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1859 U.S. House election results

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

Every U.S. House contest in the 1859 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

1859 U.S. House results in Alabama
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James StallworthD7,352 votes · +3,094 over F B Shepard
District 2James PughD2,643 votes · +2,028 over J E Sappington
District 3David CloptonD6,879 votes · +213 over T J Judge
District 4Sydenham MooreD1,648 votes · +1,595 over J Q Smith
District 5George HoustonD5,964 votes · +1,666 over W A Hewlett
District 6Williamson CobbD5,731 votes · +3,619 over Alex Snodgrass

Connecticut

1859 U.S. House results in Connecticut
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Dwight LoomisR9,940 votes · +65 over Hyde
District 2John WoodruffR10,669 votes · +322 over Samuel Arnold
District 3Alfred BurnhamR7,586 votes · +703 over Rufus L Baker
District 4Orris FerryR11,536 votes · +570 over Bishop

Georgia

1859 U.S. House results in Georgia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Peter LoveD7,253 votes · +3,372 over McIntyre
District 2Martin CrawfordD8,279 votes · +1,842 over Douglas
District 3Thomas HardmanO5,636 votes · +153 over Speer
District 4Lucius GartrellD8,877 votes · +2,824 over Wright
District 5John UnderwoodD12,339 votes · +10,177 over Shackleford
District 6James JacksonD9,644 votes · +6,393 over Lytle
District 7Joshua HillO4,492 votes · +139 over Harper
District 8John JonesD4,912 votes · +405 over Wright

Kansas

1859 U.S. House results in Kansas
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeMartin F ConwayR7,604 votes · +2,038 over John A Halderman

Kentucky

1859 U.S. House results in Kentucky
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Henry BurnettD11,540 votes · +9,292 over William Morrow
District 2Samuel PeytonD7,939 votes · +740 over M O Jackson
District 3Francis BristowO7,164 votes · +1,589 over W W Sale
District 4William AndersonA7,204 votes · +3 over J S Chrisman
District 5John BrownD6,927 votes · +1,861 over J H Jewett
District 6Green AdamsA8,164 votes · +933 over William Garrard
District 7Robert MalloryD6,416 votes · +741 over G A C Holt
District 8William SimmsD6,932 votes · +67 over John M Harlan
District 9Laban MooreN16,732 votes
District 10John StevensonD9,295 votes · +3,456 over George Jones

Louisiana

1859 U.S. House results in Louisiana
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John BoulignyO2,215 votes · +419 over Emile Lasere
District 2Miles TaylorD5,908 votes · +1,449 over Nichols
District 3Thomas DavidsonD6,288 votes · +5,562 over Cannon
District 4John LandrumD8,823 votes · +5,603 over J R Jones

Maryland

1859 U.S. House results in Maryland
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1James StewartD6,934 votes · +550 over George A Cox
District 2Edwin WebsterA9,237 votes · +719 over Paul T McHenry Jr.
District 3James HarrisA9,612 votes · +5,388 over Preston
District 4Henry DavisA10,068 votes · +7,272 over William Harrison
District 5Jacob KunkelD8,852 votes · +133 over Hoffman
District 6George HughesD6,337 votes · +984 over Hagner

Minnesota

1859 U.S. House results in Minnesota
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeCyrus AldrichR21,360 votes · +344 over William Windam

Mississippi

1859 U.S. House results in Mississippi
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Lucius LamarD4,140 votes · +4,064 over Samuel Benton
District 2Reuben DavisD7,555 votes · +7,267 over J O Martin
District 4Otho SingletonD6,686 votes · +4,424 over Smith
District 5John McRaeD4,567 votes · +4,050 over Wilcox

New Hampshire

1859 U.S. House results in New Hampshire
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Gilman MarstonR12,839 votes · +757 over Marcy
District 2Mason TappanR11,288 votes · +1,060 over George
District 3Thomas EdwardsR11,717 votes · +1,078 over Burns

North Carolina

1859 U.S. House results in North Carolina
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1William SmithW6,045 votes · +514 over Henry M Shaw
District 2Thomas RuffinD4,382 votes
District 3Warren WinslowD4,774 votes · +3,490 over Malcom J McDuffie
District 4Lawrence BranchD5,764 votes · +3,318 over James Sanders
District 5John GilmerW6,361 votes · +1,849 over H Sinclair Williams
District 6James LeachW8,566 votes · +902 over Alfred M Scales
District 7Francis CraigeD5,495 votes · +1,420 over Samuel H Walkup
District 8Zebulon VanceW8,026 votes · +1,695 over David Coleman

Oregon

1859 U.S. House results in Oregon
DistrictWinnerResult
At-largeLansing StoutD5,646 votes · +16 over David Logan

Rhode Island

1859 U.S. House results in Rhode Island
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Christopher RobinsonA3,797 votes · +1,375 over Thomas Davis
District 2William BraytonR3,101 votes · +1,355 over Alfred Anthony

Tennessee

1859 U.S. House results in Tennessee
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1Thomas NelsonO7,931 votes · +104 over Haynes
District 2Horace MaynardO6,476 votes · +1,546 over Ramsay
District 3Reese BrabsonO8,372 votes · +59 over Smith
District 4William StokesO6,633 votes · +473 over Savage
District 5Robert HattonO6,719 votes · +875 over Ready
District 7John WrightD9,380 votes · +6,669 over Gibbs
District 8James QuarlesO6,994 votes · +758 over Menees
District 9Emerson EtheridgeO9,437 votes · +7 over Atkins
District 10William AveryD5,954 votes · +306 over Sneed

Texas

1859 U.S. House results in Texas
DistrictWinnerResult
District 1John ReaganD20,565 votes · +17,024 over William B Ochiltree
District 2Andrew HamiltonD16,521 votes · +442 over Waul

Virginia

1859 U.S. House results in Virginia
DistrictWinnerResult
District 3Daniel C DejarnetteD5,581 votes · +100 over Caskie
District 4William GoodeD3,820 votes · +1,635 over Flournoy
District 6Shelton LeakeD5,003 votes · +1,550 over S P Powell
District 7William SmithD5,147 votes · +302 over R Smith Thomas
District 8Alexander BotelerO6,616 votes · +167 over Faulkner
District 9John HarrisD5,345 votes · +445 over Skinner
District 11Albert JenkinsD9,038 votes · +1,810 over Laidley
District 13Elbert MartinD6,382 votes · +803 over Floyd