United States House of Representatives elections, 1804

United States House of Representatives elections, 1804

April 24, 1804 - August 5, 1805

All 142 seats to the United States House of Representatives 72 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Nathaniel Macon John Cotton Smith Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Leader's seat North Carolina-6th Connecticut-AL Last election 103 seats 39 seats Seats won 114 28 Seat change 11 11

Speaker before election Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican Elected Speaker Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 9th Congress were held at various dates in each state between April 24, 1804 (in New York) and August 5, 1805 (in Tennessee). The Congress first met on December 2, 1805. The elections occurred at the same time as President Thomas Jefferson's re-election.

Under Jefferson's popular administration, his party continued to gain seats in the House. Territorial acquisitions from the Louisiana Purchase and economic expansion gave voters a positive view of the Democratic-Republicans, whose majority, already commanding in the 8th Congress, now surpassed three-quarters of the total membership. Following this election, Federalists were able to secure few seats outside of New England and party legitimacy deteriorated as political thought turned away from Federalist ideals perceived to be elitist and anti-democratic.

Election summaries

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Democratic-Republican	Federalist

State	Type	Date	Total seats	Democratic- Republican	Federalist
				Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Connecticut	At-large	September 17, 1804	7	0		7
Delaware	At-large	October 2, 1804	1	0	1	1	1
Georgia	At-large	October 2, 1804	4	4		0
Kentucky	District (6)	August 6, 1804	6	6		0
Maryland	District (8[Note 1])	October 1, 1804	9	7	1	2	1
Massachusetts	District (17)	November 5, 1804	17	10	3	7	3
New Hampshire	At-large	August 27, 1804	5	0		5
New Jersey	At-large	November 6–7, 1804	6	6		0
New York	District (16[Note 1])	April 24–26, 1804	17	15	3	2	3
North Carolina	District (12)	August 10, 1804	12	12	1	0	1
Ohio	At-large	October 9, 1804	1	1		0
Pennsylvania	District (11[Note 2])	October 9, 1804	18	17	1	1	1
Rhode Island	At-large	August 28, 1804	2	2		0
South Carolina	District (8)	October 8–9, 1804	8	8	2	0	2
Vermont	District (4)	September 4, 1804[Note 3]	4	2	1	2	1
1805 elections
Tennessee	District[Note 4] (3)	August 4–5, 1805	3	3		0
Virginia	District (22)	April, 1805	22	21	3	1	3
Total			142	114 80.3%	11	28 19.7%	11

House seats
D-R			80.28%
Federalist			19.72%

Complete returns

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket	Benjamin Tallmadge	Federalist	1801 (special)	Re-elected	Calvin Goddard (F) 15.1% Samuel W. Dana (F) 14.9% John Davenport (F) 14.4% Roger Griswold (F) 14.4% Benjamin Tallmadge (F) 13.3% John Cotton Smith (F) 11.4% Jonathan O. Moseley (F) 10.8% Timothy Pitkin[Note 5] (F) 3.1% Lewis B. Sturges[Note 5] (F) 0.7% Theodore Dwight[Note 5] (F) 0.5% Others 1.4%
	Simeon Baldwin	Federalist	1803 (special)	Retired Federalist hold
	John Cotton Smith	Federalist	1800	Re-elected
	Roger Griswold	Federalist	1794	Re-elected
	Calvin Goddard	Federalist	1801 (special)	Re-elected
	John Davenport	Federalist	1798	Re-elected
	Samuel W. Dana	Federalist	1796	Re-elected

Griswold and Goddard resigned before the start of the 9th Congress and were replaced by Timothy Pitkin (F) and Lewis B. Sturges (F). In August, 1806, John C. Smith (F) resigned and was replaced by Theodore Dwight (F)

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Delaware at-large	Caesar A. Rodney	Democratic-Republican	1802	Lost re-election Federalist gain	James A. Bayard (F) 52.1% Caesar A. Rodney (DR) 47.9%

James A. Bayard (F) resigned before the start of the 9th Congress having been elected to the Senate. A special election was held to replace him, which elected James M. Broom (F)

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Georgia at-large 4 seats on a general ticket	Peter Early	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Peter Early (DR) 24.2% David Meriwether (DR) 22.9% Joseph Bryan (DR) 21.3% Cowles Mead (DR) 10.9% Thomas Spalding (DR) 10.5% Thomas Carr 6.7% Obadiah Jones 2.4% Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2%
	David Meriwether	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
	Joseph Bryan	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
	Samuel Hammond	Democratic-Republican	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican hold

Initially, Cowles Mead (DR) was declared the winner of the 4th seat. The votes from Camden, Liberty and Tatnal counties were not received in time and were originally not counted. When it was later decided to count them as valid, it resulted in Thomas Spalding (DR) overtaking Cowles Mead for the fourth and final seat by 39 votes. Spalding was then given the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in place of Mead.^[1]

There were two subsequent vacancies. The first was caused by Joseph Bryan (DR) resigning in 1806. A special election was held to replace him which elected Dennis Smelt (DR). The second was caused by Thomas Spalding (DR) resigning later that same year. He was replaced by William W. Bibb (DR).

Kentucky

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	1796[Note 6] 1803	Re-elected	Matthew Lyon[Note 7] (DR) Samuel Hopkins
Kentucky 2	John Boyle	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	John Boyle[Note 7] (DR)
Kentucky 3	Matthew Walton	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Matthew Walton[Note 7] (DR)
Kentucky 4	Thomas Sandford	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Thomas Sandford[Note 7] (DR)
Kentucky 5	John Fowler	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	John Fowler (DR) 61.9% Benjamin Howard (DR) 38.1%
Kentucky 6	George M. Bedinger	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	George M. Bedinger (DR) 70.1% Robert H. Grayson (DR) 17.6% Philemon Thomas (DR) 12.3%

Maryland

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Maryland 1	John Campbell	Federalist	1801	Re-elected	John Campbell (F) 99.6%
Maryland 2	Walter Bowie	Democratic-Republican	1802 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Leonard Covington (DR) 52.0% Archibald Van Horne (DR) 46.8% Clement Hill (F) 1.1%
Maryland 3	Thomas Plater	Federalist	1801	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Patrick Magruder (DR) 56.0% Thomas Plater (F) 44.0%
Maryland 4	Roger Nelson	Democratic-Republican	1804 (special)	Re-elected	Roger Nelson (DR) 98.5%
Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats	Nicholas R. Moore	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Nicholas R. Moore (DR) 50.9% William McCreery (DR) 46.3% Robert Goodloe Harper (F) 1.8% Others 1.0%
	William McCreery	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected
Maryland 6	John Archer	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	John Archer (DR) 100%
Maryland 7	Joseph H. Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	1798 (special)	Re-elected	Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) 99.6%
Maryland 8	John Dennis	Federalist	1796	Retired Federalist hold	Charles Goldsborough (F) 56.6% Henry Waggaman (DR) 43.4%

A vacancy occurred in the 7th district when Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) resigned March 1, 1806. A special election was held which elected Edward Lloyd (DR) in his place.

Massachusetts

The majority requirement was met in all 17 districts in the 1804 elections

District		Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Massachusetts 1 Known as the Suffolk district		William Eustis	Democratic-Republican	1801	Lost re-election Federalist gain	Josiah Quincy (F) 51.0% William Eustis (DR) 49.0%
Massachusetts 2 Known as the Essex South district		Jacob Crowninshield	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Jacob Crowninshield (DR) 58.7% Nathan Read (F) 41.2%
Massachusetts 3 Known as the Essex North district		Manasseh Cutler	Federalist	1801	Retired Federalist hold	Jeremiah Nelson (F) 56.8% Thomas Kitteridge (DR) 43.2%
Massachusetts 4 Known as the Middlesex district		Joseph Bradley Varnum	Democratic-Republican	1794	Re-elected	Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) 71.5% Timothy Bigelow (F) 28.0%
Massachusetts 5 Known as the Hampshire South district		Thomas Dwight	Federalist	1803	Retired Federalist hold	William Ely (F) 62.9% Samuel Fowler (DR) 36.7%
Massachusetts 6 Known as the Hampshire North district		Samuel Taggart	Federalist	1803	Re-elected	Samuel Taggart (F) 69.3% Solomon Snead (DR) 30.5%
Massachusetts 7 Known as the Plymouth district		Nahum Mitchell	Federalist	1803	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Joseph Barker (DR) 60.4% Nahum Mitchell (F) 38.3% Others 1.3%
Massachusetts 8 Known as the Barnstable district		Lemuel Williams	Federalist	1798	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Isaiah L. Green (DR) 60.1% Lemuel Williams (F) 39.4%
Massachusetts 9 Known as the Bristol district		Phanuel Bishop	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Phanuel Bishop (DR) 62.2% Nicholas Tillinghast (F) 30.8% Josiah Deane (DR) 3.4% John Bowers (F) 3.4%
Massachusetts 10 Known as the Worcester South district		Seth Hastings	Federalist	1801 (special)	Re-elected	Seth Hastings (F) 51.2% Edward Bangs (DR) 48.8%
Massachusetts 11 Known as the Worcester North district		William Stedman	Federalist	1803	Re-elected	William Stedman (F) 60.8% John Whiting (DR) 39.0%
Massachusetts 12 Known as the Berkshire district		Simon Larned	Democratic-Republican	1804 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Barnabas Bidwell (DR) 59.7% Daniel Dewey (F) 40.3%
Massachusetts 13 Known as the Norfolk district		Ebenezer Seaver	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Ebenezer Seaver (DR) 64.6% Thomas B. Adams (F) 35.0%
District of Maine	Massachusetts 14 Known as the York district	Richard Cutts	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	Richard Cutts (DR) 51.9% Joseph Leland (F) 31.4% Daniel Cleaves 16.7%
	Massachusetts 15 Known as the Cumberland district	Peleg Wadsworth	Federalist	1792	Re-elected	Peleg Wadsworth (F) 63.8% William Widgery (DR) 19.1% Isaac Parsons (DR) 17.1%
	Massachusetts 16 Known as the Lincoln district	Samuel Thatcher	Federalist	1802 (special)	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Orchard Cook (DR) 54.6% Samuel Thatcher 45.4%
	Massachusetts 17 Known as the Kennebec district	Phineas Bruce	Federalist	1803	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	John Chandler (DR) 64.5% Benjamin Whitwell (F) 35.5%

New Hampshire

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Hampshire at-large 5 seats on a general ticket	Silas Betton	Federalist	1802	Re-elected	Samuel Tenney (F) 10.4% David Hough (F) 10.4% Thomas W. Thompson (F) 10.4% Silas Betton (F) 10.4% Caleb Ellis (F) 10.4% Nahum Parker (DR) 9.7% Ezra Bartlett (DR) 9.6% Thomas Cogswell (DR) 9.6% Clement Storer (DR) 9.6% Jedediah K. Smith (DR) 9.6%
	Samuel Hunt	Federalist	1802	Retired Federalist hold
	Samuel Tenney	Federalist	1800	Re-elected
	David Hough	Federalist	1802	Re-elected
	Clifton Clagett	Federalist	1802	Retired Federalist hold

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	Adam Boyd	Democratic-Republican	1803	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Henry Southard (DR) 16.6% Ebenezer Elmer (DR) 16.6% John Lambert (DR) 16.6% William Helms (DR) 16.6% James Sloan (DR) 16.4% Ezra Darby (DR) 16.4% Aaron Ogden (F) 0.2% Peter DeVroom (F) 0.2% Franklin Davenport (F) 0.1% James H. Imlay (F) 0.1% Lambert Cadwalader (F) 0.1% William Colfax (F) 0.1%
	Ebenezer Elmer	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected
	William Helms	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected
	James Mott	Democratic-Republican	1800	Retired Federalist hold
	Henry Southard	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected
	James Sloan	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected

The Federalist ticket was announced only a week before the election, with no active campaigning

New York

New York held elections for the 9th Congress on April 24–26, 1804. For this year and the next election year, the 2nd and 3rd districts had combined returns, effectively a plural district with 2 seats, though still numbered as separate districts. At the time, District 2 consisted of only part of New York County, while District 3 consisted of the remainder of New York County plus Kings and Richmond Counties. By consolidating the two, it ensured that New York County would be combined into a single district.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
New York 1	Incumbent John Smith (DR) was elected to the Senate			Democratic-Republican hold.	Eliphalet Wickes (DR) 35.8% Samuel Riker[Note 9] (DR) 35.6% Joshua Smith (F) 28.6%
New York 2/3 Joint ticket	Joshua Sands	Federalist	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) 27.8% Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) 27.7% Nicholas Fish (F) 22.3% Wynandt Van Zandt (F) 22.2%
	Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected
New York 4	Philip Van Courtlandt	Democratic-Republican	1793	Re-elected	Philip Van Courtlandt (DR) 64.8% John Herring (DR) 35.2%
New York 5	Andrew McCord	Democratic-Republican	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	John Blake, Jr. (DR) 63.1% David M. Westcott (F) 36.9%
New York 6	Daniel C. Verplanck	Democratic-Republican	1803 (special)	Re-elected	Daniel C. Verplanck (DR) 58.0% Benjamin Akin (F) 42.0%
New York 7	Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	1803 (special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Martin G. Schuneman (DR) 60.0% Gerrit Abeel (F) 40.0%
New York 8	Henry W. Livingston	Federalist	1802	Re-elected	Henry W. Livingston (F) 54.8% Edward P. Livingston (DR) 45.2%
New York 9	Killian Van Rensselaer	Federalist	1800	Re-elected	Killian Van Rensselaer (F) 56.4% David McCarty (DR) 43.6%
New York 10	George Tibbits	Federalist	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Josiah Masters (DR) 55.4% Jonathan Brown (F) 44.6%
New York 11	Beriah Palmer	Democratic-Republican	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Peter Sailly (DR) 100%
New York 12	David Thomas	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected	David Thomas (DR) 70.3% Reuben Skinner (F) 29.7%
New York 13	Thomas Sammons	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Thomas Sammons (DR) 100%
New York 14	Erastus Root	Democratic-Republican	1802	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	John Russell (DR) 85.8% Benjamin Gilbert (F) 6.0% Solomon Martin (F) 3.6% Erastus Root (DR) 3.6% Thomas R. Gold (F) 1.0%
New York 15	Gaylord Griswold	Federalist	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Nathan Williams (DR) 57.4% Thomas R. Gold (F) 42.6%
New York 16	John Paterson	Democratic-Republican	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Uri Tracy (DR) 62.8% Edward Edwards (F) 37.2%
New York 17	Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	1802	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	Silas Halsey (DR) 40.4% Nathaniel W. Howell (F) 37.5% Joseph Grover (DR) 11.2% Peter Hughes (DR) 10.8%

A special election to fill the vacancy in the 1st district in the 8th Congress was held at the same time as the election for the 9th Congress. Unusually, a single election was held for both the seat in the 9th Congress and the remainder of the 8th Congress, with the individual receiving the highest number of votes being elected to the 9th Congress and the individual with the second-highest number of votes being elected to the remainder of the 8th Congress.

Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) of the 2nd/3rd district was appointed on July 2, 1804 to the New York Supreme Court. A special election was held in September, 1804 to replace him, electing Gurdon S. Mumford (DR).

Samuel L. Mitchill (DR), also of the 2nd/3rd district, resigned November 22, 1804 after being elected to the Senate, and a special election was held to replace him, elecing George Clinton, Jr. (DR).

North Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
North Carolina 1	Thomas Wynns	Democratic-Republican	1802 (special)	Re-elected	Thomas Wynns[Note 7] (DR) Thomas Harvey
North Carolina 2	Willis Alston	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected	Willis Alston (DR) 66.6% John Binford (F) 20.7% William R. Davie (F) 12.7%
North Carolina 3	William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	1803	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican hold	Thomas Blount (DR) 51.4% William Kennedy (DR) 48.6%
North Carolina 4	William Blackledge	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	William Blackledge (DR) 96.6% John Stanly (F) 3.4%
North Carolina 5	James Gillespie	Democratic-Republican	1793 1803	Re-elected	James Gillespie (DR) 52.5% Benjamin Smith (F) 40.2% Samuel Ashe (DR) 7.3%
North Carolina 6	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	1791	Re-elected	Nathaniel Macon (DR) 99.9%
North Carolina 7	Samuel D. Purviance	Federalist	1803	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Duncan McFarlan (DR) 36.8% Joseph Pickett (F) 31.7% William Martin (F) 31.1%
North Carolina 8	Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	Richard Stanford[Note 10] (DR) Duncan Cameron Archibald Murphey John Hinton, Jr.
North Carolina 9	Marmaduke Williams	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Marmaduke Williams (DR) 98.9% Theophilus Lacey (DR) 1.0%
North Carolina 10	Nathaniel Alexander	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Nathaniel Alexander[Note 7] (DR)
North Carolina 11	James Holland	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected	James Holland (DR) 100%
North Carolina 12	Joseph Winston	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Joseph Winston (DR) 57.0% Meshack Franklin (DR) 43.0%

In the 5th district, James Gillespie (DR) died on January 5, 1805, before the start of the 10th Congress, a special election was held for his replacement which elected Thomas Kenan (DR)

In the 10th district, Nathaniel Alexander (DR) resigned upon being elected Governor of North Carolina and was replaced in a special election by Evan S. Alexander (DR)

Ohio

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Ohio at-large	Jeremiah Morrow	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Jeremiah Morrow (DR) 70.2% Elias Langham (F) 29.4% Rufus Putnam 0.4%

Pennsylvania

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[2]
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 3 seats	Joseph Clay	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Joseph Clay (DR) 33.6% Jacob Richards (DR) 31.7% Michael Leib (DR) 18.0% William Penrose (DR) 16.7%
	Jacob Richards	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
	Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	1798	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 3 seats	Robert Brown	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Re-elected	John Pugh (DR) 32.2% Frederick Conrad (DR) 31.7% Robert Brown (DR) 21.8% John Ross (Quid) 13.0% Samuel Preston (Quid) 1.3%
	Frederick Conrad	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
	Isaac Van Horne	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 3 seats	Isaac Anderson	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Christian Lower (DR) 33.1% John Whitehill (DR) 23.0% Isaac Anderson (DR) 22.9% Thomas Boude (F) 10.7% Isaac Wayne (F) 10.3%
	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1797 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold
	John Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 2 seats	John A. Hanna	Democratic-Republican	1796	Re-elected	David Bard (DR) 34.6% John A. Hanna (DR) 31.2% Oliver Pollock (DR) 18.1% Robert Mitchell (DR) 16.1%
	David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected
Pennsylvania 5	Andrew Gregg	Democratic-Republican	1791	Re-elected	Andrew Gregg (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 6	John Stewart	Democratic-Republican	1800	Lost re-election Federalist gain	James Kelly (F) 58.5% John Stewart (DR) 41.5%
Pennsylvania 7	John Rea	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	John Rea (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 8	William Findley	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	William Findley (DR) 64.7% John Brandon (F) 35.3%
Pennsylvania 9	John Smilie	Democratic-Republican	1792 1798	Re-elected	John Smilie (DR) 100%
Pennsylvania 10	William Hoge	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	John Hamilton (DR) John Israel (F)[Note 11]
Pennsylvania 11	John Lucas	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	John Lucas (DR) 64.8% James O'Hara (F) 35.2%

John Lucas (DR), re-elected to the 11th district, resigned before the start of the 9th Congress. A special election was held for his replacement, electing Samuel Smith (DR).

On July 23, 1805, before the first meeting of the 9th Congress, John A. Hanna (DR) of the 4th district died. A special election was held to fill the vacancy, electing Robert Whitehill (DR).

Finally, on February 14, 1806, Michael Leib (DR) of the 1st district resigned and was replaced in a special election by John Porter (DR)

Rhode Island

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Nehemiah Knight	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Nehemiah Knight (DR) 49.9% Joseph Stanton, Jr. (DR) 49.5%
	Joseph Stanton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected

South Carolina

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1 Also known as the Charleston district	Thomas Lowndes	Federalist	1800	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	Robert Marion (DR) 60.6% Thomas L. Smith (F) 37.0% Scattering 2.4%
South Carolina 2 Also known as the Beaufort and Edgefield district	William Butler, Sr.	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected	William Butler, Sr.[Note 7] (DR)
South Carolina 3 Also known as the Georgetown district	Benjamin Huger	Federalist	1798	Retired Democratic-Republican gain	David R. Williams (DR) 58.0% Robert Witherspoon (DR) 29.0% Joseph Blyth (DR) 13.0%
South Carolina 4 Also known as the Orangeburgh district	Wade Hampton	Democratic-Republican	1803	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	O'Brien Smith[Note 7] (DR) John Taylor (DR)
South Carolina 5 Also known as the Sumter district	Richard Winn	Democratic-Republican	1802 (special)	Re-elected	Richard Winn[Note 7] (DR) John Kershaw
South Carolina 6 Also known as the Abbeville district	Levi Casey	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Levi Casey[Note 7] (DR)
South Carolina 7 Also known as the Chester district	Thomas Moore	Democratic-Republican	1800	Re-elected	Thomas Moore[Note 7] (DR)
South Carolina 8 Also known as the Pendleton district	John B. Earle	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	John B. Earle[Note 7] (DR)

In the 8th district, John B. Earle (DR) Resigned before the 9th Congress met, replaced in a special election by Elias Earle (DR)

Levi Casey of the 6th district died February 7, 1807. His seat remained vacant for the remainder of the 9th Congress.

Tennessee

Beginning with the 9th Congress, Tennessee was divided into 3 districts.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Tennessee 1 Known as the Washington district	John Rhea Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	John Rhea (DR) 100%
Tennessee 2 Known as the Hamilton district	George W. Campbell Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	George W. Campbell (DR) 100%
Tennessee 3 Known as the Mero district	William Dickson Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	William Dickson (DR) 100%

Vermont

Vermont law at this time required a majority for election, which frequently mandated runoff elections. The 2nd, and 3rd districts both required second elections in this election cycle, and the 3rd district required a third election.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 8]
					First ballot	Second ballot	Third ballot
Vermont 1 Known as the Southwestern district	Gideon Olin	Democratic-Republican	1802	Re-elected	Gideon Olin (DR) 56.1% Jonas Galusha (DR) 24.0% Chauncey Langdon 18.6% Others 1.4%
Vermont 2 Known as the Southeastern district	James Elliot	Federalist	1802	Re-elected	James Elliot (F) 41.9% Samuel Fletcher (F) 15.6% Mark Richards (DR) 15.5% Pascal P. Enos (DR) 12.1% Aaron Leland (DR) 4.3% Lewis R. Morris (F) 3.1% Elias Keyes (DR) 2.9% Paul Brigham (DR) 1.4% Others 3.1%	James Elliot (F) 62.0% Mark Richards (DR) 36.4% Others 1.6%
Vermont 3 Known as the Northeastern district	William Chamberlain	Federalist	1802	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	William Chamberlain (F) 48.0% James Fisk (DR) 38.4% Nathaniel Niles (DR) 9.9% Samuel C. Crafts (DR) 2.6% Others 1.2%	William Chamberlain (F) 49.3% James Fisk (DR) 49.1% Others 1.6%	James Fisk (DR) 56.1% William Chamberlain (F) 42.7% Others 1.2%
Vermont 4 Known as the Northwestern district	Martin Chittenden	Federalist	1802	Re-elected	Martin Chittenden (F) 50.4% Ezra Butler (DR) 46.7% Others 3.0%

Virginia

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Virginia 1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	John G. Jackson (DR) 57.2% Thomas Wilson (F) 42.8%
Virginia 2	James Stephenson	Federalist	1803	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	John Morrow[Note 7] (DR) James Stephenson (F)
Virginia 3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	John Smith[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 4	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	David Holmes[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 5	Alexander Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1804 (special)	Re-elected	Alexander Wilson (DR) 60.6% Robert Bailey (Quid) 39.4%
Virginia 6	Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	Abram Trigg[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 7	Joseph Lewis, Jr.	Federalist	1803	Re-elected	Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F) 54.3% William Elzey (DR) 45.7%
Virginia 8	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Walter Jones (DR) 99.0% Henry Lee (F) 1.0%
Virginia 9	Philip R. Thompson	Democratic-Republican	1793	Re-elected	Philip R. Thompson[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 10	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	John Dawson (DR) 66.2% James Barbour (Quid) 33.8%
Virginia 11	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	1793	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	James M. Garnett[Note 7] (DR) Carter Braxton John Roane (DR?) John Smith Archibald Ritchie
Virginia 12	Thomas Griffin	Federalist	1803	Lost re-election Democratic-Republican gain	Burwell Bassett (DR) 65.1% Thomas Griffin (F) 34.9%
Virginia 13	Christopher H. Clark	Democratic-Republican	1804 (special)	Re-elected	Christopher H. Clark[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 14	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	1797	Re-elected	Matthew Clay (DR) 88.9% William Lewis (F) 11.1%
Virginia 15	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	John Randolph[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	John W. Eppes[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 17	Thomas Claiborne	Democratic-Republican	1793 1801	Retired Democratic-Republican hold	John Claiborne (DR) 72.7% Mark Alexander (DR) 27.3%
Virginia 18	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Peterson Goodwyn[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 19	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	Edwin Gray[Note 7] (DR)
Virginia 20	Thomas Newton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1799	Re-elected	Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR) 100%
Virginia 21	Thomas M. Randolph	Democratic-Republican	1803	Re-elected	Thomas M. Randolph (DR) 63.7% Walter Leake (Quid) 36.3%
Virginia 22	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	1801	Re-elected	John Clopton[Note 7] (DR)

In the 13th district, Christopher H. Clark (DR) resigned on July 1, 1806 and was replaced by William A. Burwell

Non-voting delegates

There were three territories with non-voting delegates in the 9th Congress, one of which (the Orleans Territory) did not send its first representative until 1806. The delegates were elected by the territorial legislatures, votes here are the number of members of the territorial legislatures voting for each candidate.

District	Incumbent	First elected	Result	Candidates
				First ballot	Second ballot	Third ballot
Indiana Territory at-large	None (District created)			Benjamin Parke 5 Thomas J. Davis 5 Jesse B. Thomas 1	Benjamin Parke 5 Thomas J. Davis 5 Bond[Note 12] 1	Benjamin Parke 7 Thomas J. Davis 4
Mississippi Territory at-large	William Lattimore	1802	Re-elected	William Lattimore 5 Cato West 5 William Gordon Freeman 4	William Lattimore 10 Cato West 2 John Ellis 1

In the Mississippi Territory, the territorial legislature was locked. The first vote given above was on the 7th ballot, after which point the territorial legislature adjourned, the second vote was at a later session of the territorial legislature.

See also

• United States elections, 1804
  • List of United States House of Representatives elections, 1789–1822
  • United States Senate elections, 1804 and 1805
  • United States presidential election, 1804
• 9th United States Congress

Notes

1. Includes 1 plural district
2. Includes 4 plural districts
3. Majority required for election, which was not met in 2 districts necessitating additional elections on December 18, 1804 and March 25, 1805
4. Changed from at-large
5. Elected in subsequent special election
6. In Vermont
7. Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
8. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
9. Elected to fill vacancy in 8th Congress
10. Source does not give complete results, but partial results suggest a very large majority
11. Source did not have returns for Israel
12. Source does not give full name

References

1. A New Nation Votes: American Elections Returns: 1787-1825
2. 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)