July 7, 1824 - August 30, 1825 1826 → 109 104 Start date 1824 | 87 seats 71 seats 22 33 | |
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Winner John W Taylor | ||
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 19th Congress coincided with the contentious presidential election of that year. While the bulk of states held their elections in 1824, six states scheduled their general elections at various times during 1825.
Contents
- Election summaries
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- Virginia
- References
By 1823, the year that marked the end of the consensus-driven Era of Good Feelings, the national wing of the Federalist Party had disbanded and the Democratic-Republican Party, which was left as the only major political party, was being destroyed by internal divisions. The party fractured after the 1824 presidential election between those who supported the new president, John Quincy Adams, and those who supported Andrew Jackson. Jackson was defeated after the House decided the contested election in favor of Adams. Representatives who supported Adams won a slim majority in the House, and would later form the National Republican Party in 1825. Jackson supporters continued calling themselves Democratic-Republicans, and later became the Democratic Party in 1828.
Election summaries
The earlier distinction between Democratic-Republican and Federalist had dissolved at this time, with Representatives and Senators being grouped into Adams supporters (the Adams-Clay factions of the previous parties) and Jackson supporters (the Jackson factions of the previous parties). Crawford's supporters were divided between the Adams and Jackson factions.
Georgia
There were only 7 candidates who ran statewide in 1824. There were several other candidates who received votes in a small number of states, but vote totals were only available for the seven winning candidates. The minor candidates only received a few hundred votes each.
Kentucky
There were three subsequent vacancies.
In the 3rd district, Henry Clay (A) resigned March 6, 1825 upon being named Secretary of State and was replaced in a special election by James Clark (A).
In the 5th district, James Johnson (J) died August 13, 1826 and was replaced in a special election by Robert L. McHatton (J).
In the 12th district, Robert P. Henry (J) died on August 25, 1826 and was replaced in a special election by John F. Henry (A).
Maine
Maine law at the time required a majority vote for election, necessitating additional ballots in the 3rd and 4th districts.
Enoch Lincoln (A) of the 5th district resigned some time in 1826 and was replaced in a special election by James W. Ripley (J)
Maryland
Joseph Kent (A) of the 2nd district resigned January 6, 1826 to become Governor of Maryland and was replaced in a special election by John C. Weems (J)
Massachusetts
Although Lathrop won a majority on the second election in the 8th district, a third election was ordered due to the fact that elections had not been held in the towns of Holland and South Brimfield.
Mississippi
Christopher Rankin (J) died March 14, 1826 and was replaced in a special election by William Haile (J)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire's electoral laws required candidates to receive votes from a majority of voters for election. As only five candidates received votes from a majority of voters, a run-off election had to be held for the sixth seat.
James Miller declined to serve and was replaced in a special election by Titus Brown (A)
New York
Egbert Ten Eyck (J) of the 20th district was initially declared the winner of the second seat in the district. However, Daniel Hugunin, Jr. (A) successfully contested the election on the basis that 275 votes had been certified for "Daniel Hugunin, Junior" and another 195 for "Daniel Hugunin", and that those votes were intended for himself. The House Committee on Elections concurred and the seat was awarded to Hugunin, who took his seat on December 15, 1825.
North Carolina
Willie P. Mangum (J) of the 8th district resigned March 18, 1826 and was replaced in a special election by Daniel L. Barringer (J)
Ohio
David Jennings (A) of the 10th district resigned May 25, 1826 and was replaced in a special election by Thomas Shannon (A).
Pennsylvania
There were five vacancies during the 19th Congress in Pennsylvania's Congressional delegation.
The first occurred in the 16th district, when James Allison, Jr. resigned on August 26, 1825, before the first session of the 19th Congress, which vacancy was filled in a special election by Robert Orr, Jr..
The second vacancy was in the 18th district caused by the death of Patrick Farrelly on January 26, 1826, which was filled by Thomas H. Sill.
The third was in the 13th district by the resignation of Alexander Thomson on May 1, 1826, filled by Chauncey Forward.
The fourth was in the 2nd district caused by the resignation of Joseph Hemphill sometime after May, 1826, filled by Thomas Kittera.
The final vacancy was in the 7th district caused by the death of Henry Wilson on August 14, 1826, and was filled by Jacob Krebs.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island law required a candidate receive votes from a majority of voters for election, as only one candidate received a majority in this election, a second election was held for the remaining seat
South Carolina
Joel R. Poinsett (J) of the 1st district resigned March 7, 1825 to become Minister to Mexico and was replaced in a special election by William Drayton (J).
Vermont
Congressional districts were re-established in Vermont for the 1824 election. Vermont had used an at-large district 1812-1818 and 1822. A majority was required for election, which was not met in the 1st district, necessitating a second election
Virginia
John Randolph (J) of the 5th district resigned December 26, 1825 having been elected to the Senate and was replaced in a special election by George W. Crump (J).