 votes · +1,120 over Warner Miller
District 2James MoutanyaD4,405 votes · +829 over John Gurnee
District 3Josiah HoffmanW20,577 votes · +14 over Moses Grinnell
District 4Gouverneur KembleD4,986 votes · +783 over Brown
District 5Charles JohnstonW5,262 votes · +617 over Obadiah Titus
District 6Nathaniel JonesD4,184 votes · +206 over Thomas McKissock
District 7Rufus PalenW5,453 votes · +838 over Joseph Hasbrouck
District 8John ElvD9,668 votes · +40 over Aaron Vanderpoel
District 9Hiram HuntW5,483 votes · +574 over Henry Vail
District 10Daniel BarnardW5,680 votes · +535 over Albert Gallup
District 11Anson BrownW5,401 votes · +373 over Hill
District 12David RussellW4,346 votes · +1,675 over Williams
District 13Augustus HandD4,480 votes · +44 over Thomas Tomlinson
District 14John FineD4,756 votes · +93 over Cortlandt S Vanrensselaer
District 15Peter WagnerW4,491 votes · +50 over David Sacia
District 16Andrew DoigD5,043 votes · +1,208 over Warner Miller
District 17David BrewsterD9,395 votes · +109 over John Floyd
District 18Thomas ChittendenW4,989 votes · +680 over Isaac Bronson
District 19John PrentissD4,724 votes · +508 over William Averill
District 20Judson AllenD5,072 votes · +788 over Gerald Root
District 21John ClarkW3,908 votes · +345 over Clapp
District 22Amasa DanaD9,157 votes · +5 over Stephen Leonard
District 23Nehemiah EarllD9,189 votes · +90 over Benjamin T Roger Jr.
District 24Christopher MorganW4,631 votes · +167 over William Noble
District 25Theron StrongD5,824 votes · +154 over John M Holley
District 26Francis GrangerW4,233 votes · +1,150 over William C D Willson
District 27Meredith MalloryD5,438 votes · +256 over Johnson
District 28Thomas KempshallW5,476 votes · +1,332 over Henry Selden
District 29Seth GatesW6,033 votes · +2,831 over Mitchell
District 30Luther PeckW6,521 votes · +1,758 over Calvin Chamberlain
District 31Richard MarvinW7,053 votes · +1,855 over Williams
District 32Millard FillmoreW5,414 votes · +2,583 over Sylvanus Barker V
District 33Charles MitchellW4,690 votes · +850 over Curtis

Ohio

1838 U.S. House results in Ohio
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Alexander DuncanD4,572 votes · +176 over Pendleton
District 2John WellerD4,877 votes · +867 over John Beers
District 3Patrick GoodeW7,589 votes · +221 over William T Sawyer
District 4Thomas CorwinW5,866 votes
District 5William DoanD4,543 votes · +1,064 over John C Fisher
District 6Calvary MorrisW9,658 votes
District 7William BondW4,834 votes · +176 over Allen Latham
District 8Joseph RidgwayW6,916 votes · +364 over John McElvain
District 9William MedillD6,791 votes · +3,062 over John M Creed
District 10Samson MasonW6,997 votes · +1,957 over Oliver Brown
District 11Isaac ParrishD4,692 votes · +472 over James Alexander
District 12Jonathan TaylorD5,668 votes · +321 over Alexander Harper
District 13Daniel LeadbetterD7,515 votes · +1,960 over C E Irwin
District 14George SweenyD8,601 votes · +1,947 over A S Root
District 15John AllenW8,800 votes · +1,242 over John W Willey
District 16Joshua GiddingsW7,581 votes · +2,025 over Benjamin Bissell
District 17John HastingsD4,952 votes · +603 over Charles Coffin
District 18David A StearkweatherD6,154 votes · +2,144 over Hiram B Wellman
District 19Henry SwearingenD4,036 votes · +447 over Stokely

Pennsylvania

1838 U.S. House results in Pennsylvania
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lemuel PaynterD3,675 votes · +681 over J B Sutherland
District 2John SergeantW7,132 votes · +3,980 over Evans
District 3Charles NaylorW6,670 votes · +776 over Chas E Ingersoll
District 4Edward DaviesW15,192 votes · +3,839 over R Frazer
District 5Joseph FornanceD4,527 votes · +804 over Royer
District 6John DavisD4,464 votes · +326 over Mathias Morris
District 7David WagenerD6,189 votes · +2,517 over P S Michler
District 8Peter NewhardD4,636 votes · +760 over Livingston
District 9George KeimD7,030 votes · +3,818 over D M Bieber
District 10William SimontonW5,000 votes · +1,486 over Luther Reily
District 11James GerryD4,197 votes · +977 over C A Barnitz
District 12James CooperW5,738 votes · +1,235 over Daniel Sheffer
District 13William RamseyD5,569 votes · +1,424 over Samuel C Watts
District 14William PotterD6,510 votes · +222 over William Irvin
District 15James B HammondD5,156 votes · +1,210 over A J Merrill
District 16David PetrikinD6,225 votes · +814 over David Hurley
District 17Samuel MorrisD5,147 votes · +793 over Walter B Willard III
District 18Charles OgleW5,106 votes · +948 over John W Mann
District 19Albert MarchandD5,800 votes · +2,016 over Joseph Markle
District 20Enos HookD4,498 votes · +1,855 over H Oliphant
District 21Isaac LeetD3,508 votes · +21 over Joseph Lawrence
District 22Richard BiddleW6,090 votes · +1,699 over Calvin B Power
District 23William BeattyD5,694 votes · +2,069 over L A Smith
District 24Thomas HenryW5,265 votes · +935 over Harry White
District 25John GalbraithD6,208 votes · +288 over Thomas B Dick

South Carolina

1838 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Isaac HolmesD1,504 votes · +650 over Hugh Legaré
District 3John CampbellD1,280 votes · +660 over Seymour E Smith
District 7James RogersDWinner
District 8W S ThompsonW3,339 votes · +1,012 over J N Witner

Vermont

1838 U.S. House results in Vermont
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Hiland HallW5,211 votes · +883 over John Roberts
District 2William SladeW4,752 votes · +2,657 over Charles Linsley
District 3Horace EverettW5,183 votes · +1,342 over Alden Partridge
District 4John SmithD4,375 votes · +290 over Heman Allen
District 5Isaac FletcherD4,996 votes · +481 over William Upham