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The 1844–45 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 1, 1844, and November 4, 1845. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 224 elected members representing 27 states took their seats when the first session of the 29th United States Congress convened on December 1, 1845. The new state of Florida elected its first representative during this election cycle, while one vacancy in New Hampshire's delegation remained unfilled for the duration of the 29th Congress.
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All 228[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] seats in the United States House of Representatives 115 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The House elections spanned the 1844 presidential election, won by dark horse Democratic candidate James K. Polk, who advocated territorial expansion.
Democrats lost six seats but retained a large majority over the rival Whigs. The new American Party, based on the nativist "Know Nothing" movement characterized by opposition to immigration and anti-Catholicism, gained six seats.
One seat was added for the new State of Florida.[3] Texas and Iowa were admitted during this next Congress, but their initial elections were held in 1846.
142 | 6 | 79 |
Democratic | [lower-alpha 5] | Whig |
State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic | Know Nothing | Whig | |||
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Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
Louisiana | District | July 1–3, 1844 | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Illinois | District | August 5, 1844 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Missouri | At-large | August 5, 1844 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Georgia | District[lower-alpha 6] | August 7, 1844 | 8 | 4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
Vermont | District | September 3, 1844 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
Maine | District | September 9, 1844 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Arkansas | At-large | October 8, 1844 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Ohio | District | October 8, 1844 | 21 | 13 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | District | October 8, 1844 | 24 | 12 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
New Jersey | District | October 9, 1844 | 5 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
South Carolina | District | October 14–15, 1844 | 7 | 7 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Michigan | District | November 5, 1844 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Massachusetts | District | November 11, 1844 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
New York | District | November 11, 1844 | 34 | 21 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
Delaware | At-large | November 12, 1844 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Late elections after the March 4, 1845 beginning of term | |||||||||
New Hampshire | At-large | March 11, 1845 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Rhode Island | District | April 2, 1845 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Connecticut | District | April 7, 1845 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
Virginia | District | April 24, 1845 | 15 | 14 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Florida[lower-alpha 8] | At-large | May 26, 1845 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Alabama | District | August 4, 1845 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Indiana | District | August 4, 1845 | 10 | 8 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Kentucky | District | August 4, 1845 | 10 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
North Carolina | District | August 7, 1845 | 9 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
Tennessee | District | August 7, 1845 | 11 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
Maryland | District | October 1, 1845 | 6 | 4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Mississippi | At-large | November 3–4, 1845 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Total | 224[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | 142 62.6% |
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6 2.6% |
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79 34.8% |
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Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
The election was held October 8, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Arkansas at-large | Edward Cross | Democratic | 1838 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Elections were held April 7, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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Connecticut 3 | |||||
Connecticut 4 |
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The election was held November 12, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Delaware at-large | George B. Rodney | Whig | [[1842 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware|1840 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold.]] |
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The election was held May 26, 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Florida at-large | None (New state) | New seat. New member elected late on May 26, 1845. Democratic gain. Winner did not serve, having also been elected U.S. senator. |
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Elections were held August 7, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Georgia 1 | |||||
Georgia 2 | |||||
Georgia 3 | Absalom H. Chappell Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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Georgia 4 | Hugh A. Haralson Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia 5 | John H. Lumpkin Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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William H. Stiles Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Democratic loss. | ||
Georgia 6 | Howell Cobb Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia 7 | Alexander H. Stephens Redistricted from the at-large district |
Whig | 1843 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia 8 | Edward J. Black Redistricted from the at-large district |
Democratic | 1838 1840 (lost) 1841 (special) |
Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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Elections were held August 5, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Illinois 1 | |||||
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Illinois 4 | |||||
Illinois 5 | |||||
Illinois 6 | |||||
Illinois 7 |
Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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Kentucky 3 | |||||
Kentucky 4 | |||||
Kentucky 5 | |||||
Kentucky 6 | |||||
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Kentucky 8 | |||||
Kentucky 9 | |||||
Kentucky 10 |
Elections were held July 1–3, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Louisiana 1 | |||||
Louisiana 2 | |||||
Louisiana 3 | |||||
Louisiana 4 |
Elections were held September 9, 1844.
Maryland elected its members to the 28th Congress on February 14, 1844, after that Congress had already convened in 1843 and long after the 1842–1843 election cycle.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maryland 1 | Isaac D. Jones | Whig | 1841 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Whig hold. |
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Maryland 2 | |||||
Maryland 3 | |||||
Maryland 4 | |||||
Maryland 5 | |||||
Maryland 6 |
Maryland's October 1, 1845 elections were after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Maryland 1 | John Causin | Whig | 1844 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Whig hold. |
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Maryland 3 | |||||
Maryland 4 | |||||
Maryland 5 | |||||
Maryland 6 |
Elections were held November 11, 1844. At least one district, however, had multiple ballots stretching into 1846.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | |||||
Massachusetts 2 | |||||
Massachusetts 3 | |||||
Massachusetts 4 | William Parmenter | Democratic | 1836 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the second ballot. Whig gain. |
First ballot (November 11, 1844)
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Massachusetts 5 | |||||
Massachusetts 6 | |||||
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 9 | Henry Williams | Democratic | 1836 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the ninth ballot. Whig gain. |
First ballot (November 11, 1844)
Second ballot (December 23, 1844)
Third ballot (February 10, 1845)
Fourth ballot (April 28, 1845)
Fifth ballot (September 1, 1845)
Sixth ballot (November 10, 1845)
Seventh ballot (December 29, 1845)
Eighth ballot (February 2, 1846)
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Massachusetts 10 |
Elections were held November 5, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Michigan 1 | Robert McClelland | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan 2 | Lucius Lyon | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Michigan 3 | James B. Hunt | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections were held November 3–4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Mississippi at-large (4 seats) |
Jacob Thompson | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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William H. Hammett | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ||
Robert W. Roberts | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Tilghman Tucker | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
Elections were held at-large on a general ticket August 5, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Missouri at-large 5 seats |
(Elected on a general ticket)
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Elections were held at-large on a general ticket March 11, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New Hampshire at-large 4 seats |
Edmund Burke | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent retired. New member (Moulton) elected. Democratic hold. |
(Elected on a general ticket) First ballot (March 11, 1845)
Second ballot (August 23, 1845)
Third ballot (November 29, 1845)
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John Randall Reding | Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent retired. New member (Johnson) elected. Democratic hold. | ||
Moses Norris Jr. | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John P. Hale | Democratic | 1843 | No candidate elected on the fourth ballot; seat vacant. Democratic loss. |
Elections were held October 9, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New Jersey 1 | |||||
New Jersey 2 | |||||
New Jersey 3 | |||||
New Jersey 4 | |||||
New Jersey 5 |
Elections were held November 11, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
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New York 33 | |||||
New York 34 |
Elections were held August 7, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
North Carolina 1 | |||||
North Carolina 2 | |||||
North Carolina 3 | |||||
North Carolina 4 | |||||
North Carolina 5 | |||||
North Carolina 6 | |||||
North Carolina 7 | |||||
North Carolina 8 | |||||
North Carolina 9 |
Elections were held October 8, 1844.
Elections were held October 8, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Pennsylvania 1 | |||||
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Pennsylvania 24 |
Elections were held April 2, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Rhode Island 1 | |||||
Rhode Island 2 |
Elections were held October 14–15, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 | |||||
South Carolina 2 | |||||
South Carolina 3 | |||||
South Carolina 4 | |||||
South Carolina 5 | |||||
South Carolina 6 | |||||
South Carolina 7 |
Elections were held August 7, 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 2 | William T. Senter | Whig | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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Tennessee 3 | Julius W. Blackwell | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. |
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Tennessee 4 | Alvan Cullom | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 5 | George W. Jones | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 6 | Aaron V. Brown | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 7 | David W. Dickinson | Whig | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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Tennessee 8 | Joseph H. Peyton | Whig | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 9 | Cave Johnson | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 10 | John B. Ashe | Whig | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. |
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Tennessee 11 | Milton Brown | Whig | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections were held September 3, 1844.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[41] | |
Vermont 1 | Solomon Foot | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 2 | Jacob Collamer | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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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 re-elected. | First ballot
Second ballot
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Elections were held April 24, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[42] | |
Virginia 1 | Archibald Atkinson | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 2 | George Dromgoole | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 3 | Walter Coles | Democratic | 1835 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Virginia 4 | Edmund W. Hubard | Democratic | 1841 | Incumbent lost re-election. Whig gain. Winner did not take office. |
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Virginia 5 | William L. Goggin | Whig | 1839 1843 (lost) 1844 (special) |
Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 6 | John Winston Jones | Democratic | 1835 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Virginia 7 | Thomas H. Bayly | Democratic | 1844 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 8 | Willoughby Newton | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 9 | Samuel Chilton | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent retired. Whig hold. |
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Virginia 10 | William Lucas | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. |
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Virginia 11 | William Taylor | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 12 | Augustus A. Chapman | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 13 | George W. Hopkins | Democratic | 1835 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 14 | George W. Summers | Whig | 1841 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 15 | Lewis Steenrod | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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See Non-voting delegates, below.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[43] | |
Iowa Territory at-large | Augustus C. Dodge | Democratic | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin Territory at-large | Henry Dodge | Democratic | 1840 | Incumbent retired to become territorial governor of Wisconsin. New delegate elected on an unknown date. Democratic hold. |
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