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1853 U.S. House election results

76 races · 76 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1853 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

1853 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Philip PhillipsD4,880 votes · +103 over E Lockwood
District 2James AbercrombieU7,474 votes · +1,636 over D Clopton
District 3Sampson HarrisD6,394 votes · +4,772 over Dan Moore
District 4William SmithD3,045 votes · +71 over Dan Moore
District 5George HoustonD4,022 votes
District 6Williamson CobbD5,221 votes · +1,477 over Clement Comer Clay
District 7James DowdellD6,098 votes · +2,898 over William Garrett

Connecticut

1853 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James PrattD8,225 votes · +1,262 over Charles Chapman
District 2Colin IngersollD8,551 votes · +1,778 over Baldwin
District 3Nathan BelcherD6,129 votes · +2,223 over Daniel P Tyler
District 4Origen SeymourD8,700 votes · +1,451 over William H Welch

Georgia

1853 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James SewardD4,429 votes · +191 over Barton
District 2Alfred ColquittD6,795 votes · +546 over Walter L Johnson
District 3David BaileyD5,232 votes · +5 over Trippe
District 4William DentD6,701 votes · +333 over James S Calhoun
District 5Elijah ChastainD8,118 votes · +252 over Tumlin
District 6Junius HillyerD5,439 votes · +2,485 over Wofld
District 7David ReeseW4,997 votes · +1,114 over Saffold
District 8Alexander StephensW5,634 votes · +3,190 over J F Jones

Kentucky

1853 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Linn BoydD7,585 votes · +1,995 over John Y Brown
District 2Benjamin GreyW7,076 votes · +668 over W J Davie
District 4James S CrismanD5,657 votes · +35 over Thos E Bramlette
District 5Clement HillW6,126 votes · +130 over George E Stone
District 6John ElliottD6,257 votes · +881 over Jeremiah S Pierce
District 7William PrestonW6,609 votes · +1,762 over S S English
District 8John BreckinridgeD6,532 votes · +526 over Robert P Letcher
District 9Leander CoxA6,606 votes · +632 over James M Rice
District 10Richard StantonD7,583 votes · +513 over George B Hodge

Louisiana

1853 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William DunbarD4,550 votes · +1,859 over Gayarre
District 2Theodore HuntW6,558 votes · +1,113 over Davis
District 3John PerkinsD4,965 votes · +1,178 over Pond
District 4Roland JonesD7,494 votes · +1,799 over Alexander Smith

Maryland

1853 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John FranklinW5,815 votes · +688 over Stevn
District 2Jacob ShowerI7,246 votes · +916 over Wethered
District 3Joshua VansantD5,876 votes · +815 over Preston
District 4Henry MayD6,792 votes · +352 over Walsh
District 5William HamiltonD7,545 votes · +1,116 over John Thomas
District 6Augustus SollersW3,815 votes · +1,377 over Jenr

Mississippi

1853 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWilliam BarksdaleD29,702 votes · +4,519 over Bradford
District 1Daniel WrightD8,984 votes · +570 over F M Nabers
District 2William BarryD7,039 votes · +202 over Wilcox
District 3Otho SingletonD8,367 votes · +1,698 over McLung

Missouri

1853 U.S. House results in Missouri
DistrictWinnerResult
District 3James LindleyW6,828 votes · +154 over Jackson
District 7Samuel CaruthersW4,447 votes · +1,905 over Jackson

New Hampshire

1853 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George KittredgeD10,168 votes · +1,206 over Tuck
District 2George MorrisonD9,050 votes · +4,697 over Hughes
District 3Harry HibbardD9,635 votes · +2,079 over Perkins

North Carolina

1853 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry ShawD4,833 votes · +87 over George Outlaw Sr.
District 2Thomas RuffinD5,812 votes · +3,159 over W C Loftin
District 3William AsheD5,520 votes · +2,169 over Walter F Leake
District 4Sion RogersW4,201 votes · +68 over Abraham W Venable
District 5John KerrW6,037 votes · +5,074 over Abraham Rencher
District 6Richard PuryearW6,173 votes · +385 over George D Boyd
District 7Francis CraigeD5,965 votes · +316 over James W Osborne
District 8Thomas ClingmanD7,606 votes · +2,392 over Basil Gaither

Rhode Island

1853 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas DavisD5,524 votes · +582 over Dan King
District 2Benjamin ThurstonD4,436 votes · +3,986 over Wilmarth N Aldrich

South Carolina

1853 U.S. House results in South Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 4Preston BrooksD2,098 votes · +601 over Sullivan
District 6William BoyceD2,549 votes · +279 over Moses

Tennessee

1853 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Brookins CampbellD5,525 votes · +138 over Nathaniel Taylor
District 2William ChurchwellD6,266 votes · +1,469 over Maynard
District 3Samuel SmithD7,703 votes · +1,523 over Vandyke
District 4William CullomW5,630 votes · +37 over John Gardner
District 5Charles ReadyW6,143 votes · +1,566 over R M Barry
District 7Robert BuggW6,421 votes · +556 over Pavott
District 8Felix ZollicofferW5,808 votes · +651 over Allison
District 10Frederick StantonD5,126 votes · +6 over Yerger

Texas

1853 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George SmythD12,126 votes
District 2Peter BellD5,918 votes · +2,955 over William R Scurry

Virginia

1853 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2John MillsonD3,206 votes · +1,135 over Chambliss
District 3John CaskieD4,333 votes · +772 over Coleman
District 5Thomas BocockD4,304 votes · +718 over Wootton
District 6Paulus PowellD4,751 votes · +839 over William P Mosely
District 7William SmithD4,223 votes · +292 over Snowden
District 8Charles FaulknerD6,106 votes · +546 over Boteler
District 11John SnodgrassD4,707 votes · +210 over Charles Lewis