United States House of Representatives elections, 1814

United States House of Representatives elections, 1814

April 26, 1814 - August 10, 1815[Note 1]

All 183[Note 2] seats to the United States House of Representatives 92 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Henry Clay Timothy Pitkin Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Leader's seat Kentucky-2nd Connecticut-AL Last election 114 seats 68 seats Seats won 119[Note 2] 64 Seat change 5 4

Speaker before election Langdon Cheves Democratic-Republican Elected Speaker Henry Clay Democratic-Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 14th Congress were held at various dates in each state between April 1814 (in New York) and August 10, 1815 (in North Carolina). The Congress' first session began on December 4, 1815.

This election took place in the middle of the War of 1812. Although the war was extremely unpopular in certain portions of the country, particularly New England, the dominant Democratic-Republican Party made small gains. The failed American invasion of Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1812-13 and the Burning of Washington by the British in 1814 were embarrassing setbacks, but the war was viewed by many as reasonably successful. National morale was high because the small American military overall had been able to fight British forces to a draw in coastal and frontier conflict.

The election of 1814 was the last in which the declining Federalist Party was able to secure more than a third of the seats in the House of Representatives - and it was only barely able to do so.

Election summaries

One new seat was added with the admission of Indiana during the 2nd session of the 14th Congress^[1]

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119	64
Democratic-Republican	Federalist

State	Type	Date	Total seats	Democratic- Republican	Federalist
				Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Connecticut	At-large	September 19, 1814	7	0		7
Delaware	At-large	October 4, 1814	2	0		2
Georgia	At-large	October 3, 1814	6	6		0
Kentucky	District (10)	August 3, 1814	10	10		0
Louisiana	At-large	July 4–6, 1814	1	1		0
Maryland	District (8[Note 3])	October 3, 1814	9	4	2	5	2
Massachusetts	District (20)	November 7, 1814[Note 4]	20	2	2	18	2
New Hampshire	At-large	August 29, 1814	6	0		6
New Jersey	At-large[Note 5]	October 10–11, 1814	6	6	4	0	4
New York	District (21[Note 6])	April 26–28, 1814	27	21	12	6	12
Ohio	District (6)	October 11, 1814	6	6		0
Pennsylvania	District (15[Note 6])	October 11, 1814	23	18	4	5	4
Rhode Island	At-large	August 30, 1814	2	0		2
South Carolina	District (9)	October 10–11, 1814	9	8	1	1	1
Vermont	At-large	September 6, 1814	6	0	6	6	6
1815 elections
North Carolina	District (13)	August 10, 1815	13	11	1	2	1
Tennessee	District (6)	August 3–4, 1815	6	6		0
Virginia	District (23)	April, 1815	23	19	2	4	2
1816 elections
Indiana	At-large	August 5, 1816	1	1	1	0
Total[Note 2]			183	119 65.0%	5	64 35.0%	4

House seats
D-R			65.03%
Federalist			34.97%

Complete returns

Indiana held elections in 1816 for this Congress.

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket	Benjamin Tallmadge	Federalist	1801 (special)	Re-elected	Epaphroditus Champion[Note 7] (F) John Davenport (F) Lyman Law (F) Jonathan O. Moseley (F) Timothy Pitkin (F) Lewis B. Sturges (F) Benjamin Tallmadge (F) Sylvanus Backus (F) Asa Bacon (F) Charles Dennison (F) Sylvester Gilbert (F) James Gould (F) Uriel Holmes (F) Ebenezer Huntington (F) Samuel B. Sherwood (F) Nathan Smith (F) Nathaniel Terry (F) Thomas S. Williams (F)
	Jonathan O. Moseley	Federalist	1804	Re-elected
	Epaphroditus Champion	Federalist	1806	Re-elected
	Timothy Pitkin	Federalist	1805 (special)	Re-elected
	Lewis B. Sturges	Federalist	1805 (special)	Re-elected
	John Davenport	Federalist	1798	Re-elected
	Lyman Law	Federalist	1810	Re-elected

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Delaware at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Henry M. Ridgely	Federalist	1810	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas Clayton (F) 30.4% Thomas Cooper (F) 30.4% Willard Hall (DR) 19.6% George Read, Jr. (DR) 19.6%
	Thomas Cooper	Federalist	1812	Re-elected

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Georgia at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	William Barnett	Democratic-Republican	1812 (special)	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	John Forsyth (DR) 17.0% Alfred Cuthbert (DR) 15.7% Wilson Lumpkin (DR) 13.7% Richard Henry Wilde (DR) 12.4% Bolling Hall (DR) 11.4% Thomas Telfair (DR) 10.6% William Barnett (DR) 9.8% Joel Abbot (DR) 8.5% Hiram Storrs 0.9%
	George M. Troup	Democratic-Republican	1806	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
	Bolling Hall	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected
	Alfred Cuthbert	Democratic-Republican	1813 (special)	Re-elected
	John Forsyth	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected
	Thomas Telfair	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected

Alfred Cuthbert resigned November 9, 1816. The vacancy left was filled in a special election by Zadock Cook (DR)

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky 1	James Clark	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	James Clark (DR) 100%
Kentucky 2	Joseph H. Hawkins	Democratic-Republican	1814 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Henry Clay[Note 7] (DR)
Kentucky 3	Richard M. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1806	Re-elected	Richard M. Johnson (DR) 100%
Kentucky 4	Joseph Desha	Democratic-Republican	1806	Re-elected	Joseph Desha (DR) 100%
Kentucky 5	Samuel Hopkins	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Alney McLean (DR) 54.1% Anthony New (DR) 27.1% Rezin Davidge 18.8%
Kentucky 6	Solomon P. Sharp	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	Solomon P. Sharp (DR) 100%
Kentucky 7	Samuel McKee	Democratic-Republican	1808	Re-elected	Samuel McKee (DR) 61.3% Samuel South 38.7%
Kentucky 8	Stephen Ormsby	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	Stephen Ormsby[Note 7] (DR) James Moore
Kentucky 9	Thomas Montgomery	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Micah Taul[Note 7] (DR) Thomas Montgomery (DR)
Kentucky 10	William P. Duval	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Benjamin Hardin[Note 7] (DR) Matthew Walton (DR)

Henry Clay was elected to the 2nd district, which he had represented in the 12th and 13th Congresses until he resigned to accept a position as diplomatic envoy to Great Britain. He was still out of the country at the time of the general election. Kentucky's governor, unsure of the implications of a situation in which Clay held the office of United States Representative and diplomatic envoy simultaneously, declared his seat vacant. A subsequent special election was held in 1815, which Clay won without opposition.^[2] Kentucky's 2nd district was thus officially considered to be vacant from the March 4, 1815 (the start of the 14th Congress), until October 30 of the same year. The 14th Congress did not meet until December 4,^[3] however, so there was no effective vacancy.

In the 1st district, James Clark (DR) resigned in 1816. A special election was held that elected Thomas Fletcher (DR) to fill the vacancy left by Clark's resignation.

Louisiana

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Louisiana at-large	Thomas B. Robertson	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	Thomas B. Robertson (DR) 90.6% John B. Prevost (F) 8.2%

Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Maryland 1	Philip Stuart	Federalist	1810	Re-elected	Philip Stuart (F) 99.8%
Maryland 2	Joseph Kent	Democratic-Republican	1810	Lost re-election Federalist gain	John C. Herbert (F) 57.3% Joseph Kent (DR) 42.6%
Maryland 3	Alexander C. Hanson	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Alexander C. Hanson (F) 99.4%
Maryland 4	Samuel Ringgold	Democratic-Republican	1810	Lost re-election Federalist gain	George Baer, Jr. (F) 51.4% Samuel Ringgold (DR) 48.5%
Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats	Nicholas R. Moore	Democratic-Republican	1803 1812	Re-elected	Nicholas R. Moore (DR) 38.3% William Pinkney (DR)38.0% John E. Howard (F) 22.9%
	Alexander McKim	Democratic-Republican	1808	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
Maryland 6	Stevenson Archer	Democratic-Republican	1811 (special)	Re-elected	Stevenson Archer (DR) 51.8% Abraham Jarrett (F) 48.1%
Maryland 7	Robert Wright	Democratic-Republican	1810 (special)	Re-elected	Robert Wright (DR) 52.5% Samuel W. Thomas (F) 47.5%
Maryland 8	Charles Goldsborough	Federalist	1804	Re-elected	Charles Goldsborough (F) 96.2% Thomas E. Waggaman (DR) 3.8%

Alexander C. Hanson (F) of the 3rd district resigned in 1816 upon being elected to the Senate and was replaced in a special election by George Peter (F)

Nicholas R. Moore (DR) of the 5th district resigned in 1815, prior to the start of the 15th Congress. Also in the 5th district, William Pinkney (DR) resigned on April 18, 1816 after being named Minister to Russia. Two separate special elections were held to replace them which elected Samuel Smith (DR) and Peter Little (DR).

Massachusetts

District[Note 9]		Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
						First ballot	Second ballot
Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district		Artemas Ward, Jr.	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Artemas Ward, Jr. (F) 96.9% Benjamin Austin (DR) 3.1%
Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district		Timothy Pickering Redistricted from the 3rd district	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Timothy Pickering (F) 89.2% Daniel Kilham (DR) 10.8%
Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district		William Reed Redistricted from the 2nd district	Federalist	1810	Retired Federalist hold	Jeremiah Nelson (F) 89.8% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 10.2%
Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district		Samuel Dana	Democratic-Republican	1814 (special)	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Asahel Stearns (F) 53.5% Samuel Dana (DR) 46.5%
Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district		William Ely	Federalist	1804	Retired Federalist hold	Elijah H. Mills (F) 89.4% Enos Foot (DR) 10.6%
Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district		Samuel Taggart	Federalist	1803	Re-elected	Samuel Taggart (F) 61.7% Samuel C. Allen (F) 30.2% Solomon Snead (DR) 8.2%
Massachusetts 7 Known as the Berkshire district		John W. Hulbert Redistricted from the 12th district	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	John W. Hulbert (F) 55.6% William P. Walker (DR) 44.4%
Massachusetts 8 Known as the Plymouth district		William Baylies Redistricted from the 7th district	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	William Baylies (F) 65.3% Seth Sprague (DR) 33.5% Joseph Rice (DR) 1.2%
Massachusetts 9 Known as the Barnstable district		John Reed, Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	John Reed, Jr. (F) 78.4% Thomas Hazard, Jr. (DR) 19.5% Joseph Dimmick (DR) 2.1%
Massachusetts 10 Known as the Bristol district		Laban Wheaton Redistricted from the 9th district	Federalist	1808	Re-elected	Laban Wheaton (F) 65.2% Marcus Morton (DR) 34.8%
Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester South district		Elijah Brigham Redistricted from the 10th district	Federalist	1810	Re-elected	Elijah Brigham (F) 66.2% John Spurr (DR) 33.8%
Massachusetts 12 Known as the Worcester North district		Abijah Bigelow Redistricted from the 11th district	Federalist	1810	Retired Federalist hold	Solomon Strong (F) 74.8% Edmund Cushing (DR) 25.2%
Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district		Nathaniel Ruggles	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Nathaniel Ruggles (F) 57.4% Thomas Boylston Adams (DR) 42.6%
District of Maine	Massachusetts 14 Known as the 1st Eastern district	Cyrus King	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Cyrus King (F) 53.1% John Holmes (DR) 46.9%
	Massachusetts 15 Known as the 2nd Eastern district	George Bradbury	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	George Bradbury (F) 64.7% Ezekiel Whitman (DR)
	Massachusetts 16 Known as the 3rd Eastern district	Abiel Wood Redistricted from the 17th district	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Benjamin Brown (F) 61.7% Abiel Wood (DR) 38.3%
	Massachusetts 17 Known as the 4th Eastern district	John Wilson Redistricted from the 18th district	Federalist	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	John Wilson (F) 49.3% James Carr (F) 48.3% Others 2.4%	James Carr (F) 57.0% John Wilson (F) 43.0%
	Massachusetts 18 Known as the 5th Eastern district	James Parker Redistricted from the 19th district	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Thomas Rice (F) 56.4% James Parker (DR) 43.6%
	Massachusetts 19 Known as the 6th Eastern district	Samuel Davis Redistricted from the 16th district	Federalist	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Samuel S. Conner (DR) 49.3% Timothy Boutelle (F) 48.8% William Reed (DR) 1.5% Others 0.4%	Samuel S. Conner (DR) 52.4% Timothy Boutelle (F) 47.6%
	Massachusetts 20 Known as the 7th Eastern district	Levi Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Albion K. Parris (DR) 56.6% Samuel A. Bradley (F) 43.4%

Elijah Brigham (F) of the 11th district died on February 22, 1816. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, electing Benjamin Adams (F) to fill the vacancy.

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Hampshire at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	Bradbury Cilley	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	William Hale (F) 8.7% Daniel Webster (F) 8.7% Roger Vose (F) 8.7% Jeduthun Wilcox (F) 8.7% Bradbury Cilley (F) 8.7% Charles Humphrey Atherton (F) 8.7% John Fabyan Parrott (DR) 8.0% David Morrill (DR) 8.0% Stephen P. Webster (DR) 8.0% Nathaniel Upham (DR) 8.0% Elisha Huntley (DR) 8.0% Josiah Butler (DR) 7.9%
	Samuel Smith	Federalist	1812	Retired Federalist hold
	William Hale	Federalist	1808 1812	Re-elected
	Roger Vose	Federalist	1812	Re-elected
	Daniel Webster	Federalist	1812	Re-elected
	Jeduthun Wilcox	Federalist	1812	Re-elected

New Jersey

New Jersey returned to an at-large basis for electing its representatives, abolishing the short-lived districts of the previous election.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	Lewis Condict Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	Henry Southard (DR) 8.6% Lewis Condict (DR) 8.6% Ephraim Bateman (DR) 8.6% Ezra Baker (DR) 8.6% Benjamin Bennet (DR) 8.6% Thomas Ward (DR) 8.6% John Frelinghuysen (F) 8.1% John N. Cumming (F) 8.1% James Parker (F) 8.1% James Giles (F) 8.0% Samuel W. Harrison (F) 8.0% Jacob S. Thompson (F) 8.0%
	Thomas Ward Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1813	Re-elected
	James Schureman Redistricted from the 2nd district	Federalist	1789 1813	Retired Democratic-Republican gain
	Richard Stockton Redistricted from the 2nd district	Federalist	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican gain
	William Coxe, Jr. Redistricted from the 3rd district	Federalist	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican gain
	Previous incumbent, Jacob Hufty (F), died May 20, 1814			Democratic-Republican gain

New York

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
New York 1 Plural district with 2 seats	Ebenezer Sage	Democratic-Republican	1810	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	George Townsend (DR) 26.8% Henry Crocheron (DR) 26.8% William Townsend (F) 22.7% Cornelius Bedell (F) 22.6%
	John Lefferts	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
New York 2 Plural district with 2 seats	William Irving	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Re-elected	William Irving (DR) 26.3% Peter H. Wendover (DR) 26.0% John Anthon (F) 23.7% Jacob Lorillard (F) 23.7%
	Jotham Post, Jr.	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain
New York 3	Peter Denoyelles	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Jonathan Ward (DR) 45.6% Richard Valentine Morris (F) 43.8% Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) 10.6%
New York 4	Thomas J. Oakley	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Abraham H. Schenck (DR) 54.0% Abraham Bockee (F) 46.0%
New York 5	Thomas P. Grosvenor	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Thomas P. Grosvenor (F) 61.7% Edward P. Livingston (DR) 38.3%
New York 6	Jonathan Fisk	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	Jonathan Fisk (DR) 78.0% Jonas Storey (F) 22.0%
New York 7	Abraham J. Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Samuel R. Betts (DR) 56.6% Elnathan Sears (F) 43.7%
New York 8	Samuel Sherwood	Federalist	1812	Retired Federalist hold	John Adams (F) 47.1% Erastus Root[Note 10] (DR) 39.2% "Erastus Rott" 13.8%
New York 9	John Lovett	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	John Lovett (F) 63.9% Robert L. Tillotson (DR) 36.1%
New York 10	Hosea Moffitt	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Hosea Moffitt (F) 57.9% Josiah Masters (DR) 42.1%
New York 11	John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	John W. Taylor (DR) 57.8% Elisha Powell (F) 42.2%
New York 12 Plural district with 2 seats	Zebulon R. Shipherd	Federalist	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	John Savage (DR) 25.8% Benjamin Pond (DR) 25.6% Elisha I. Winter (F) 24.4% Zebulon R. Shipherd (F) 24.3%
	Elisha I. Winter	Federalist	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain
New York 13	Alexander Boyd	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	John B. Yates (DR) 57.8% Lawrence Vrooman (F) 42.2%
New York 14	Jacob Markell	Federalist	1812	Retired Federalist hold	Daniel Cady (F) 51.9% John McCarthy (DR) 48.1%
New York 15 Plural district with 2 seats	Isaac Williams, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1813 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Jabez D. Hammond (DR) 28.0% James Birdsall (DR) 27.8% Robert Campbell (F) 22.2% Tracy Robinson (F) 22.0%
	Joel Thompson	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain
New York 16	Morris S. Miller	Federalist	1812	Retired Federalist hold	Thomas R. Gold (F) 56.6% Nathan Williams (DR) 43.4%
New York 17	William S. Smith	Federalist	Re-elected	William S. Smith (F) 47.5% Westel Willoughby, Jr.[Note 10] (DR) 46.7% "Westel Willoughby" 5.8%
New York 18	Moss Kent	Federalist	1812	Re-elected	Moss Kent (F) 53.9% Samuel Whittlesey (DR) 46.1%
New York 19	James Geddes	Federalist	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Victory Birdseye (DR) 58.9% James Geddes (F) 41.1%
New York 20 Plural district with 2 seats	Daniel Avery	Democratic-Republican	1810	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Enos T. Throop (DR) 36.8% Oliver C. Comstock (DR) 36.5% Emanuel Coryell (F) 13.4% Seth Phelps (F) 13.3%
	Oliver C. Comstock	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected
New York 21 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel M. Hopkins	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Micah Brooks (DR) 27.6% Peter B. Porter (DR) 27.1% Daniel W. Lewis (F) 22.7% Richard Smith (F) 22.6%
	Nathaniel W. Howell	Federalist	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican gain

There were four vacancies (three resignations and one death) in the New York congressional delegation during the 14th Congress that resulted in special elections.

In the 12th district, Benjamin Pond (DR) died on October 6, 1814, before the start of the 14th Congress. A special election was held which elected Asa Adgate (DR) to fill the resulting vacancy.

In the 6th district, Jonathan Fisk (DR) resigned in March, 1815, before the 1st session but after the term began, to accept a position as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was replaced in a special election by James W. Wilkin (DR).

In the 20th district, Enos T. Throop (DR) resigned on June 4, 1816, after losing his re-election bid, and was replaced in a special election by Daniel Avery (DR).

Finally, in the 21st district, Peter B. Porter (DR) resigned January 23, 1816 after being appointed a Commissioner under the Treaty of Ghent and was replaced in a special election by Archibald S. Clarke (DR).

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Carolina 1	William H. Murfree	Democratic-Republican	1813	Re-elected	William H. Murfree (DR) 57.0% Lemuel Sawyer (DR) 37.0% William S. Hinton (DR) 5.4%
North Carolina 2	Willis Alston	Democratic-Republican	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Joseph H. Bryan (DR) 52.2% Thomas Burgess (F) 47.8%
North Carolina 3	William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	1803 1813 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	James W. Clark (DR) 53.3% James B. Haughton (F) 46.7%
North Carolina 4	William Gaston	Federalist	1813	Re-elected	William Gaston[Note 7] (F)
North Carolina 5	William R. King	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	William R. King[Note 7] (DR)
North Carolina 6	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	1791	Re-elected	Nathaniel Macon (DR) 71.6% William Person (F) 28.4%
North Carolina 7	John Culpepper	Federalist	1806 1813	Re-elected	John Culpepper (F) 86.6% Richard Powell 3.6% Benjamin Robinson 3.0% John Winslow 1.0%
North Carolina 8	Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Richard Stanford (DR) 52.3% Roger Tillman (DR) 47.3%
North Carolina 9	Bartlett Yancey	Democratic-Republican	1813	Re-elected	Bartlett Yancey (DR) 60.0% John Caldwell (F) 25.9% Alexander Sneed 14.1%
North Carolina 10	Joseph Pearson	Federalist	1808	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	William C. Love (DR) 53.1% Joseph Pearson (F) 46.9%
North Carolina 11	Peter Forney	Democratic-Republican	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Daniel M. Forney (DR) 53.0% Joseph Graham (F) 47.0%
North Carolina 12	Israel Pickens	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	Israel Pickens (DR) 51.8% Felix Walker (DR) 48.2%
North Carolina 13	Meshack Franklin	Democratic-Republican	1806	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Lewis Williams (DR) 57.2% Meshack Franklin (DR) 42.8%

William R. King (DR) of the 5th district resigned November 4, 1816, upon being assigned to a diplomatic post in Russia and was replaced in a special election by Charles Hooks (DR).

Nathaniel Macon (DR) of the 6th district resigned December 15, 1815, upon being elected to the Senate and was replaced in a special election by Weldon N. Edwards.

Richard Stanford (DR) of the 8th district died April 16, 1815, and was replaced in a special election by Samuel Dickens (DR).

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Ohio 1	John McLean	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	John McLean (DR) 100%
Ohio 2	John Alexander	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	John Alexander (DR) 50.6% Thomas Morris (DR) 41.6% John W. Campbell (DR) 7.8%
Ohio 3	William Creighton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1813 (special)	Re-elected	William Creighton, Jr. (DR) 83.1% Levin Belt (F) 16.9%
Ohio 4	James Caldwell	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	James Caldwell (DR) 61.2% Bazaleel Wells (F) 38.3%
Ohio 5	James Kilbourne	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	James Kilbourne (DR) 45.4% Samuel MacCulloch (DR) 24.3% Philemon Beecher (F) 21.2% Robert E. Slaughter (DR) 4.6% Robert Cloud (DR) 2.2% Hiram M. Curry (DR) 2.2%
Ohio 6	Previous incumbent Reasin Beall (DR) resigned June 7, 1814 to take appointment at Federal Land Office in Wooster, Ohio			Democratic-Republican hold	David Clendenin[Note 11] (DR) 55.7% Lewis Kinney (DR) 24.7% John G. Young (DR) 15.2% Thomas G. Jones (DR) 4.4%

In April 1816, John McLean (DR) of the 1st district resigned and was replaced in a special election by William Henry Harrison (DR).

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[4]
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats	Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	1809 (Special)	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Jonathan Williams (F) 13.6% Joseph Hopkinson (F) 13.6% William Milnor (F) 13.2% Thomas Smith (F) 13.2% Adam Seybert (DR) 11.8% William Anderson (DR) 11.8% Charles J. Ingersoll (DR) 11.4% John Conard (DR) 11.3%
	William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	1808	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	John Conard	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats	Roger Davis	Democratic-Republican	1810	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	William Darlington (DR) 25.1% John Hahn (DR) 25.0% Isaac Wayne (F) 25.0% Samuel Henderson[Note 11] (F) 24.9%
	Incumbent Jonathan Roberts (DR) resigned February 24, 1814			Democratic-Republican hold
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats	Edward Crouch	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Amos Ellmaker (DR) 28.9% John Whiteside (DR) 28.4% Amos Slaymaker[Note 11] (F) 22.0% Samuel Rex (F) 20.7%
	Incumbent James Whitehill (DR) resigned September 1, 1814			Democratic-Republican hold
Pennsylvania 4	Hugh Glasgow	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	Hugh Glasgow (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats	William Crawford	Democratic-Republican	1808	Re-elected	William Maclay (DR) 27.6% William Crawford (DR) 25.7% Edward Crawford (F) 23.9% Alexander Cobean (F) 19.7%
	John Rea	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel D. Ingham	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	Samuel D. Ingham (DR) 34.1% John Ross (DR) 30.0% William Rodman (F) 15.9% James Hollingshead (F) 12.5% James Ralston (DR) 4.3% Samuel Sitgreaves 3.1%(F)
	Robert Brown	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
Pennsylvania 7	Daniel Udree	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Joseph Hiester (DR) 60.7% Daniel Udree 39.3%
Pennsylvania 8	William Piper	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	William Piper (DR) 62.4% John Anderson (F) 37.6%
Pennsylvania 9	David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	David Bard (DR) 78.0% John Blair (F) 22.0%
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats	Isaac Smith	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	William Wilson (DR) 28.9% Jared Irwin (DR) 25.8% David Scott (DR) 25.6% John Boyd (F) 18.0% Isaac Smith (DR) 1.7%
	Jared Irwin	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 11	William Findley	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	William Findley (DR) 55.3% James Brady (F) 44.7%
Pennsylvania 12	Aaron Lyle	Democratic-Republican	1808	Re-elected	Aaron Lyle (DR) 61.3% Obadiah Jennings (F) 34.2% Thomas L. Birch (DR) 4.4%
Pennsylvania 13	Isaac Griffin	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Re-elected	Isaac Griffin (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 14	Adamson Tannehill	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain	John Woods (F) 50.5% Adamson Tannehill (DR) 49.5%
Pennsylvania 15	Thomas Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Re-elected	Thomas Wilson (DR) 78.1% Epaphroditus Cossitt (F) 21.9%

Three vacancies appeared in Pennsylvania's representation before the start of the 15th Congress. On March 12, 1815, David Bard of the 9th district died and was replaced in a special election by Thomas Burnside (DR). On May 16 of the same year, Jonathan Williams (F) of the 1st district also died and was replaced in a special election by John Sergeant (DR). Finally, on July 3, Amos Ellmaker of the 3rd district resigned after being appointed and commissioned president judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of Pennsylvania and was replaced in a special election by James M. Wallace (DR).

A fourth special election was held in the 9th district on October 8, 1816, after Thomas Burnside resigned to accept a judicial position.

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Richard Jackson, Jr.	Federalist	1808	Retired Federalist hold	John L. Boss, Jr. (F) 28.3% James B. Mason (F) 27.5% Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) 22.1% John DeWolf, Jr. (DR) 22.1%
	Elisha R. Potter	Federalist	1808	Retired Federalist hold

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
South Carolina 1	Langdon Cheves	Democratic-Republican	1810	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Henry Middleton (DR) 62.8% Thomas Rhett Smith (F) 37.2%
South Carolina 2	William Lowndes	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	William Lowndes (DR) 100%
South Carolina 3	Theodore Gourdin	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Benjamin Huger (F) 51.6% Theodore Gourdin (DR) 48.4%
South Carolina 4	John J. Chappell	Democratic-Republican	1812	Re-elected	John J. Chappell[Note 7] (DR)
South Carolina 5	David R. Evans	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	William Woodward[Note 7] (DR)
South Carolina 6	John C. Calhoun	Democratic-Republican	1810	Re-elected	John C. Calhoun[Note 7] (DR) Benjamin C. Yancey (DR)
South Carolina 7	Elias Earle	Democratic-Republican	1804 1810	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	John Taylor (DR) 75.4% Elias Earle (DR) 24.1%
South Carolina 8	Samuel Farrow	Democratic-Republican	1812	Retired[Note 12] Democratic-Republican hold	Thomas Moore[Note 7] (DR) Bowen[Note 13] (F) Samuel Farrow[Note 12] (DR)
South Carolina 9	John Kershaw	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	William Mayrant (DR) 66.1% John Kershaw (DR) 33.9%

In the 9th district, William Mayrant resigned on October 21, 1816,^[3] and was replaced in a special election by Stephen D. Miller (DR).

Tennessee

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Tennessee 1	John Rhea	Democratic-Republican	1803	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Samuel Powell (DR) 58.9% John Rhea (DR) 41.1%
Tennessee 2	John Sevier	Democratic-Republican	1811	Re-elected	John Sevier (DR) 100%
Tennessee 3	Thomas K. Harris	Democratic-Republican	1813	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Isaac Thomas (DR) 54.4% Thomas K. Harris (DR) 45.6%
Tennessee 4	John H. Bowen	Democratic-Republican	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Bennett H. Henderson (DR) 66.1% Archibald W. Overton 23.4% Willis Jones 10.5%
Tennessee 5	Newton Cannon	Democratic-Republican	1814 (special)	Re-elected	Newton Cannon (DR) 100%
Tennessee 6	Parry W. Humphreys	Democratic-Republican	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	James B. Reynolds (DR) 33.7% Peter R. Booker 31.6% George W. L. Marr 28.8% James Holland (DR) 5.8%

In the 2nd district, John Sevier (DR) died in office. A special election was held that led to the election of William G. Blount (DR) to fill that vacancy.

Vermont

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Vermont at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	William Czar Bradley	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Chauncey Langdon (F) 8.5% Charles Marsh (F) 8.5% Asa Lyon (F) 8.5% Daniel Chipman (F) 8.5% John Noyes (F) 8.5% Luther Jewett (F) 8.5% Ezra Butler (DR) 8.2% Richard Skinner (DR) 8.2% William Czar Bradley (DR) 8.2% James Fisk (DR) 8.2% William Strong (DR) 8.2% Charles Rich (DR) 8.1%
	William Strong	Democratic-Republican	1810	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	James Fisk	Democratic-Republican	1804 1810	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	Charles Rich	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	Richard Skinner	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain
	Ezra Butler	Democratic-Republican	1812	Lost re-election Federalist gain

Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803 1813	Re-elected	John G. Jackson (DR) 94.7% Others 5.3%
Virginia 2	Francis White	Federalist	1813	Lost re-election Federalist hold	Magnus Tate (F) 63.4% Francis White (DR) 36.6%
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Henry St. George Tucker (DR) 71.5% Griffin Taylor (F) 27.6%
Virginia 4	William McCoy	Democratic-Republican	1811	Re-elected	William McCoy (DR) 51.0% Robert Porterfield (F) 49.0%
Virginia 5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	1809	Re-elected	James Breckinridge (F) 51.5% John Floyd (DR) 48.5%
Virginia 6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1809	Re-elected	Daniel Sheffey[Note 7] (F)
Virginia 7	Hugh Caperton	Federalist	1813	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Ballard Smith[Note 7] (DR) John Matthews (F)
Virginia 8	Joseph Lewis, Jr.	Federalist	1803	Re-elected	Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F) 52.0% Armistead Mason (DR) 48.0%
Virginia 9	John P. Hungerford	Democratic-Republican	1813	Re-elected	John P. Hungerford (DR) 56.9% William Brent (DR) 43.1%
Virginia 10	Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	1811	Re-elected	Aylett Hawes (DR) 59.4% John Scott (F) 40.6%
Virginia 11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican	1814 (special)	Re-elected	Philip P. Barbour[Note 7] (DR) John Mercer (DR)
Virginia 12	John Roane	Democratic-Republican	1809	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	William H. Roane (DR) 78.1% James M. Garnett (F) 21.9%
Virginia 13	Thomas M. Bayly	Federalist	1811	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Burwell Bassett (DR) 52.6% John Eyre (F)
Virginia 14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican	1806 (special)	Re-elected	William A. Burwell[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 15	John Kerr	Democratic-Republican	1813	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Matthew Clay (DR) 42.5% John Kerr (DR) 34.1% William Rice (F) 20.3% White[Note 13] (F) 3.1%
Virginia 16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	1803 1813	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	John Randolph (DR) 51.6% John W. Eppes (DR) 48.4%
Virginia 17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican	1811	Re-elected	James Pleasants[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 18	Thomas Gholson, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1808 (special)	Re-elected	Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) 88.1 John C. Goode (F) 11.9%
Virginia 19	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Peterson Goodwyn[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1813	Re-elected	James Johnson (DR) 52.2% Edwin Gray (F) 47.8%
Virginia 21	Thomas Newton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	Thomas Newton, Jr.[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1811	Re-elected	Hugh Nelson[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 23	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	John Clopton[Note 7] (DR)

Matthew Clay (DR) of the 15th district died on May 27, 1815 and was replaced in a special election by John Kerr (DR).

Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of the 18th district died July 4, 1816 and was replaced in a special election by Thomas M. Nelson (DR).

John Clopton (DR) of the 23rd district died September 11, 1816 and was replaced in a special election by future President John Tyler (DR).

Non-voting delegates

Four territories sent delegates to the 14th Congress. There was no election held in Illinois Territory

District	Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
Indiana Territory at-large	Jonathan Jennings	1809	Re-elected	Jonathan Jennings[Note 7] Elisha Sparks
Mississippi Territory at-large	William Lattimore	1803 1813	Re-elected	William Lattimore 58.6% Cowles Mead 41.4%
Missouri Territory at-large	Edward Hempstead	1812	Retired	Rufus Easton 36.7% Alexander MacNair 33.1% Samuel Hammond 28.8% Thomas F. Riddick 1.4%

This was the last election for Indiana Territory, as it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1816. In Missouri Territory, Hempstead resigned and Easton also filled his seat for the remainder of the 13th Congress

See also

• List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1789–1822
• United States Senate elections, 1814
• 14th United States Congress

Notes

1. Excludes states admitted during the 14th Congress
2. Includes late elections
3. Includes 1 plural district
4. Majority required for election, which was not met in two districts, requiring a second election, held on January 6, 1815
5. Changed from districts
6. includes 6 plural districts
7. Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source
8. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
9. District numbers differed between source used and elsewhere on Wikipedia; district numbers used elsewhere on Wikipedia used here
10. See: Successfully contested elections in New York in 1814.
11. Won special election to fill vacancy in 13th Congress
12. The source indicates uncertainty as to whether Farrow ran in 1814.
13. Source did not provide full name

References

1. 3 Stat. 290
2. A New Nation Votes: Kentucky's 2nd district special election, 1815
3. Fourteenth Congress (membership roster)
4. Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project

Bibliography

• "A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
• Dubin, 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.
• "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)