1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 30th U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 2, 1846, and November 2, 1847. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 228 elected members representing 29 states took their seats when the first session of the 30th United States Congress convened December 6, 1847. The new states of Iowa and Texas elected their first representatives during this election cycle. These elections were held during President James K. Polk's term.
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All 230[lower-alpha 2] seats in the United States House of Representatives 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Whigs gained 37 seats to win 116 and a change in partisan control, while the rival Democrats lost 30, falling to 112.[lower-alpha 5] The Whigs gained seats in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. The nativist and anti-Catholic Native American Party, also known as the Know Nothings, was reduced to one seat. One Independent, Amos Tuck, was elected from New Hampshire.
The Mexican–American War, which the incumbent House had voted overwhelmingly to approve, was the main issue. The war had much stronger voter support in the West, South, and among Democrats than in the East, North, and among Whigs.
It was widely, accurately believed that war with Mexico would be won with large territorial gains. The Wilmot Proviso was the first congressional attempt to address slavery in these projected new territories, by proposing to ban it. Congress rejected the Wilmot Proviso, but not quickly or smoothly. Protracted debate aggravated sectional tensions. The repeated failure of Congress, and later also the President and Supreme Court, over the next decade to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories was a major cause of the Civil War.
This was the last time the Whig Party won a House majority, though candidates opposed to the Democratic Party would win a large majority in the realigning 1854 election. Notable freshmen included Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, elected as a Whig to his only term.
The trend toward single-member districts culminated as no multi-member districts featured.
In 1845, partly motivated by the successful 1844 test of the electric telegraph between Washington and Baltimore, Congress established a uniform date for choosing Presidential electors. Gradually, states aligned nearly all elections with this date, though as of this election, only three states had done so.
Two seats were added for the new State of Wisconsin.[1] Wisconsin was unrepresented for most of the first session.
| 110 | 2 | 116 |
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| Texas | District | March 30, 1846 | 2 | 2 |  2 |
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| Iowa | At-large | October 26, 1846 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Missouri | District[lower-alpha 7] | August 2, 1846 | 5 | 5 | |
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| Arkansas | At-large | August 3, 1846 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | |
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| Illinois | District | August 3, 1846 | 7 | 6[lower-alpha 9] | |
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| Vermont | District | September 1, 1846 | 4 | 1 | |
3 | |
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| Maine | District | September 14, 1846 | 7 | 6 | |
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| Florida | At-large | October 5, 1846 | 1 | 0 |  1 |
1 | 1 |
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| Georgia | District | October 5, 1846 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
4 | 1 |
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| South Carolina | District | October 12–13, 1846 | 7 | 7 | |
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| Ohio | District | October 13, 1846 | 21 | 10 | 3 |
11 | 3 |
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| Pennsylvania | District | October 13, 1846 | 24 | 7 | 5 |
16 | 6 |
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| Texas | District | November 2, 1846 | 2 | 2 | |
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| Michigan | District | November 3, 1846 (Election Day) |
3 | 3 | |
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| New Jersey | District | 5 | 1 | |
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| New York | District | 34 | 11[lower-alpha 11] | 10 |
23 | 14 |
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| Massachusetts | District | November 9, 1846 | 10 | 0 | |
10 | |
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| Delaware | At-large | November 10, 1846 | 1 | 0 | |
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| New Hampshire | District[lower-alpha 7] | March 9, 1847 | 4[lower-alpha 12] | 2 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
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| Connecticut | District | April 5, 1847 | 4 | 0 | |
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| Rhode Island | District | April 7, 1847 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
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| Virginia | District | April 22, 1847 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
6 | 5 |
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| Alabama | District | August 2, 1847 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
2 | 1 |
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| Indiana | District | August 2, 1847 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
4 | 2 |
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| Iowa | District[lower-alpha 7] | August 2, 1847 | 2 | 2 | |
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| Kentucky | District | August 2, 1847 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
6 | 1 |
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| Tennessee | District | August 2, 1847 | 11 | 6 | |
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| North Carolina | District | August 5, 1847 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
6 | 3 |
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| Maryland | District | October 6, 1847 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 2 |
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| Mississippi | District[lower-alpha 7] | November 1–2, 1847 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
1 | 1 |
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| Louisiana | District | November 2, 1847 | 4 | 3 | |
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| Total[lower-alpha 2] | 228 | 110[lower-alpha 5] 48.7% |
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116 50.4% |
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Georgia 3 | Washington Poe | Democratic | 1844 | Member-elect declined the seat. New member elected January 5, 1846. Democratic hold. |
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| Missouri at-large | Sterling Price | Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent resigned August 12, 1846 to serve in the Mexican–American War. New member elected October 31, 1846 and seated December 7, 1846. Democratic hold. Winner had not been elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Florida at-large | None (new state) | Member-elect elected to the Senate. New member elected October 6, 1845. Whig gain. |
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| Recount places newly elected member in second place. Member removed from the seat, and the true victor is seated. Democratic gain. | |||||
| Arkansas at-large | Archibald Yell | Democratic | 1836 1840 (retired) 1844 |
Incumbent resigned July 1, 1846 to serve in the United States Volunteers. New member elected December 14, 1846 and seated February 6, 1847. Whig gain. Winner had not been elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Illinois 7 | Edward D. Baker | Whig | 1844 | Incumbent resigned January 15, 1847 to join the Illinois Volunteer Infantry. New member elected January 20, 1847 to finish the term. Whig hold. Winner had not been a candidate to the next term; see below. |
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| Michigan 2 | Edward Bradley | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent died August 5, 1847. New member elected November 2, 1847. Democratic hold. |
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| Louisiana 1 | |||||
| Mississippi 1 | |||||
Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
Arkansas elected its sole member August 3, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Arkansas at-large | Archibald Yell | Democratic | 1836 1840 (retired) 1844 |
Incumbent resigned July 1, 1846 to serve in the United States Volunteers. Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to finish the current term. |
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Elections were held April 5, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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The election was held November 10, 1846.
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The election was held October 5, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Florida at-large | William H. Brockenbrough | Democratic | 1845 (special) | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. |
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Elections were held October 5, 1846.
Elections were held August 3, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Illinois 7 | Edward D. Baker | Whig | 1844 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. Incumbent then resigned early, leading to a special election. |
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Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
Elections for the new state were held October 26, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Iowa at-large (2 seats) |
New state | New seat. New member elected October 26, 1846. Democratic gain. Winner (Leffler) was later elected in the 2nd district to the next term, see below. |
(Elected on a general ticket)
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| New state | New seat. New member elected October 26, 1846. Democratic gain. Winner (Hastings) would not be a candidate for the next term, see below. | ||||
Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Iowa 1 | New seat | New district. Democratic gain. |
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| Iowa 2 | Shepherd Leffler Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| S. Clinton Hastings Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss. | ||
Elections were held August 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Elections were held November 2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
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| Louisiana 1 | |||||
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| Louisiana 3 | |||||
| Louisiana 4 | |||||
Elections were held September 14, 1846.
Elections were held October 6, 1847 elections were after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Maryland 1 | |||||
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Elections were held November 9, 1846.
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| Massachusetts 7 | Julius Rockwell | Whig | 1844 (late) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 8 | John Quincy Adams | Whig | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 10 | |||||
Elections were held November 3, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Michigan 1 | Robert McClelland | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Michigan 2 | John S. Chipman | Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Michigan 3 | James B. Hunt | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Elections were held November 1–2, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Mississippi 1 | Jacob Thompson | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent redistricted from the at-large district. Democratic hold. |
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| Mississippi 2 | None (new district) | New district. Democratic gain. |
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| Mississippi 3 | Robert W. Roberts | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent redistricted from the at-large district. Whig gain. |
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| Mississippi 4 | None (new district) | New district. Democratic gain. |
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Elections were held August 2, 1846. All five seats remained Democratic. Three of the members retired.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Missouri 1 | James B. Bowlin Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Missouri 2 | William McDaniel Redistricted from the at-large district[lower-alpha 14] |
Democratic | 1846 (special) | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| James H. Relfe Redistricted from the at-large district[lower-alpha 14] |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss. | ||
| Missouri 3 | New district | New district. Democratic gain. |
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| Missouri 4 | New district | New district. Democratic gain. |
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| Missouri 5 | John S. Phelps Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Leonard H. Sims Redistricted from the at-large district[lower-alpha 14] |
Democratic | 1844 | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss. | ||
Elections were held March 9, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847. Two of the districts had run-off elections in July 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| New Hampshire 1 | Vacant seat due to the failure to elect. | Independent gain. | First ballot (March 9, 1847)
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| New Hampshire 2 | Moses Norris Jr. Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| New Hampshire 3 | Mace Moulton Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. |
First ballot (March 9, 1847)
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| New Hampshire 4 | James Hutchins Johnson Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections were held November 3, 1846.
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Elections were held November 3, 1846.
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Elections were held August 5, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Elections were held October 13, 1846.
Elections were held October 13, 1846.
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Elections were held April 7, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Rhode Island 1 | |||||
| Rhode Island 2 | |||||
Elections were held October 12–13, 1846.
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Elections were held August 2, 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Tennessee 1 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 2 | William M. Cocke | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 3 | John H. Crozier | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 4 | Alvan Cullom | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Tennessee 5 | George W. Jones | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 6 | Barclay Martin | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Tennessee 7 | Meredith P. Gentry | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 8 | Edwin H. Ewing | Whig | 1845 (special) | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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| Tennessee 9 | Lucien B. Chase | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 10 | Frederick P. Stanton | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 11 | Milton Brown | Whig | 1841 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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Elections for the 29th Congress were held in March 1846.[41]
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Texas 1 | None (new state) | New district. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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| Texas 2 | None (new state) | New district. Democratic gain. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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Elections for the 30th United States Congress were held November 2, 1846.[42]
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Texas 1 | David S. Kaufman | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Texas 2 | Timothy Pilsbury | Democratic | 1846 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections were held September 1, 1846.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[43] | |
| Vermont 1 | Solomon Foot | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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| Vermont 2 | Jacob Collamer | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot
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| Vermont 3 | George P. Marsh | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Vermont 4 | Paul Dillingham | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
First ballot
Second ballot
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Elections were held April 22, 1847, after the March 4, 1847 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1847.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[44] | |
| Virginia 1 | Archibald Atkinson | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 2 | George Dromgoole | Democratic | 1835 1841 (retired) 1843 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 3 | William Tredway | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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| Virginia 4 | Edmund W. Hubard | Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Virginia 5 | Shelton Leake | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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| Virginia 6 | John Seddon | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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| Virginia 7 | Thomas H. Bayly | Democratic | 1844 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 8 | Robert M. T. Hunter | Democratic | 1835 1843 (lost) 1845 |
Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Virginia 9 | John Pendleton | Whig | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 10 | Henry Bedinger | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 11 | James McDowell | Democratic | 1846 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Virginia 12 | Augustus A. Chapman | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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| Virginia 13 | George W. Hopkins | Democratic | 1835 | Incumbent retired. Whig gain. |
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| Virginia 14 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | 1823 1827 (lost) 1833 (special) 1833 (retired) 1835 1841 (retired) 1845 |
Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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| Virginia 15 | William G. Brown Sr. | Democratic | 1845 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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See Non-voting delegates, below.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Wisconsin Territory | Morgan Lewis Martin | Democratic | 1844 or 1845[45] | Incumbent was not renominated. Whig gain. |
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