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1855 U.S. House election results

78 races · 78 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1855 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

1855 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Percy WalkerA5,656 votes · +519 over J A Stallworth
District 2Eli ShorterD6,718 votes · +1,228 over J C Alford
District 3James DowdellD6,327 votes · +541 over T H Watts
District 4William SmithA4,984 votes · +1,807 over Dan Moore
District 6Williamson CobbD6,260 votes · +2,563 over J M Adams
District 7Sampson HarrisD6,990 votes · +1,770 over W B Martin

Connecticut

1855 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Ezra ClarkA8,519 votes · +667 over Pratt
District 2John WoodruffA9,876 votes · +1,958 over Arld
District 3Sidney DeanA8,055 votes · +4,178 over White
District 4William WelchA9,701 votes · +1,999 over Noble

Georgia

1855 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James SewardD6,179 votes · +1,638 over Varnadoe
District 2Martin CrawfordD7,746 votes · +593 over Hawkins
District 3Robert TrippeA6,112 votes · +896 over James Milton Smith
District 4Hiram WarnerD6,883 votes · +70 over Hill
District 5John LumpkinD11,290 votes · +3,312 over Tumlin
District 6Howell CobbD9,203 votes · +3,976 over Franklin
District 7Nathaniel FosterA4,792 votes · +212 over William Stephens
District 8Alexander StephensD5,808 votes · +2,729 over Lamar

Kentucky

1855 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry BurnettD9,323 votes · +3,615 over Crit Hughes
District 2John CampbellA7,533 votes · +1,441 over Samuel O Peyton
District 3Warner UnderwoodA7,362 votes · +1,782 over James P Bates
District 4Albert TalbottD6,586 votes · +16 over L R Fox
District 5Joshua JewettD7,076 votes · +448 over Wintersmith
District 6John ElliottD7,685 votes · +1,345 over George W Dunlap
District 7Humphrey MarshallA6,932 votes · +2,554 over Preston
District 8Alexander MarshallA7,039 votes · +1,503 over J P Harrison
District 9Leander CoxA8,085 votes · +1,487 over Stanton
District 10Samuel SwopeA7,490 votes · +499 over Josiah Harris

Louisiana

1855 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George EustisA2,588 votes · +330 over Albert Fabre
District 2Miles TaylorD6,175 votes · +365 over Hunt
District 3Thomas DavidsonD4,731 votes · +115 over Pond
District 4John SandidgeD8,942 votes · +2,481 over John W Lewis

Maryland

1855 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James StewartD6,173 votes · +305 over Littleton Dennis
District 2James RicaudA8,479 votes · +1,973 over Shower
District 3James HarrisA6,538 votes · +54 over Joshua Vansant
District 4Henry DavisA7,988 votes · +495 over May
District 5Henry HoffmanA8,320 votes · +751 over Hamiln
District 6Thomas BowieD5,539 votes · +803 over Watkins

Mississippi

1855 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Daniel WrightD6,547 votes · +1,492 over Nelson E Taylor
District 2Hendley BennettD4,229 votes · +307 over L E Housten
District 3William BarksdaleD6,850 votes · +1,308 over Joseph B Cobb
District 4William LakeW5,196 votes · +404 over O R Singleton
District 5John QuitmanD5,887 votes · +1,709 over Giles M Hillyer

New Hampshire

1855 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James PikeA12,806 votes · +3,109 over J Kittredge
District 2Mason TappanA12,202 votes · +3,810 over Morrison
District 3Aaron CraginA11,715 votes · +3,616 over Wheeler

North Carolina

1855 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Robert PaineA5,228 votes · +346 over Henry M Shaw
District 2Thomas RuffinD6,739 votes · +3,275 over Thomas J Latham
District 3Warren WinslowD5,929 votes · +1,066 over David S Reid
District 4Lawrence BranchD6,794 votes · +2,571 over William B Shepard
District 5Edwin ReadeA7,061 votes · +3,305 over John Kerr
District 6Richard PuryearA6,516 votes · +366 over Alfred M Scales
District 7Francis CraigeD6,745 votes · +2,641 over Samuel N Stowe
District 8Thomas ClingmanD8,079 votes · +1,495 over Leander B Carmichael

Rhode Island

1855 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Nathaniel DurfeeA5,004 votes · +3,428 over Thomas Davis
District 2Benjamin ThurstonA4,359 votes

Tennessee

1855 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Albert WatkinsD7,781 votes · +270 over Taylor
District 2William SneedA6,246 votes · +919 over Cummins
District 3Samuel SmithD7,872 votes · +541 over N. N. Anderson
District 4John SavageD6,016 votes · +453 over Cullom
District 5Charles ReadyA7,069 votes · +6,437 over Keeble
District 6George JonesD8,476 votes · +4,031 over Hayes Gordon
District 7John WrightD7,927 votes · +2,005 over Kendrick
District 8Felix ZollicofferA6,958 votes · +2,101 over Torbett
District 9Emerson EtheridgeA7,952 votes · +558 over J Y Freeman
District 10Thomas RiversA5,860 votes · +724 over Currin

Texas

1855 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1HancockA10,342 votes · +31 over R B Bell
District 2H O WardD14,379 votes · +4,883 over Sam Evans

Virginia

1855 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 2John MillsonD4,769 votes · +589 over Watts
District 3John CaskieD5,951 votes · +485 over Winfield Scott
District 4William GoodeD1,163 votes · +502 over Tazewell
District 5Thomas BocockD4,566 votes · +493 over Nathaniel H Claiborne
District 6Paulus PowellD3,834 votes · +858 over Ligon
District 8Charles FaulknerD7,158 votes · +199 over Boteler
District 10Zedekiah KidwellD6,615 votes · +1,556 over Pendleton
District 11John S CarlisleA8,333 votes · +391 over J R C Lewis
District 12Henry EdmundsonD7,492 votes · +1,107 over Cabell Staples
District 13Fayette McMullenD4,289 votes · +1,486 over Connally F Trigg