1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 26, 1818, and August 12, 1819. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 16th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1819. They occurred during President James Monroe's first term. Also, newly admitted Alabama elected its first representatives in September 1819, increasing the size of the House to 186 seats.

This election occurred in a politically uneventful period marked by exceptionally low levels of partisan rivalry known as the Era of Good Feelings. The weak Federalist Party, with limited influence in few states, no longer effectively opposed the Democratic-Republican Party, which increased its large majority.

Election summaries Illinois was admitted in 1818, adding one seat.

Alabama and Maine were admitted during the 16th Congress. One new seat was added for Alabama, while Maine, splitting from Massachusetts, simply retained its Representatives.

+ ↓ 158 28 Democratic-Republican Federalist

State Type ↑ Date Totalseats Democratic-Republican Federalist Seats Change Seats Change New York Districts April 28–30, 1818 27 21 1 6 1 Louisiana At-large July 6–8, 1818 1 1 0 Indiana At-large August 3, 1818 1 1 0 Kentucky Districts August 3, 1818 10 10 0 Rhode Island At-large August 25, 1818 2 2 2 0 2 Vermont At-large September 1, 1818 6 6 0 Connecticut At-large September 21, 1818 7 7 7 0 7 Delaware At-large October 5, 1818 2 1 1 Georgia At-large October 5, 1818 6 6 0 Maryland Districts October 5, 1818 9 6 1 3 1 South Carolina Districts October 12–13, 1818 9 9 0 New Jersey At-large October 13, 1818 6 6 0 Ohio Districts October 13, 1818 6 5 1 Pennsylvania Districts October 13, 1818 23 19 4 Massachusetts Districts November 2, 1818 20 13 4 7 4 Late elections (after the March 4, 1819 beginning of the term) Virginia Districts April 1819 23 20 3 New Hampshire At-large March 9, 1819 6 6 0 Illinois At-large August 2, 1819 1 1 0 Mississippi At-large August 2–3, 1819 1 1 0 Tennessee Districts August 5–6, 1819 6 6 0 North Carolina Districts August 12, 1819 13 10 1 3 1 Alabama At-large September 20–21, 1819 1 1 1 0 Total of regular elections 186 158 13 28 12

Special elections

There were special elections in 1818 and 1819 to the 15th United States Congress and 16th United States Congress.

Special elections are sorted by date then district.

15th Congress

! | colspan=3 | Vacant | | Member-elect Alexander McMillan died before this Congress began.New member elected January 1, 1818 and seated January 26, 1818.Democratic-Republican gain.Winner later lost re-election; see below. | nowrap |

! | John Ross | | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | | Incumbent resigned February 24, 1818 to become President Judge of Pennsylvania's 7th Judicial Circuit.New member elected March 3, 1818 and seated March 24, 1818.Democratic-Republican hold.Winner resigned July 6, 1818; see below. | nowrap |

! | George Mumford | | Democratic-Republican | 1817 | | Incumbent died December 31, 1818.New member elected between January 1, 1819, and February 11, 1819, and seated February 11, 1819.Democratic-Republican hold.Winner was later re-elected to the next term; see below. | nowrap |

16th Congress

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Alabama

Alabama Territory See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas Territory See Non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

Connecticut elected its members September 21, 1818. The delegation changed from seven Federalists to seven Democratic-Republicans then the retirement of six incumbents and the party-change of the seventh.

Delaware

Delaware elected its members October 5, 1818.

Georgia

Georgia elected its members October 5, 1818.

| John Forsyth | | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Incumbent re-elected but declined the seat and resigned November 23, 1818, having been elected U.S. Senator, leading to a special election.

Illinois

Illinois elected its member August 2, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened. The incumbent had just been elected to the new seat in late 1818.

15th Congress

! | colspan=3 | None (new state) | | Illinois was admitted December 3, 1818.New member elected in 1818 and seated December 4, 1818 to finish the term ending March 3, 1819.Democratic-Republican gain.The next year, the winner lost re-election; see below. | nowrap |

16th Congress

Indiana

Indiana re-elected its member August 3, 1818.

Kentucky

Kentucky elected its members August 3, 1818.

Louisiana

Louisiana elected its member July 6–8, 1818.

Louisiana held an election for the 16th Congress at the same time that it held a special election to finish the 15th Congress. Data were only available for the special election, but the general election would presumably have had very similar results, and so the results for the special election are duplicated here.

Maryland

Maryland elected its members October 5, 1818.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts elected its members November 2, 1818. Massachusetts's electoral law required a majority for election, n Massachusetts's electoral law required a majority for electionMassachusetts's electoral law required a majority for electionecessitating additional elections in five districts on April 5, 1819, and July 26, 1819.

This was the last election in which the District of Maine — comprising congressional districts 14 through 20 — was part of Massachusetts. The District became the State of Maine during the 16th Congress.

District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here.

! | Nathaniel Silsbee | | Democratic-Republican

1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections

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