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1844 U.S. House election results

105 races · 105 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1844 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

1844 U.S. House results in Arkansas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeArchibald YellD11,112 votes · +3,536 over Walker

Delaware

1844 U.S. House results in Delaware
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJohn HoustonW6,221 votes · +178 over Biddle

Georgia

1844 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas KingW3,702 votes · +784 over Spalding
District 2Seaborn JonesD6,460 votes · +278 over Lewis H Crawford
District 3W A PoeW4,881 votes · +140 over Chappell
District 4Hugh HaralsonD5,771 votes · +557 over Floyd
District 5John LumpkinD7,720 votes · +2,831 over George H Miller
District 6Howell CobbD6,306 votes · +1,927 over Underwood
District 7Alexander StephensW4,199 votes · +1,047 over Janes
District 8Robert ToombsW4,665 votes · +1,356 over Black

Illinois

1844 U.S. House results in Illinois
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert SmithD7,966 votes · +3,820 over Wm H Reynolds
District 3Orlando FicklinD7,786 votes · +2,475 over Usher F Linder
District 4John WentworthD9,516 votes · +3,606 over William S Morris
District 5Stephen DouglasD9,799 votes · +1,756 over David M Woodson
District 6Joseph HogeD8,752 votes · +1,189 over Martin P Sweet
District 7Edward BakerW6,658 votes · +710 over John Calhoun

Maine

1844 U.S. House results in Maine
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1W A HayesI5,321 votes · +1,944 over John Scamman
District 4John McCrateI7,464 votes · +1,516 over Freeman Morse
District 5Cullen SawtelleD6,377 votes · +1,752 over Josiah Crosby

Maryland

1844 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John CausinW3,776 votes · +1,035 over Walter Bowie
District 2Francis BrengleW6,116 votes · +422 over Edward J Mason
District 3John WetheredW4,448 votes · +374 over Benjamin Brady
District 4John KennedyW5,894 votes · +595 over J Legrand
District 5Jacob PrestonW4,229 votes · +18 over Albert Constable
District 6Thomas SpenceW2,197 votes

Massachusetts

1844 U.S. House results in Massachusetts
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert WinthropW8,455 votes · +3,994 over Benjamin F Hallett
District 2Daniel KingW4,986 votes · +2,216 over George Herod
District 3Amos AbbottW6,315 votes · +1,545 over George S Boutwell
District 4Benjamin ThompsonW5,269 votes · +864 over William Parmenter
District 5Charles HudsonW5,463 votes · +1,945 over Davis
District 6George AshmunW7,467 votes · +1,617 over Chester W Chapin
District 7Julius RockwellW6,769 votes · +1,534 over Bradford Sumner
District 8John Quincy AdamsW8,089 votes · +2,749 over George F Wright
District 9Artemas HaleW4,881 votes · +1,282 over Foster Hooper
District 10Joseph GrinnellW5,924 votes · +2,152 over Edward W Greene

Michigan

1844 U.S. House results in Michigan
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert McClellandD10,132 votes · +1,455 over Edwin Lawrence
District 2John ChipmanD9,435 votes · +468 over William H Taylor
District 3James HuntD8,331 votes · +1,364 over George W Wisner

Missouri

1844 U.S. House results in Missouri
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJohn PhelpsD36,023 votes · +513 over James Bowlin

New Jersey

1844 U.S. House results in New Jersey
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James HamptonW7,440 votes · +1,287 over Lucius Elmer
District 2Samuel WrightW6,910 votes · +407 over George Sykes
District 3John RunkW8,942 votes · +16 over Isaac Farlee
District 4Joseph EdsallD8,779 votes · +2,931 over Robtsn

New York

1844 U.S. House results in New York
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John LawrenceD6,132 votes · +1,197 over Cogswell
District 2Henry SeamanA6,164 votes · +478 over Henry Murphy
District 3William MillerA6,613 votes · +1,225 over Walter P Nicoll
District 4William MaclayD6,783 votes · +355 over James Lawrence V
District 5Thomas WoodruffA6,214 votes · +205 over Moses Leonard
District 6William CampbellA7,856 votes · +106 over John H Moore
District 7Joseph AndersonD6,098 votes · +1,291 over Barretto
District 8William WoodworthD7,340 votes · +630 over Henry Rankin
District 9Archibald NivenD7,162 votes · +688 over Joseph Hasbrouck
District 10Samuel GordonD8,645 votes · +524 over H Gould
District 11John CollinD8,226 votes · +972 over Sanford
District 12Richard HerrickW6,242 votes · +550 over David Seymour
District 13Bradford WoodD7,058 votes · +91 over Henry Wheaton
District 14Erastus CulverW7,512 votes · +2,215 over Olin S Bishop
District 15Joseph RussellD5,441 votes · +691 over John H Moore
District 16Hugh WhiteW8,423 votes · +299 over Chesselden Ellis
District 17Charles BentonD7,691 votes · +1,985 over Jacob E Alexander
District 18Preston KingD8,145 votes · +1,850 over Alphonzo A Hopkins
District 19Orville HungerfordD6,304 votes · +717 over Daniel Bradley
District 20Timothy JenkinsD7,617 votes · +523 over Elmer S White
District 21Charles GoodyearD9,298 votes · +1,332 over Ada Danforth
District 22Stephen StrongD9,608 votes · +790 over Sweet
District 23William HoughD8,128 votes · +702 over Ledyd
District 24Horace WheatonD6,961 votes · +466 over B Davis Noxon
District 25George RathbunD7,511 votes · +381 over Harvey W Richardson
District 26Samuel EllsworthD8,763 votes · +1,101 over Charles S Judd
District 27John DemottD6,581 votes · +194 over John M Holley
District 28Elias HolmesW6,807 votes · +1,085 over Henry Selden
District 29Charles CarrollW8,310 votes · +1,845 over Wadsworth
District 30Martin GroverD9,115 votes · +222 over Nahum W Cady
District 31Abner LewisW8,299 votes · +4,853 over Andrew J Campbell
District 32William MoseleyW6,910 votes · +1,829 over R S Stevens
District 33Albert SmithW6,366 votes · +2,151 over Chand
District 34Washington HuntW5,733 votes · +785 over Piper

Ohio

1844 U.S. House results in Ohio
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James FaranD8,760 votes · +1,689 over George P Torrence
District 2Francis CunninghamD6,381 votes · +500 over Braxton W Campbell
District 3Robert SchenckW9,850 votes · +2,422 over Chas A King
District 4Joseph VanceW10,470 votes · +4,057 over J H Young
District 5William SawyerD5,916 votes · +1,015 over Robert A Riley
District 6Henry StjohnD6,975 votes · +1,697 over Abel Rawson
District 7Joseph McDowellD7,004 votes · +960 over Ralph S Thompson
District 8Allen ThurmanD7,039 votes · +332 over Vanmetre
District 9Augustus PerrillD6,475 votes · +678 over Elias Florence
District 10Columbus DelanoW9,297 votes · +12 over Caleb J McNulty
District 11Jacob BrinkerhoffD8,466 votes · +965 over Perry McLaughlin
District 12Samuel VintonW6,750 votes · +2,997 over William H H Morgan
District 13Orris ParishD5,825 votes · +205 over Perley Johnson
District 14Alexander HarperW6,951 votes · +1,137 over George W Manypenny
District 15Joseph MorrisD6,807 votes · +600 over Joseph A Ramage
District 16John CumminsD6,568 votes · +1,103 over Christian Deardorff
District 17George FriesD7,699 votes · +463 over Stokely
District 18David StarkweatherD6,981 votes · +1,532 over John Augustine
District 19Daniel TildenW8,744 votes · +810 over William Coolman
District 20Joshua GiddingsW10,048 votes · +4,761 over Samuel Starkweather
District 21Joseph RootW7,641 votes · +501 over A J Warner

South Carolina

1844 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2Richard SimpsonD5,162 votes · +2,260 over William Butler
District 4Alexander SimsD2,706 votes · +258 over John McQueen
District 7Robert RhettDWinner

Vermont

1844 U.S. House results in Vermont
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Solomon FooteW7,696 votes · +3,015 over Martin Field
District 2Jacob CollamerW7,108 votes · +2,581 over Levi B Vilas
District 3George MarshW6,331 votes · +2,908 over George W Smith
District 4Paul DillinghamD6,551 votes · +855 over George B Chandler