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1857 U.S. House election results

77 races · 77 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. House contest in the 1857 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

1857 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James StallworthD7,058 votes · +2,728 over J McCaskill
District 2Eli ShorterD7,417 votes · +2,963 over B Peterson
District 3James DowdellD6,505 votes · +86 over T J Judge
District 4Sydenham MooreD6,432 votes · +1,480 over J Q Smith
District 5George HoustonD4,853 votes · +897 over E B Hubbard
District 6Williamson CobbD5,975 votes · +2,381 over Sanford
District 7Jabez CurryD8,311 votes

Connecticut

1857 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Ezra ClarkR8,410 votes · +437 over Hubbard
District 2Samuel ArnoldD9,403 votes · +497 over Woodruff
District 3Sidney DeanR6,082 votes · +1,076 over Hovey
District 4William BishopD8,403 votes · +16 over Ferry

Georgia

1857 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James SewardD5,870 votes · +777 over Bartow
District 2Martin CrawfordD8,220 votes · +1,855 over Elam
District 3Robert TrippeA5,803 votes · +380 over Bailey
District 4Lucius GartrellD8,008 votes · +1,069 over Tidwell
District 5Augustus WrightD9,669 votes · +3,979 over Hooper
District 6James JacksonD7,751 votes · +1,795 over James Simmons
District 7Joshua HillA4,800 votes · +275 over William Stephens
District 8Alexander StephensD5,151 votes · +1,055 over George H Miller

Kentucky

1857 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry BurnettD8,989 votes · +6,044 over Owen Grimes
District 2Samuel PeytonD7,212 votes · +1,039 over Johnson
District 3Warner UnderwoodA6,359 votes · +203 over Kendrick R Lewis
District 4Albert TalbottD7,025 votes · +164 over A R Anderson
District 5Joshua JewettD7,377 votes · +2,381 over George W Young
District 6John ElliottD7,470 votes · +1,520 over J Z Moore
District 7Humphrey MarshallA6,085 votes · +1,106 over G A C Holt
District 8James ClayD6,577 votes · +126 over Roger W Hanson
District 9John MasonD8,148 votes · +614 over Cox
District 10John StevensonD8,748 votes · +4,563 over M C Rankin

Louisiana

1857 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1George EustisA2,336 votes · +808 over Villiers
District 2Miles TaylorD4,950 votes · +58 over Burke
District 3Thomas DavidsonD4,270 votes · +758 over Watrsn
District 4John SandidgeD9,060 votes · +3,855 over Sparks

Maryland

1857 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James StewartD6,339 votes · +176 over Townsd
District 2James RicaudA8,701 votes · +766 over Paul T McHenry Jr.
District 3James HarrisA8,761 votes · +3,306 over Whyte
District 4Henry DavisA10,515 votes · +6,536 over Henry P Brooks
District 5Jacob KunkelD8,376 votes · +168 over Hoffman
District 6Thomas BowieD5,735 votes · +1,282 over Blackistone

Minnesota

1857 U.S. House results in Minnesota
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeWilliam PhelpsD18,218 votes · +154 over James Cavanaugh

Mississippi

1857 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lucius LamarD3,705 votes · +1,417 over James L Alcorn
District 2Reuben DavisD5,026 votes · +1,595 over Paul Clark
District 3William BarksdaleD5,129 votes
District 4Otho SingletonD5,940 votes · +943 over John Lake
District 5John QuitmanD4,017 votes

New Hampshire

1857 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James PikeR12,242 votes · +1,036 over Kittridge
District 2Mason TappanR10,685 votes · +1,505 over Morrison
District 3Aaron CraginR10,983 votes · +1,142 over Wheeler

North Carolina

1857 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry ShawD5,293 votes · +38 over Benjamin Smith
District 2Thomas RuffinD5,940 votes
District 3Warren WinslowD6,337 votes · +4,849 over Iredell Meares
District 4Lawrence BranchD7,375 votes
District 5John GilmerA5,692 votes · +847 over H Sinclair Williams
District 6Alfred ScalesD7,679 votes · +729 over Richard C Puryear
District 7Francis CraigeD6,482 votes
District 8Thomas L ClingmanD8,674 votes

Rhode Island

1857 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Nathaniel DurfeeR5,442 votes · +3,481 over Ambrose E Burnside
District 2William BraytonR3,933 votes · +724 over Richard Jackson

Tennessee

1857 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Albert WatkinsD7,647 votes · +176 over Taylor
District 2Horace MaynardA5,565 votes · +205 over Charles M Wallace
District 3Samuel SmithD7,662 votes · +862 over S G Heiskell
District 4John SavageD6,435 votes · +1,203 over Pickett
District 5Charles ReadyA6,151 votes · +300 over Guild
District 7John WrightD8,620 votes · +6,955 over McElrath
District 8Felix ZollicofferA6,088 votes · +508 over Quarles
District 9John AtkinsD8,603 votes · +129 over Etheridge
District 10William AveryD6,006 votes · +299 over Stevens

Texas

1857 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John ReaganD15,799 votes · +5,714 over Sam Evans
District 2Guy BryanD21,142 votes · +16,129 over Howth

Virginia

1857 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Muscoe GarnettD1,881 votes · +655 over John Critcher
District 3John CaskieD5,148 votes · +2,217 over Crane
District 4William GoodeD3,579 votes · +2,447 over H S Collier
District 7William SmithD5,332 votes · +1,391 over Snowdon
District 8Charles FaulknerD6,631 votes · +2,115 over Lucas
District 10Sherrard ClemensD7,074 votes · +4,253 over Dunngton
District 11Albert JenkinsD7,758 votes · +1,105 over John S Carlisle
District 13George HopkinsD5,318 votes · +69 over R O Martin