1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections
January 08, 2023
The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held during President James Buchanan's term at various dates in different states from August 1858 to November 1859.
1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections
Winning a plurality for the first time, Republicans benefited from multiple factors including the collapse of the nativist American Party, sectional strife in the Democratic Party, Northern voter dissatisfaction with the infamous March 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, political exposure of Democrats to chaotic violence in Kansas amid repeated attempts to impose slavery against the express will of a majority of its settlers, and a sharp decline in President Buchanan's popularity due to his perceived fecklessness. In Pennsylvania, his home state, Republicans made particularly large gains.
The pivotal Dred Scott decision was only the second time the Supreme Court had overturned law on Constitutional grounds. The decision created apprehension in the North, where slavery had ceased to exist, that a ruling in a different case widely expected to be heard by the Supreme Court would strike down any limitations on slavery anywhere in the United States.
Short of a majority, Republicans controlled the House with limited cooperation from smaller parties also opposing the Democrats. Republicans were united in opposing slavery in the territories and fugitive slave laws, while rejecting the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, key aspects of the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. Though not yet abolitionist, Republicans openly derived a primary partisan purpose from hostility to slavery while furnishing a mainstream platform for abolitionism. None of the party's views or positions was new. However, their catalytic cohesion into a unified political vehicle, and the bold dismissal of the South, represented a newly disruptive political force.
Democrats remained divided and politically trapped. Fifteen Democratic members publicly defied their party label. Of seven Independent Democrats, six represented Southern districts. Eight Northern Anti-Lecompton Democrats favored a ban on slavery in Kansas, effectively upholding the Missouri Compromise their party had destroyed several years earlier. Democrats lacked credible leadership and continued to drift in a direction favorable to the interests of slavery despite obviously widening and intensifying Northern opposition to the expansion of those interests. A damaging public perception also existed that President Buchanan had improperly influenced and endorsed the Dred Scott decision, incorrectly believing that it had solved his main political problem. Such influence would violate the separation of powers. The wide gap between Democratic rhetoric and results alienated voters, while defeat in the North and intra-party defection combined to make the Party both more Southern and more radical.
Democrats lost seats in some slave states as the disturbing turn of national events and surge in sectional tensions alarmed a significant minority of Southern voters. Southern politicians opposing both Democrats and extremism, but unwilling to affiliate with Republicans, ran on the Southern Opposition Party ticket (not to be conflated with the Opposition Party of 1854).[h]
For 11 states, this was the last full congressional election until the Reconstruction. Twenty-nine elected members quit near the end of the session following their states' secession from the Union, whose immediate motivation was the result of the election of 1860.
Incumbent resigned December 24, 1857 to become Governor of Massachusetts. New member electedin December 1857 or January 1858. Republican hold. Successor seated January 21, 1858.[6] Successor already elected to the next term, see below.
Incumbent resigned May 7, 1858 to become U.S. Senator. New member electedAugust 5, 1858[7] Know Nothing gain. Successor seated December 7, 1858.[6] Successor later elected to the next term, see below.
Incumbent died July 17, 1858. New member electedOctober 4, 1858. Democratic hold. Successor seated December 7, 1858.[6] Successor later elected to the next term, see below.
Incumbent resigned October 30, 1858. New member electedNovember 30, 1858.[8] Republican gain. Successor seated December 7, 1858.[6] Successor not elected to the next term, see below.
Incumbent died November 24, 1858. New member electedJanuary 4, 1859. Democratic hold. Successor seated January 20, 1859.[6] Successor not elected to the next term, see below.
Incumbent resigned December 25, 1858. New member electedJanuary 4, 1859.[9] Independent Democratic gain. Successor seated January 17, 1859.[6] Successor was also elected to the next term, see below.
California held its election September 7, 1859. From statehood to 1864, California's members were elected at-large, with the top finishers winning election.
Minnesota became a new state in 1858 having already elected its first two members at-large in October 1857 to finish the current term. The state then held elections to the next term October 4, 1859.
Incumbent retired. New delegate elected October 11, 1859.[39] Democratic gain. Election was later overturned due to a successful challenge by the loser.
^ While most of the Whig State Party affiliates in the South transitioned from the American Party to the newly formed Opposition Party, the North Carolina affiliate seems to have declined to do so.
^ Includes votes for those who ran labeled as an Independent, Union Democrat, Anti-Administration Democrat, Anti-Lecompton Democrat, and Independent Democrat.
^ There was only one Whig candidate during the 1856-1857 period, who earned twenty-three votes.
^ In January 1845, Congress mandated a uniform date for choosing Presidential electors.[5] Gradually, states brought other elections into conformity with this date.
^ abcdefg"Thirty-fifth Congress March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1859". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
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^ abc"Thirty-sixth Congress March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
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^Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 84, 85.
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The 1858 59 United States House of Representatives elections were held during President James Buchanan s term at various dates in different states from August 1858 to November 1859 1858 59 United States House of Representatives elections 1856 amp 1857 June 7 1858 December 1 1859 a 1860 amp 1861 All 238 seats in the United States House of Representatives 1 2 120 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Thomas BocockParty Republican DemocraticLeader s seat Virginia 5thLast election 90 seats 132 seatsSeats won 113 83 b Seat change 23 49Popular vote 1 387 921 1 823 106Percentage 36 59 48 06 Swing 0 39 1 21 Third party Fourth party Party Opposition Know NothingLast election new party 14 seatsSeats won 19 5Seat change 19 9Popular vote 191 074 133 839Percentage 5 04 3 53 Swing New Party 11 68 Fifth party Sixth party Party Whig IndependentLast election pre creation c 1 seat d Seats won 4 15 e Seat change 4 14Popular vote 33 073 261 964 f Percentage 0 87 6 91 Swing New Party g 6 02 Speaker before electionJames OrrDemocratic Elected Speaker William PenningtonRepublicanWinning a plurality for the first time Republicans benefited from multiple factors including the collapse of the nativist American Party sectional strife in the Democratic Party Northern voter dissatisfaction with the infamous March 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision political exposure of Democrats to chaotic violence in Kansas amid repeated attempts to impose slavery against the express will of a majority of its settlers and a sharp decline in President Buchanan s popularity due to his perceived fecklessness In Pennsylvania his home state Republicans made particularly large gains The pivotal Dred Scott decision was only the second time the Supreme Court had overturned law on Constitutional grounds The decision created apprehension in the North where slavery had ceased to exist that a ruling in a different case widely expected to be heard by the Supreme Court would strike down any limitations on slavery anywhere in the United States Short of a majority Republicans controlled the House with limited cooperation from smaller parties also opposing the Democrats Republicans were united in opposing slavery in the territories and fugitive slave laws while rejecting the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise key aspects of the Compromise of 1850 the Kansas Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision Though not yet abolitionist Republicans openly derived a primary partisan purpose from hostility to slavery while furnishing a mainstream platform for abolitionism None of the party s views or positions was new However their catalytic cohesion into a unified political vehicle and the bold dismissal of the South represented a newly disruptive political force Democrats remained divided and politically trapped Fifteen Democratic members publicly defied their party label Of seven Independent Democrats six represented Southern districts Eight Northern Anti Lecompton Democrats favored a ban on slavery in Kansas effectively upholding the Missouri Compromise their party had destroyed several years earlier Democrats lacked credible leadership and continued to drift in a direction favorable to the interests of slavery despite obviously widening and intensifying Northern opposition to the expansion of those interests A damaging public perception also existed that President Buchanan had improperly influenced and endorsed the Dred Scott decision incorrectly believing that it had solved his main political problem Such influence would violate the separation of powers The wide gap between Democratic rhetoric and results alienated voters while defeat in the North and intra party defection combined to make the Party both more Southern and more radical Democrats lost seats in some slave states as the disturbing turn of national events and surge in sectional tensions alarmed a significant minority of Southern voters Southern politicians opposing both Democrats and extremism but unwilling to affiliate with Republicans ran on the Southern Opposition Party ticket not to be conflated with the Opposition Party of 1854 h For 11 states this was the last full congressional election until the Reconstruction Twenty nine elected members quit near the end of the session following their states secession from the Union whose immediate motivation was the result of the election of 1860 Contents 1 Election summaries 2 Special elections 2 1 35th Congress 2 2 36th Congress 3 Alabama 4 Arkansas 5 California 6 Connecticut 7 Delaware 8 Florida 9 Georgia 10 Illinois 11 Indiana 12 Iowa 13 Kansas 14 Kansas Territory 15 Kentucky 16 Louisiana 17 Maine 18 Maryland 19 Massachusetts 20 Michigan 21 Minnesota 22 Mississippi 23 Missouri 24 Nebraska Territory 25 New Hampshire 26 New Jersey 27 New York 28 North Carolina 29 Ohio 30 Oregon 30 1 35th Congress 30 2 36th Congress 31 Pennsylvania 32 Rhode Island 33 South Carolina 34 Tennessee 35 Texas 36 Vermont 37 Virginia 38 Wisconsin 39 Non voting delegates 40 See also 41 Notes 42 References 43 Bibliography 44 External linksElection summaries EditOne seat each was added for the new states of Oregon 3 and Kansas 4 98 5 19 116Democratic KN Opp RepublicanState Type Date Totalseats Democratic i Know Nothing Opposition RepublicanSeats Change Seats Change Seats Change Seats ChangeOregon j At large June 7 1858 1 1 1 0 0 0 Arkansas Districts August 2 1858 2 2 0 0 0 Missouri Districts August 2 1858 7 5 k 1 1 0 1 1Vermont Districts September 7 1858 3 0 0 0 3 Maine Districts September 13 1858 6 0 0 0 6 Florida At large October 4 1858 1 1 0 0 0 South Carolina Districts October 10 11 1858 6 6 0 0 0 Indiana Districts October 12 1858 11 4 l 2 0 0 7 2Iowa Districts October 12 1858 2 0 0 0 2 Ohio Districts October 12 1858 21 6 3 0 0 15 3Pennsylvania Districts October 12 1858 25 5 m 10 0 0 20 10Delaware At large November 2 1858 Election Day n 1 1 0 0 0 Illinois Districts 9 5 0 0 4 Massachusetts Districts 11 0 0 0 11 Michigan Districts 4 0 0 0 4 New Jersey Districts 5 2 o 1 0 0 3 1New York Districts 33 7 p 5 0 0 26 5Wisconsin Districts 3 1 1 0 0 2 1Late elections after the March 4 1859 beginning of the term New Hampshire Districts March 8 1859 3 0 0 0 3 Connecticut Districts April 4 1859 4 0 2 0 0 4 2Rhode Island Districts April 7 1859 2 0 0 0 2 Virginia Districts May 26 1859 13 12 q 1 0 1 1 0 Alabama Districts August 1 1859 7 7 0 0 0 Kentucky Districts August 1 1859 10 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 Texas Districts August 1 1859 2 2 r 0 0 0 North Carolina Districts August 4 1859 8 4 3 0 1 4 4 0 Tennessee Districts August 4 1859 10 3 4 0 3 7 7 0 California At large September 7 1859 2 2 0 0 0 Georgia Districts October 3 1859 8 6 0 2 2 2 0 Mississippi Districts October 3 1859 5 5 0 0 0 Minnesota At large October 4 1859 2 0 2 0 0 2 2Louisiana Districts November 7 1859 4 3 1 0 0 Maryland Districts November 8 1859 6 3 3 0 0 Kansas s At large December 1 1859 1 0 0 0 1 1Total 238 t 98 b 41 4 35 52 1 9 198 0 19 11648 5 26Popular voteDemocratic 48 06 Republican 36 59 Opposition 5 04 Know Nothing 3 53 Whig 0 87 Independent 6 91 Others 0 00 House seatsRepublican 47 28 Democratic 34 72 Opposition 7 95 Know Nothing 2 09 Whig 1 67 Independent 6 28 Special elections EditSee also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives There were special elections in 1858 and 1859 to the 35th United States Congress and 36th United States Congress Special elections are sorted by date then district 35th Congress Edit District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMassachusetts 7 Nathaniel P Banks Republican 1852 Incumbent resigned December 24 1857 to become Governor of Massachusetts New member elected in December 1857 or January 1858 Republican hold Successor seated January 21 1858 6 Successor already elected to the next term see below Y Daniel W Gooch Republican data unknown missing North Carolina 8 Thomas L Clingman Democratic 1852 Incumbent resigned May 7 1858 to become U S Senator New member elected August 5 1858 7 Know Nothing gain Successor seated December 7 1858 6 Successor later elected to the next term see below Y Zebulon B Vance Know Nothing 57 02 William W Avery Democratic 42 98 7 Mississippi 5 John A Quitman Democratic 1855 Incumbent died July 17 1858 New member elected October 4 1858 Democratic hold Successor seated December 7 1858 6 Successor later elected to the next term see below Y John J McRae Democratic 99 08 Scattering 0 92 Pennsylvania 8 J Glancy Jones Democratic 1850 Incumbent resigned October 30 1858 New member elected November 30 1858 8 Republican gain Successor seated December 7 1858 6 Successor not elected to the next term see below Y William H Keim Republican 51 98 Joel B Warner Democratic 48 02 8 Illinois 6 Thomas L Harris Democratic 1854 Incumbent died November 24 1858 New member elected January 4 1859 Democratic hold Successor seated January 20 1859 6 Successor not elected to the next term see below Y Charles D Hodges Democratic 61 31 James Cook Conkling Republican 38 69 New York 4 John Kelly Democratic 1854 Incumbent resigned December 25 1858 New member elected January 4 1859 9 Independent Democratic gain Successor seated January 17 1859 6 Successor was also elected to the next term see below Y Thomas J Barr Independent Democratic 96 89 Scattering 3 11 36th Congress Edit District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesOhio 14 Cyrus Spink Republican 1858 Incumbent died May 31 1859 New member elected October 11 1859 Republican hold Successor seated December 5 1859 10 Y Harrison G O Blake Republican 56 17 Neal Power Democratic 43 83 11 Virginia 4 William Goode Democratic 1853 Incumbent died May 31 1859 New member elected October 27 1859 Democratic hold Successor seated December 7 1859 10 Y Roger Pryor Democratic Thomas F Goode Democratic Illinois 6 Thomas L Harris Democratic 1854 Incumbent died November 24 1858 New member elected November 8 1859 Democratic hold Successor seated December 5 1859 10 Y John A McClernand Democratic 58 94 John M Palmer Republican 41 06 Alabama EditSee also List of United States representatives from Alabama and 1858 United States Senate election in Alabama This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesAlabama 1Alabama 2Alabama 3Alabama 4Alabama 5Alabama 6Alabama 7Arkansas EditSee also List of United States representatives from Arkansas and 1859 United States Senate election in Arkansas This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesArkansas 1Arkansas 2California EditMain article 1859 United States House of Representatives election in California See also List of United States representatives from California California held its election September 7 1859 From statehood to 1864 California s members were elected at large with the top finishers winning election District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesCalifornia at large 2 seats on a general ticket Charles L Scott Democratic 1856 Incumbent re elected Y John C Burch Democratic 28 4 Y Charles L Scott Democratic 28 1 Joseph C McKibbin Anti Lecompton Democratic 21 4 Edward D Baker Republican 20 4 S A Booker Anti Lecompton Democratic 1 5 P H Sibley Republican 0 1 Joseph C McKibbin Anti LecomptonDemocratic 1856 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Democratic hold Connecticut EditSee also List of United States representatives from Connecticut This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesConnecticut 1Connecticut 2Connecticut 3Delaware EditSee also List of United States representatives from Delaware and 1858 United States Senate election in Delaware This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesDelaware at large William G Whiteley Democratic 1856 Incumbent re elected Y William G Whiteley Democratic data unknown missing Florida EditSee also List of United States representatives from Florida District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesFlorida at large George S Hawkins Democratic 1856 Incumbent re elected Y George S Hawkins Democratic 61 4 12 John Westcott Independent Democratic 38 6 Georgia EditSee also List of United States representatives from Georgia and 1858 United States Senate election in Georgia This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesGeorgia 1Georgia 2Georgia 3Georgia 4Georgia 5Georgia 6Georgia 7Georgia 8Illinois EditSee also List of United States representatives from Illinois and 1859 United States Senate election in Illinois This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesIllinois 1Illinois 2Illinois 3Illinois 4Illinois 5Illinois 6Illinois 7Illinois 8Illinois 9Indiana EditSee also List of United States representatives from Indiana This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesIndiana 1Indiana 2Indiana 3Indiana 4Indiana 5Indiana 6Indiana 7Indiana 8Indiana 9Indiana 10Indiana 11Iowa EditSee also List of United States representatives from Iowa and 1858 United States Senate election in Iowa This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesIowa 1Iowa 2Kansas EditSee also List of United States representatives from Kansas District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesKansas at large New state New seat New member elected December 1 1859 in advance of January 29 1861 statehood Republican gain Y Martin F Conway Republican 57 74 John A Halderman Democratic 42 26 13 Kansas Territory EditSee non voting delegates below Kentucky EditSee also List of United States representatives from Kentucky and 1858 United States Senate election in Kentucky This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesKentucky 1Kentucky 2Kentucky 3Kentucky 4Kentucky 5Kentucky 6Kentucky 7Louisiana EditSee also List of United States representatives from Louisiana and 1859 United States Senate election in Louisiana District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesLouisiana 1 George Eustis Jr Know Nothing Elected in 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Know Nothing hold Y John Edward Bouligny Know Nothing 49 1 14 Emile La Sere Democratic 39 8 Charles Bienvenu States Rights 11 0 Louisiana 2 Miles Taylor Democratic Elected in 1854 Incumbent re elected Y Miles Taylor Democratic 56 7 14 L D Nichols Know Nothing 43 0 Louisiana 3 Thomas Green Davidson Democratic Elected in 1854 Incumbent re elected Y Thomas Green Davidson Democratic 89 6 14 T Cannon Opposition 10 4 Louisiana 4 John M Sandidge Democratic Elected in 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic hold Y John M Landrum Democratic 73 3 14 M A Jones Opposition 26 7 Maine EditSee also List of United States representatives from Maine and 1859 United States Senate election in Maine This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMaine 1Maine 2Maine 3Maine 4Maine 5Maine 6Maryland EditSee also List of United States representatives from Maryland This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMaryland 1Maryland 2Maryland 3Maryland 4Maryland 5Maryland 6Massachusetts EditSee also List of United States representatives from Massachusetts and 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMassachusetts 1Massachusetts 2Massachusetts 3Massachusetts 4Massachusetts 5Massachusetts 6Massachusetts 7Massachusetts 8Massachusetts 9Massachusetts 10Massachusetts 11Michigan EditSee also List of United States representatives from Michigan and 1858 United States Senate election in Michigan District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMichigan 1 William A Howard Republican 1854 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Democratic gain Y George B Cooper Democratic 50 1 William A Howard Republican 49 9 15 Election successfully contested Incumbent re seated May 15 1860 Y William A Howard Republican 51 0 George B Cooper Democratic 49 0 16 Michigan 2 Henry Waldron Republican 1854 Incumbent re elected Y Henry Waldron Republican 59 1 Consider A Stacy Democratic 40 9 17 Michigan 3 David S Walbridge Republican 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold Y Francis W Kellogg Republican 55 7 Thomas B Church Democratic 44 3 18 Michigan 4 Dewitt C Leach Republican 1856 Incumbent re elected Y Dewitt C Leach Republican 52 0 Robert W Davis Democratic 48 0 19 Minnesota EditMain article 1859 United States House of Representatives election in Minnesota See also List of United States representatives from Minnesota and 1858 United States Senate elections in Minnesota Minnesota became a new state in 1858 having already elected its first two members at large in October 1857 to finish the current term The state then held elections to the next term October 4 1859 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMinnesota at large 2 seats James M Cavanaugh Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Republican gain Elected on a general ticket Y Cyrus Aldrich Republican 27 54 Y William Windom Republican 27 10 James M Cavanaugh Democratic 22 78 Christopher C Graham Democratic 22 58 20 William Wallace Phelps Democratic 1857 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re election New member elected Republican gain Mississippi EditSee also List of United States representatives from Mississippi and 1859 United States Senate election in Mississippi Elections held late on October 3 1859 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMississippi 1 Lucius Q C Lamar Democratic 1857 Incumbent re elected Y Lucius Q C Lamar Democratic 100 21 Mississippi 2 Reuben Davis Democratic 1857 Incumbent re elected Y Reuben Davis Democratic 94 49 G Q Martin Opposition 5 51 22 Mississippi 3 William Barksdale Democratic 1853 Incumbent re elected Y William Barksdale Democratic 100 23 Mississippi 4 Otho R Singleton Democratic 1857 Incumbent re elected Y Otho R Singleton Democratic 77 19 Franklin Smith Unionist Democratic 22 81 24 Mississippi 5 John J McRae Democratic 1858 special Incumbent re elected Y John J McRae Democratic 100 25 Missouri EditSee also List of United States representatives from Missouri This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesMissouri 1Missouri 2Missouri 3Missouri 4Missouri 5Missouri 6Missouri 7Nebraska Territory EditSee non voting delegates below New Hampshire EditSee also List of United States representatives from New Hampshire and 1859 United States Senate election in New Hampshire This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesNew Hampshire 1New Hampshire 2New Hampshire 3New Jersey EditSee also List of United States representatives from New Jersey and 1858 United States Senate election in New Jersey This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesNew Jersey 1New Jersey 2New Jersey 3New Jersey 4New Jersey 5New York EditSee also List of United States representatives from New York This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesNew York 1New York 2New York 3New York 4New York 5New York 6New York 7New York 8New York 9New York 10New York 11New York 12New York 13New York 14New York 15New York 16New York 17New York 18New York 19New York 20New York 21New York 22New York 23New York 24New York 25New York 26New York 27New York 28New York 29New York 30New York 31New York 32New York 33North Carolina EditSee also List of United States representatives from North Carolina and 1858 United States Senate special election in North Carolina This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesNorth Carolina 1North Carolina 2North Carolina 3North Carolina 4North Carolina 5North Carolina 6North Carolina 7North Carolina 8Ohio EditMain article 1858 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio See also List of United States representatives from Ohio and 1859 Ohio s 14th congressional district special election Ohio elected its members October 12 1858 netting a 3 seat Republican gain District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results Candidates 26 Ohio 1 George H Pendleton Democratic 1856 Incumbent re elected Y George H Pendleton Democratic 51 2 Timothy C Day Opposition 48 8 Ohio 2 William S Groesbeck Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Republican gain Y John A Gurley Republican 52 6 William S Groesbeck Democratic 47 4 Ohio 3 Clement L Vallandigham Democratic 1856 u Incumbent re elected Y Clement L Vallandigham Democratic 50 5 Lewis D Campbell Republican 49 5 Ohio 4 Matthias H Nichols Republican 1852 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Democratic gain Y William Allen Democratic 50 2 Matthias H Nichols Republican 49 8 Ohio 5 Richard Mott Republican 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold Y James M Ashley Republican 51 3 William Mungen Democratic 48 7 Ohio 6 Joseph R Cockerill Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic hold Y William Howard Democratic 53 0 Reader W Clarke Republican 47 0 Ohio 7 Aaron Harlan Republican 1852 Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold Y Thomas Corwin Republican 63 8 Charles W Blair Democratic 36 2 Ohio 8 Benjamin Stanton Republican 1854 Incumbent re elected Y Benjamin Stanton Republican 59 5 William Hubbard Democratic 40 5 Ohio 9 Lawrence W Hall Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Republican gain Y John Carey Republican 50 3 Lawrence W Hall Democratic 49 7 Ohio 10 Joseph Miller Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Republican gain Y Carey A Trimble Republican 55 0 Joseph Miller Democratic 45 0 Ohio 11 Albert C Thompson Republican 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic gain Y Charles D Martin Democratic 50 7 Nelson H Van Vorhes Republican 49 3 Ohio 12 Samuel S Cox Democratic 1856 Incumbent re elected Y Samuel S Cox Republican 51 8 Lucius Case Democratic 48 2 Ohio 13 John Sherman Republican 1854 Incumbent re elected Y John Sherman Republican 57 1 S J Patrick Democratic 42 9 Ohio 14 Philemon Bliss Republican 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold Successor died May 31 1859 leading to a special election Y Cyrus Spink Republican 56 3 J P Jeffries Democratic 43 7 Ohio 15 Joseph Burns Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Republican gain Y William Helmick Republican 50 7 Joseph Burns Democratic 49 3 Ohio 16 Cydnor B Tompkins Republican 1856 Incumbent re elected Y Cydnor B Tompkins Republican 52 8 George W Manypenny Democratic 47 2 Ohio 17 William Lawrence Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired New member elected Republican gain Y Thomas C Theaker Republican 50 3 Benjamin T Sprigg Democratic 49 7 Ohio 18 Benjamin F Leiter Republican 1854 Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold Y Sidney Edgerton Republican 53 3 J L Ranney Democratic 46 7 Ohio 19 Edward Wade Republican 1852 Incumbent re elected Y Edward Wade Republican 65 1 J W Gray Democratic 34 9 Ohio 20 Joshua Reed Giddings Republican 1843 Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold Y John Hutchins Republican 64 7 David Tod Democratic 35 3 Ohio 21 John Bingham Republican 1854 Incumbent re elected Y John Bingham Republican 57 3 Thomas Means Democratic 42 7 Oregon EditSee also List of United States representatives from Oregon and 1859 United States Senate elections in Oregon 35th Congress Edit District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesOregon at large New state New seat New member elected June 7 1858 Democratic gain Successor seated February 14 1859 6 New member did not run for the next term Y La Fayette Grover Democratic data unknown missing 36th Congress Edit District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesOregon at large New state New seat New member elected Democratic hold New member did not run for the current term Y Lansing Stout Democratic 50 2 27 David Logan Republican 49 8 Pennsylvania EditSee also List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesPennsylvania 1Pennsylvania 2Pennsylvania 3Pennsylvania 4Pennsylvania 5Pennsylvania 6Pennsylvania 7Pennsylvania 8Pennsylvania 9Pennsylvania 10Pennsylvania 11Pennsylvania 12Pennsylvania 13Pennsylvania 14Pennsylvania 15Pennsylvania 16Pennsylvania 17Pennsylvania 18Pennsylvania 19Pennsylvania 20Pennsylvania 21Pennsylvania 22Pennsylvania 23Pennsylvania 24Pennsylvania 25Rhode Island EditSee also List of United States representatives from Rhode Island and 1858 United States Senate election in Rhode Island This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesRhode Island 1Rhode Island 2South Carolina EditSee also List of United States representatives from South Carolina 1858 United States Senate election in South Carolina and 1858 United States Senate special election in South Carolina This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesSouth Carolina 1South Carolina 2South Carolina 3South Carolina 4South Carolina 5South Carolina 6Tennessee EditSee also List of United States representatives from Tennessee and 1858 United States Senate election in Tennessee Elections held late on August 4 1859 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesTennessee 1 Albert G Watkins Democratic 1855 Incumbent retired New member elected Opposition gain Y Thomas A R Nelson Opposition 50 19 Landon C Haynes Democratic 49 81 28 Tennessee 2 Horace Maynard Know Nothing 1857 Incumbent re elected Opposition gain Y Horace Maynard Know Nothing 55 01 I C Ramsay Democratic 44 99 29 Tennessee 3 Samuel A Smith Democratic 1853 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Opposition gain Y Reese B Brabson Opposition 50 19 Samuel A Smith Democratic 49 81 30 Tennessee 4 John H Savage Democratic 1855 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Opposition gain Y William B Stokes Opposition 51 85 John H Savage Democratic 48 15 31 Tennessee 5 Charles Ready Know Nothing 1853 Incumbent lost re election as an independent New member elected Opposition gain Y Robert H Hatton Opposition 53 48 Charles Ready Independent 46 52 32 Tennessee 6 George W Jones Democratic 1842 Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic hold Y James H Thomas Democratic 97 82 William H Polk Unknown 2 18 33 Tennessee 7 John V Wright Democratic 1855 Incumbent re elected Y John V Wright Democratic 77 58 Theodore H Gibbs Opposition 22 42 34 Tennessee 8 Felix Zollicoffer Know Nothing 1853 Incumbent retired New member elected Opposition gain Y James M Quarles Opposition 52 87 Thomas Menees Democratic 47 14 35 Tennessee 9 John D C Atkins Democratic 1857 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Opposition gain Y Emerson Etheridge Opposition 50 02 John D C Atkins Democratic 49 98 36 Tennessee 10 William T Avery Democratic 1857 Incumbent re elected Y William T Avery Democratic 50 30 John L Sneed Opposition 47 71 David M Currin Independent 1 99 37 Texas EditSee also List of United States representatives from Texas 1859 United States Senate election in Texas and 1859 United States Senate special election in Texas This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesTexas 1Texas 2Vermont EditSee also List of United States representatives from Vermont This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesVermont 1Vermont 2Vermont 3Virginia EditSee also List of United States representatives from Virginia and 1858 United States Senate election in Virginia This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2020 District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results CandidatesVirginia 1Virginia 2Virginia 3Virginia 4Virginia 5Virginia 6Virginia 7Virginia 8Virginia 9Virginia 10Virginia 11Virginia 12Virginia 13Wisconsin EditSee also List of United States representatives from Wisconsin District Incumbent This raceMember Party First elected Results Candidates 38 Wisconsin 1 John F Potter Republican 1856 Incumbent re elected Y John F Potter Republican 56 4 Beriah Brown Democratic 43 6 Wisconsin 2 Cadwallader C Washburn Republican 1854 Incumbent re elected Y Cadwallader C Washburn Republican 54 3 Charles Dunn Democratic 45 7 Wisconsin 3 Charles Billinghurst Republican 1854 Incumbent lost re election New member elected Democratic gain Y Charles H Larrabee Democratic 51 0 Charles Billinghurst Republican 49 0 Non voting delegates EditSee also Non voting members of the United States House of Representatives District Incumbent This raceDelegate Party First elected Results CandidatesKansas Marcus Junius Parrott Republican 1856 or 1857 Incumbent re elected in 1858 or 1859 Y Marcus Junius Parrott Republican data unknown missing Nebraska Fenner Ferguson Independent Democratic 1857 Incumbent retired New delegate elected October 11 1859 39 Democratic gain Election was later overturned due to a successful challenge by the loser Y Experience Estabrook Democratic Samuel Gordon Daily Republican See also Edit1858 United States elections 1858 59 United States Senate elections 35th United States Congress 36th United States CongressNotes Edit Regular elections not specials a b Includes two elected as Lecompton Democrats While most of the Whig State Party affiliates in the South transitioned from the American Party to the newly formed Opposition Party the North Carolina affiliate seems to have declined to do so Included one Independent Democrat or Benton Democrat Francis Preston Blair Jr of Missouri Includes five Anti Lecompton Democrats seven Independent Democrats and three Anti Administration Democrats Includes votes for those who ran labeled as an Independent Union Democrat Anti Administration Democrat Anti Lecompton Democrat and Independent Democrat There was only one Whig candidate during the 1856 1857 period who earned twenty three votes See The Kansas Nebraska act Democratic includes Independent Democrats and Anti Lecompton Democrats New state Representative seated February 14 1859 Includes 1 Independent Democrat Includes 1 Anti Lecompton Democrat Includes 2 Anti Lecompton Democrats In January 1845 Congress mandated a uniform date for choosing Presidential electors 5 Gradually states brought other elections into conformity with this date Includes 2 Anti Lecompton Democrats Includes 1 Independent Democrat and 3 Anti Lecompton Democrats Includes 4 Independent Democrats Includes 1 Independent Democrat New state Representative seated January 29 1861 An increase of one seat for the new state of Oregon See 11 Stat 383 and United States congressional apportionment Contested electionReferences Edit Party Breakdown of the 36th House Electing the House of Representatives dsl richmond edu 11 Stat 383 12 Stat 126 5 Stat 721 a b c d e f g Thirty fifth Congress March 4 1857 to March 3 1859 Office of the Historian United States House of Representatives Retrieved February 18 2019 via History house gov a b Our Campaigns NC District 08 Special Election Race Aug 05 1858 www ourcampaigns com a b Our Campaigns PA District 08 Special Election Race Nov 30 1858 www ourcampaigns com Our Campaigns NY District 4 Special Election Race Jan 04 1859 www ourcampaigns com a b c Thirty sixth Congress March 4 1859 to March 3 1861 Office of the Historian United States House of Representatives Retrieved February 18 2019 via History house gov Our Campaigns Container Detail Page www ourcampaigns com Greeley Horace Cleveland John F 1860 A Political Text Book for 1860 New York New York The Tribune Association p 248 Retrieved April 28 2021 Our Campaigns KS at Large Initial Election Race Dec 01 1859 a b c d Greeley Horace Cleveland John F 1860 A Political Text Book for 1860 New York New York The Tribune Association p 243 Retrieved April 28 2021 MI District 01 Race Nov 02 1858 Our Campaigns January 11 2010 Retrieved June 27 2022 MI District 01 Revised Vote Totals Race Nov 02 1858 Our Campaigns January 2 2011 Retrieved June 27 2022 MI District 02 Race Nov 02 1858 Our Campaigns January 11 2010 Retrieved June 27 2022 MI District 03 Race Nov 02 1858 Our Campaigns September 10 2012 Retrieved June 27 2022 MI District 04 Race Nov 02 1858 Our Campaigns January 11 2010 Retrieved June 27 2022 Our Campaigns MN At Large Race Oct 04 1859 www ourcampaigns com MS District 01 Our Campaigns Retrieved March 10 2021 MS District 02 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February 18 2021 Wisconsin U S House Election Results PDF Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Archived from the original PDF on April 5 2012 Retrieved August 27 2014 Collections of the NSHS Volume 18 USGenNet org Bibliography EditDubin Michael J March 1 1998 United States Congressional Elections 1788 1997 The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses McFarland and Company ISBN 978 0786402830 Martis Kenneth C January 1 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress 1789 1989 Macmillan Publishing Company ISBN 978 0029201701 Moore John L ed 1994 Congressional Quarterly s Guide to U S Elections Third ed Congressional Quarterly Inc ISBN 978 0871879967 Party Divisions of the House of Representatives 1789 Present Office of the Historian House of United States House of Representatives Retrieved January 21 2015 External links EditOffice of the Historian Office of Art amp Archives Office of the Clerk U S House of Representatives 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