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1840 U.S. House election results

112 races · 112 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1840 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

1840 U.S. House results in Arkansas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeEdward CrossD7,876 votes · +2,088 over A S Fowler

Delaware

1840 U.S. House results in Delaware
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeGeorge RodneyW5,896 votes · +922 over Thomas Robinson

Georgia

1840 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWilliam DawsonW39,299 votes · +194 over Richard Habersham

Louisiana

1840 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Edward WhiteW3,802 votes · +2,045 over James Leonard
District 2John DawsonD1,933 votes · +13 over Morgan
District 3John MooreW3,427 votes · +74 over Winn

Maine

1840 U.S. House results in Maine
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Nathan CliffordD5,428 votes · +912 over Daniel Goodenow
District 2William FessendenW5,794 votes · +135 over Albert Smith
District 3Benjamin RandallW5,720 votes · +951 over H M Sewall
District 4George EvansW7,430 votes · +2,980 over John Hubbard
District 5Nathaniel LittlefieldD2,144 votes · +21 over Zadoc Long
District 6Alfred MarshallD5,805 votes · +1,840 over Sanford Kingsbury
District 7Joshua LowellD5,194 votes · +143 over Joseph C Noyes
District 8Elisha AllenW77,389 votes · +70,274 over S M Hamlin

Massachusetts

1840 U.S. House results in Massachusetts
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert WinthropW7,286 votes · +3,054 over Bradford Sumner
District 2Leverett SaltonstallW6,153 votes · +1,877 over Robert Rantoul Jr.
District 3Caleb CushingW6,529 votes · +2,482 over William N Osgood
District 4William ParmenterD6,156 votes · +244 over Joshua L Brooks
District 5Levi LincolnW7,069 votes · +2,943 over Davis
District 6Osmyn BakerW6,167 votes · +2,630 over Rhodelphius Larkenson
District 7George BriggsW5,447 votes · +886 over Henry W Bishop
District 8William CalhounW5,701 votes · +1,401 over Chester W Chapin
District 9William HastingsW5,906 votes · +1,709 over William Everett
District 10Nathaniel BordenW4,320 votes · +590 over Henry Williams
District 11Barker BurnellW5,120 votes · +1,742 over Henry Crocker
District 12John Quincy AdamsW5,948 votes · +1,003 over Frederick H Jackson

Michigan

1840 U.S. House results in Michigan
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeEugene L HowardW22,841 votes · +1,377 over Alpheus Felch

Missouri

1840 U.S. House results in Missouri
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJohn MillerD29,594 votes · +212 over John Edwards

New Jersey

1840 U.S. House results in New Jersey
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWilliam HalstedW33,342 votes · +21 over Joseph Randolph

New York

1840 U.S. House results in New York
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Charles FloydD6,069 votes · +1,189 over William Buffett
District 2Joseph EgbertD5,620 votes · +840 over Mary W Hillyer
District 3James RooseveltD22,010 votes · +35 over Charles Ferris
District 4Aaron WardD5,949 votes · +994 over Daniel Cruger
District 5Richard DavisD5,164 votes · +217 over Charles Johnston
District 6James ClintonD4,867 votes · +524 over Thomas McKissock
District 7John VanburenD6,007 votes · +77 over Bevier
District 8Jacob HouckD11,210 votes · +16 over Robert McClellan
District 9Hiram HuntW5,732 votes · +266 over J Samuel Fowler
District 10Daniel BarnardW6,351 votes · +378 over French
District 11Archibald LinnW6,074 votes · +495 over Floyd Cramer
District 12Bernard BlairW4,996 votes · +1,935 over Bert Clark
District 13Thomas TomlinsonW5,906 votes · +799 over Augustus Hand
District 14Cortlandt S VanrensselaerW6,258 votes · +310 over J A King
District 15John SanfordD5,341 votes · +609 over Edmund L Weston
District 16Andrew DoigD5,981 votes · +1,207 over Uri Doolittle
District 17David BrewsterD11,837 votes · +62 over John Floyd
District 18Thomas ChittendenW6,212 votes · +462 over John C Greene
District 19Samuel BowneD5,612 votes · +781 over David Hard
District 20Samuel GordonD5,976 votes · +542 over Herman Golld
District 21John ClarkW4,306 votes · +221 over John Tacy
District 22Samuel PatridgeD10,374 votes · +11 over Lewis Riggs
District 23Victory BirdseyeW10,854 votes · +28 over A. Foster
District 24Christopher MorganW5,148 votes · +213 over Peter Yawger
District 25John MaynardW6,749 votes · +198 over John Demott
District 26Francis GrangerW4,800 votes · +1,343 over William C D Willson
District 27William OliverD6,949 votes · +779 over Johnson
District 28Timothy ChildsW6,052 votes · +960 over Lyman Langworthy
District 29Seth GatesW6,970 votes · +3,089 over Reuben P Skinner
District 30John YoungW7,974 votes · +1,878 over Leman Gibbs
District 31Staley ClarkeW8,909 votes · +3,120 over Calvin Chamberlain
District 32Millard FillmoreW6,682 votes · +2,940 over William C Roberts
District 33Alfred BabcockW5,524 votes · +1,215 over Silas Burroughs

Ohio

1840 U.S. House results in Ohio
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Nathanael PendletonW6,119 votes · +160 over Alexander Duncan
District 2John WellerD5,730 votes · +69 over Braxton W Campbell
District 3Patrick GoodeW10,438 votes · +163 over William T Sawyer
District 4Jeremiah MorrowW6,796 votes · +2,267 over Michael Baldwin
District 5William DoanD5,671 votes · +787 over Thomas L Shields
District 6Calvary MorrisW8,724 votes · +1,842 over House
District 7William RussellW6,953 votes · +1,666 over Allen Latham
District 8Joseph RidgwayW9,909 votes · +2,583 over Henry C Hedges
District 9William MedillD8,218 votes · +2,055 over George Sanderson
District 10Samson MasonW10,055 votes · +3,738 over Matthew Bonner
District 11C B CowanW5,791 votes · +662 over Isaac Parrish
District 12Joshua MathiotW7,540 votes · +1,043 over Jonathan Taylor
District 13James MatthewsD8,679 votes · +1,171 over Henry B Curtis
District 14George SweneyD11,211 votes · +966 over Henry C Hedges
District 15Sherlock AndrewsW11,874 votes · +3,211 over David K Carter
District 16Joshua GiddingsW11,725 votes · +5,692 over Thomas J Mlain
District 17John HastingsD5,278 votes · +55 over Charles D Coffin
District 18Ezra DeanD6,508 votes · +1,109 over Levi Cox
District 19Samuel StokelyW4,390 votes · +298 over William C McAuslen

Pennsylvania

1840 U.S. House results in Pennsylvania
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2George TolandWWinner
District 4Jeremiah BrownW15,779 votes
District 5Joseph FornanceD4,507 votes
District 6Robert RamseyW4,411 votes
District 7John WestbrookD5,331 votes
District 8Peter NewhardD4,299 votes
District 10William SimontonW4,525 votes
District 11James GerryD3,711 votes
District 12James CooperW5,475 votes
District 13William RamseyD5,311 votes
District 14James IrvinW6,762 votes
District 15Benjamin BidlackD6,040 votes
District 16John SnyderD5,138 votes
District 17Davis DimockD7,054 votes
District 18Charles OgleW5,449 votes
District 19Albert MarchandD5,188 votes
District 20Enos HookD4,757 votes
District 21Joseph LawrenceW4,045 votes
District 22William IrwinW6,831 votes
District 23William JackD4,414 votes
District 24Thomas HenryW5,372 votes
District 25W C PlummerD7,906 votes

South Carolina

1840 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Isaac HolmesD1,413 votes · +1,200 over Hugh S Legare
District 5Patrick C CaldwellD2,040 votes · +228 over J L M Irby
District 8William ButlerW2,718 votes · +147 over J W Norris
District 9H H EvansDWinner

Vermont

1840 U.S. House results in Vermont
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Hiland HallW6,923 votes · +2,839 over Daniel Kellogg
District 2William SladeW6,728 votes · +3,694 over Charles Lindsley
District 3Horace EverettW6,729 votes · +2,232 over Royal Ransom
District 4Augustus YoungW6,148 votes · +1,357 over John Smith
District 5John MattocksW5,479 votes · +231 over Isaac Fletcher