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1851 U.S. House election results

87 races · 87 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1851 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

1851 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John BraggD5,372 votes · +1,523 over C C Langdon
District 2James AbercrombieU7,598 votes · +1,687 over Cochran
District 3Sampson HarrisD4,967 votes · +582 over W S Mudd
District 4William SmithD4,173 votes · +59 over Erwin
District 5George HoustonDWinner
District 6Williamson CobbD3,708 votes · +2,405 over Jeremiah Murphy
District 7Alexander WhiteU5,744 votes · +373 over Rice

Arkansas

1851 U.S. House results in Arkansas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeJohnsonD11,970 votes · +3,093 over Preston

California

1851 U.S. House results in California
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeEdward MarshallD24,469 votes · +154 over Joseph McCorkle

Connecticut

1851 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Charles ChapmanW7,805 votes · +46 over Waldo
District 2Colin IngersollD7,331 votes · +545 over James F Babcock
District 3Chauncey ClevelandD6,261 votes · +451 over Ames
District 4Origen SeymourD8,633 votes · +148 over Butler

Georgia

1851 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Joseph JacksonS4,279 votes · +268 over Hopkins
District 2James JohnsonU8,107 votes · +1,122 over Bening
District 3David BaileyS6,011 votes · +158 over Chappel
District 4A A MurphyU7,750 votes · +2,149 over Stell
District 5Elijah ChastainU13,882 votes · +6,401 over Stiles
District 6Junius HillyerU6,937 votes · +4,118 over J F Jones
District 7Alexander StephensU4,744 votes · +2,789 over Lawrence A Lewis
District 8Robert ToombsU4,704 votes · +2,166 over McMillan

Indiana

1851 U.S. House results in Indiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James LockhartD8,173 votes · +318 over Lemuel Debruler
District 2Cyrus DunhamD8,097 votes · +972 over George W Martin
District 3John RobinsonD8,242 votes · +69 over I P Watts
District 4Samuel ParkerW5,102 votes · +562 over George W Julian
District 5Thomas HendricksD9,062 votes · +3,519 over William P Rush
District 6Willis GormanD9,474 votes · +4,781 over Eli P Farmer
District 7John DavisD6,076 votes · +262 over Edward W McGaughey
District 8Daniel MaceD7,552 votes · +258 over David Brier
District 9Graham FitchD9,356 votes · +238 over Schuyler Colfax
District 10Samuel BrentonW8,776 votes · +293 over William W Borden

Kentucky

1851 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Linn BoydD6,638 votes · +3,192 over H M McCarty
District 2Benjamin GreyW5,751 votes · +2,450 over Jeff Jennings
District 3Presley EwingW5,405 votes · +427 over Milton Clarke
District 5James StoneD5,843 votes · +363 over R C Hill
District 6Addison WhiteW5,846 votes · +1,716 over William Garrard
District 7Humphrey MarshallW6,333 votes · +117 over David Merriwether
District 8John BreckinridgeD5,671 votes · +530 over Leslie Combs
District 9John MasonD5,929 votes · +3,693 over J T Montgomery
District 10Richard StantonD7,649 votes · +1,027 over C S Marshall

Louisiana

1851 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Louis SaintmartinD3,199 votes · +436 over Hagan
District 2Joseph LandryW5,933 votes · +1,433 over Vanwinder
District 3Alexander PennD4,740 votes · +1,150 over Upton
District 4John MooreW5,852 votes · +638 over Morse

Maryland

1851 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Richard BowieWWinner
District 2William HamiltonD6,863 votes · +237 over Roman
District 3Edward HammondD5,434 votes · +2,466 over Peregrine L Lynch
District 4Thomas WalshW6,683 votes · +230 over Whyte
District 5Alexander EvansW4,992 votes · +506 over McCullough
District 6Joseph CottmanIWinner

Mississippi

1851 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Benjamin D NaborsU9,659 votes · +2,504 over Jonathan Thompson
District 2John WilcoxU6,927 votes · +726 over Fn
District 3John FreemanU7,774 votes · +533 over McW
District 4Albert BrownS7,010 votes · +1,891 over Dawson

New Hampshire

1851 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Amos TuckF7,691 votes · +387 over J Kittredge
District 2Charles PeasleeD7,170 votes · +3,367 over Ira Colby
District 3Jared PerkinsW8,682 votes · +941 over Morrison
District 4Harry HibbardD5,125 votes · +2,877 over J Kittredge

North Carolina

1851 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas ClingmanS6,600 votes · +3,781 over Basil Gaither
District 3Alfred DockeryW5,344 votes · +1,084 over Morrison H Caldwell
District 4James MoreheadW2,512 votes
District 5Abraham VenableD4,057 votes · +1,347 over Calvin Graves
District 6John DanielD2,815 votes · +1,887 over A M Miller
District 7William AsheDWinner
District 8Edward StanlyW5,236 votes · +270 over Ruffin
District 9David OutlawW2,868 votes · +1,109 over Joseph J Martin

Rhode Island

1851 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George KingW3,486 votes · +216 over Welcome B Sayles
District 2Benjamin ThurstonD3,335 votes · +1,185 over Richard Jackson

Tennessee

1851 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Andrew JohnsonD6,538 votes · +1,694 over Hayns
District 2Albert WatkinsW9,592 votes · +7,467 over Hurley
District 3William ChurchwellD6,674 votes · +16 over N. N. Anderson
District 4John SavageD5,816 votes · +1,464 over J Ridley Goodpasture
District 6William PolkW4,228 votes · +556 over Thomas
District 8William CullomW5,196 votes · +1,051 over South
District 9Isham HarrisD3,654 votes · +802 over Hornberger
District 10Frederick StantonD6,495 votes · +453 over Coleman

Texas

1851 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Richardson ScurryD6,758 votes · +2,749 over William B Ochiltree
District 2Volney HowardD6,724 votes · +3,820 over W D Lewis

Virginia

1851 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John MillsonD2,271 votes · +730 over Cowper
District 3Thomas AverettD1,365 votes · +351 over Flournoy
District 4Thomas BocockD1,596 votes · +582 over Bolling
District 5Paulus PowellD2,857 votes · +162 over Goggin
District 6John CaskieD2,960 votes · +488 over Botts
District 9James StrotherW2,367 votes · +499 over Mton
District 10Charles FaulknerW2,351 votes · +320 over Bedinger
District 14James BealeD4,012 votes · +1,199 over John Ambler Smith
District 15George ThompsonD4,251 votes · +401 over Haymond