1802 and 1803 United States House of Representatives elections

1802 and 1803 United States House of Representatives elections

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All 142 seats in the United States House of Representatives 72 seats 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 at-large Last election 68 seats 38 seats Seats won 103 39 Seat change 35 1
Speaker before election Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican Elected Speaker Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 8th Congress were held at various dates in each state, from April 26, 1802 (in New York) to December 14, 1803 (in New Jersey) during Thomas Jefferson's first term in office. It was common in the early years of the United Congress for some states to elect representatives to a Congress after it had already convened. In the case of the 8th Congress, the representatives from New Jersey were only elected after its first meeting on October 17, 1803.

The membership of the House increased significantly as a result of population gains revealed in the United States Census of 1800. The greatest growth was in territories that constituted the western regions of the country at the time, a tremendous boost for Democratic-Republican candidates. Nearly all of the new seats created in reapportionment after the 1800 census went to Democratic-Republicans, closely aligned as they were with the agrarian interests of Western farmers. As a result, the Democratic-Republicans won the largest proportion of seats that either they or the competing Federalists had ever been able to secure in any earlier Congress, a supermajority greater than two-thirds of the total number.

Election summaries[]

These elections were the first following reapportionment after the 1800 Census. Thirty-five new seats were added in reapportionment,^[1] with three states having no change in apportionment, and thirteen states gaining between 1 and 7 seats. One further seat was added for the new state of Ohio, which is included in this table below.^[2]

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102	40
Democratic-Republican	Federalist

State	Type	Date	Total seats		Democratic- Republican		Federalist
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
New York	Districts	April 26–29, 1802	17	7	12	6	5	1
Connecticut	At-large	August 20, 1802	7		0		7
New Hampshire	At-large	August 30, 1802	5	1	0		5	1
Rhode Island	At-large	August 31, 1802	2		2		0
Georgia	At-large	October 4, 1802	4	2	4	2	0
Delaware	At-large	October 5, 1802	1		1	1	0	1
Pennsylvania	Districts	October 12, 1802	18	5	18	8	0	3
Massachusetts	District	November 1, 1802[a]	17	3	7		10	3
Vermont	Districts	December 13, 1802[b]	4	2	1		3	2
Maryland	Districts	January 1, 1803	9	1	6	1	3
South Carolina	Districts	February 3, 1803	8	2	6	3	2	1
Late elections (After the March 4, 1803 beginning of Congress)
Virginia	Districts	April 1803	22	3	18		4	3
Kentucky	Districts	August 2, 1803	6	4	6	4	0
Tennessee	At-large	August 5, 1803	3	2	3	2	0
North Carolina	Districts	August 15, 1803	12	2	11	5	1	3
Very late elections (After the October 17, 1803 beginning of 1st session)
New Jersey	At-large	December 14, 1803	6	1	6	1	0
Election of new state during 8th Congress
Ohio	At-large	June 21, 1803	1	1	1	1	0
Total			142	36	102 71.8%	34	40 28.2%	2

House seats Dem-Republican   72.54% Federalist   27.46%

Special elections[]

There were special elections in 1802 and 1803 during the 7th United States Congress and 8th United States Congress.

Elections are sorted here by date then district.

7th Congress[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member / Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Maryland 2	Richard Sprigg, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent resigned February 11, 1802. New member elected March 2, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated March 24, 1802. New member was later elected to the next term, see below.	Y Walter Bowie (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed[3]
South Carolina 4	Thomas Sumter	Democratic-Republican	1788 1792 (Lost) 1796	Incumbent resigned December 15, 1801 when elected U.S. senator. New member elected April 13, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated January 24, 1803.[4]	Y Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican) 98.7% John Kershaw (None) 1.3%[5]
Georgia at-large	Benjamin Taliaferro	Democratic-Republican	1798	Incumbent resigned sometime in 1802. New member elected April 26, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated December 6, 1802.	Y David Meriwether (Democratic-Republican) 86.95% Samuel Hammond 7.72% William Bryant 2.94% Francis Willis 1.02% William Stith 0.81% Thomas P. Carnes 0.34% James MacNeil 0.21%
Massachusetts 12	Silas Lee	Federalist	1798	Incumbent resigned August 20, 1801. New member elected July 29, 1802 on the fifth ballot. Federalist hold. New member seated December 6, 1802.	First ballot (September 25, 1801): Orchard Cook (Democratic-Republican) 47.9% (Democratic-Republican) 23.6% (Unknown) 24.1% Scattering 4.3%[6] Second ballot (December 7, 1801): Orchard Cook (Democratic-Republican) 42.5% (Democratic-Republican) 34.2% Phineas Bruce (Federalist) 7.1% (Unknown) 16.2%[7] Third ballot (April 5, 1802): Orchard Cook (Democratic-Republican) 45.0% (Democratic-Republican) 32.4% Phineas Bruce (Federalist) 13.3% (Unknown) 9.2%[8] Fourth ballot (June 7, 1802): Samuel Thatcher (Federalist) 33.0% (Democratic-Republican) 45.0% Phineas Bruce (Federalist) 8.3% Scattering 13.6%[9] Fifth ballot (July 29, 1802): Y Samuel Thatcher (Federalist) 59.3% (Democratic-Republican) 40.7%[10]
New Hampshire at-large	Joseph Peirce	Federalist	1800	Incumbent resigned sometime in 1802. New member elected August 30, 1802. Federalist hold. New member seated December 6, 1802. New member also elected, the same day, to the next term, see below.	Y Samuel Hunt (Federalist) 55.8% Nahum Parker (Democratic-Republican) 41.1% Scattering 3.1%[11]
Mississippi Territory at-large	Narsworthy Hunter	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent died March 11, 1802. New delegate elected August 1, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New delegate seated December 6, 1802. Winner was not elected to the next term, see below.	Y Thomas M. Green, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed[12]
North Carolina 8	Charles Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent died July 23, 1802. New member elected October 15, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated December 7, 1802.	Y Thomas Wynns (Democratic-Republican)[c] 57.7% (Democratic-Republican) 25.1% Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 17.2%[13]
Georgia at-large	John Milledge	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent resigned May 1802 to become Governor of Georgia. New member elected December 15, 1802. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated January 10, 1803.	Y Peter Early (Democratic-Republican) 69.11% Peter Early (Democratic-Republican) 30.45% (Federalist) 0.29% Cowles Mead (Democratic-Republican) 0.09%[14]

8th Congress[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 7	John Cantine	Democratic-Republican	1802	Incumbent resigned before the Congress began. New member elected April 28, 1803. Democratic-Republican hold. Winner was seated October 17, 1803.	Y Josiah Hasbrouck (Democratic-Republican) 53.3% (Federalist) 46.7%[15]
Connecticut at-large	Elias Perkins	Federalist	1800	Incumbent chose not to serve. New member elected September 5, 1803. Federalist hold. Winner was seated October 17, 1803.	Y Simeon Baldwin (Federalist) 62.84% (Democratic-Republican) 36.73% Scattering 0.43%[16]
New York 6	Isaac Bloom	Democratic-Republican	1802	Incumbent died April 26, 1803. New member elected September 16, 1803. Democratic-Republican hold. Winner was seated October 17, 1803.	Y Daniel C. Verplanck (Democratic-Republican) 57.4% (Federalist) 43.6%[17]
Georgia at-large	John Milledge	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent chose not to serve, having been elected Governor of Georgia. New member elected October 3, 1803. Democratic-Republican hold. New member seated October 17, 1803.	Y Joseph Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 71.3% (Federalist) 19.6% Cowles Mead (Democratic-Republican) 9.1%[18]

Connecticut[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket	John Cotton Smith	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Cotton Smith (Federalist) 15.8% Y Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) 13.3% Y Samuel W. Dana (Federalist) 13.1% Y Elias Perkins (Federalist) 12.6% Y Calvin Goddard (Federalist) 12.2% Y Roger Griswold (Federalist) 11.9% Y John Davenport (Federalist) 9.7% Simeon Baldwin (Federalist) 7.3% Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) 1.5%
	Benjamin Tallmadge	Federalist	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
	Samuel W. Dana	Federalist	1796	Incumbent re-elected.
	Elias Perkins	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected but declined to serve, leading to a special election.
	Calvin Goddard	Federalist	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
	Roger Griswold	Federalist	1794	Incumbent re-elected.
	John Davenport	Federalist	1798	Incumbent re-elected.

Delaware[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Delaware at-large	James A. Bayard	Federalist	1796	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Caesar A. Rodney (Democratic-Republican) 50.1% James A. Bayard (Federalist) 49.9%

Georgia[]

Georgia gained 2 seats in reapportionment after the 1800 census. It elected its representatives October 4, 1802 at-large on a general ticket.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Georgia at-large 4 seats on a general ticket	John Milledge	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent resigned in May 1802, leading to a December 15, 1802 special election. Incumbent elected to the next term, but declined the seat, leading to an October 3, 1803 special election.	Y John Milledge (Democratic-Republican) 21.2% Y David Meriwether (Democratic-Republican) 20.2% Y Peter Early (Democratic-Republican) 19.0% Y Samuel Hammond (Democratic-Republican) 13.2% Joseph Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Francis Willis (Democratic-Republican) 8.1% Matthew MacAlister 6.6%
	David Meriwether	Democratic-Republican	1802 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.

Kentucky[]

Kentucky gained 4 seats to 6 in reapportionment after the 1800 census.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kentucky 1	Thomas T. Davis	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 51.0% David Walker (Democratic-Republican) 49.0%
Kentucky 2	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Boyle (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Kentucky 3	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Matthew Walton (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Kentucky 4	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Thomas Sandford (Democratic-Republican) 43.2% (Democratic-Republican) 27.5% Richard M. Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 24.9% Joseph H. Daviess (Federalist) 4.4%
Kentucky 5	John Fowler Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Fowler (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Kentucky 6	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y George M. Bedinger (Democratic-Republican) 57.8% Philemon Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 32.0% (Democratic-Republican) 10.2%

Maryland[]

Maryland gained 1 seat in reapportionment after the 1800 census. Rather than increasing the number of districts, however, Maryland made the Maryland 5 a plural district with 2 seats.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Maryland 1	John Campbell	Federalist	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Campbell (Federalist) 79.5% William Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 20.5%
Maryland 2	Walter Bowie	Democratic-Republican	1802 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Walter Bowie (Democratic-Republican) 99.5% Others 0.5%
Maryland 3	Thomas Plater	Federalist	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Plater (Federalist) 51.9% Patrick Magruder (Democratic-Republican) 41.7% Richard Wooten (Federalist) 6.4%
Maryland 4	Daniel Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1788 (Pennsylvania) 1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Daniel Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 60.0% Eli Williams (Federalist) 40.0%
Maryland 5 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1792	Incumbent retired to run for Senate. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Nicholas R. Moore (Democratic-Republican) 53.8% Y William McCreery (Democratic-Republican) 38.3% George Buchanan (Federalist) 7.8%
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
Maryland 6	John Archer	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Archer (Democratic-Republican) 100.0%
Maryland 7	Joseph H. Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph H. Nicholson (Democratic-Republican) 99.6% Others 0.4%
Maryland 8	John Dennis	Federalist	1796	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Dennis (Federalist) 94.9% Joshua Prideaux (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Samuel Heath 1.1% Others 0.7%

Massachusetts[]

Massachusetts increased 3 seats to 17 in reapportionment after the 1800 census. Massachusetts law at the time required a majority for election to an office, which requirement was not met in the 6th district, requiring two additional ballots.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Massachusetts 1 "Suffolk district"	William Eustis Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Eustis (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% John Quincy Adams (Federalist) 49.2%
Massachusetts 2 "Essex South district"	Nathan Read Redistricted from the 10th district	Federalist	1800 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Jacob Crowninshield (Democratic-Republican) 51.9% Timothy Pickering (Federalist) 48.0%
Massachusetts 3 "Essex North district"	Manasseh Cutler Redistricted from the 11th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Manasseh Cutler (Federalist) 75.5% Thomas Kitteridge (Democratic-Republican) 21.4% Others 3.1%
Massachusetts 4 "Middlesex district"	Joseph Bradley Varnum Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1795	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 70.1% Timothy Bigelow (Federalist) 27.7% Samuel Kendall (Federalist) 1.8%
Massachusetts 5 "Hampshire South district"	William Shepard Redistricted from the 2nd district	Federalist	1797	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	Y Thomas Dwight (Federalist) 78.0% Samuel Fowler (Democratic-Republican) 9.5% Jonathan Smith (Democratic-Republican) 5.8% Scattering 6.7%
Massachusetts 6 "Hampshire North district"	Ebenezer Mattoon Redistricted from the 3rd district	Federalist	1800 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	First ballot (November 1, 1802): (Federalist) 29.5% (Federalist) 15.2% Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 14.9% (Democratic-Republican) 12.3% (Federalist) 10.1% (Federalist) 8.0% (Democratic-Republican) 5.2% 4.8% Second ballot (January 24, 1803): (Federalist) 36.9% Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 27.5% (Democratic-Republican) 21.2% (Federalist) 14.4% Third ballot (April 3, 1803): Y Samuel Taggart (Federalist) 73.2% (Federalist) 26.8%
Massachusetts 7 "Plymouth district"	Josiah Smith Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Nahum Mitchell (Federalist) 58.3% Henry Warren (Democratic-Republican) 41.6%
Massachusetts 8 "Barnstable district"	Lemuel Williams Redistricted from the 5th district	Federalist	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Lemuel Williams (Federalist) 55.5% Isaiah L. Green (Democratic-Republican) 44.5%
Massachusetts 9 "Bristol district"	Phanuel Bishop Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Phanuel Bishop (Democratic-Republican) 57.3% Laban Wheaton (Federalist) 42.4%
Massachusetts 10 "Worcester South district"	Seth Hastings Redistricted from the 4th district	Federalist	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Seth Hastings (Federalist) 62.2% Edward Bangs (Democratic-Republican) 37.3%
Massachusetts 11 "Worcester North district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y William Stedman (Federalist) 71.7% John Whiting (Democratic-Republican) 27.9%
Massachusetts 12 "Berkshire district"	John Bacon Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Thomson J. Skinner (Democratic-Republican) 58.4% Daniel Dewey (Federalist) 41.0%
Massachusetts 13 "Norfolk district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Ebenezer Seaver (Democratic-Republican) 65.1% Oliver N. Everett (Federalist) 29.4% Samuel Dexter (Democratic-Republican) 2.8% Benjamin Hitchbourne (Democratic-Republican) 2.8%
Massachusetts 14 "York district," District of Maine	Richard Cutts	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Cutts (Democratic-Republican) 52.3% John Lord (Federalist) 44.4% Moses Sweat (Federalist) 3.2%
Massachusetts 15 "Cumberland district," District of Maine	Peleg Wadsworth Redistricted from the 13th district	Federalist	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist) 88.5% Isaac Parsons 8.5% Scattering 3.0%
Massachusetts 16 "Lincoln district," District of Maine	Samuel Thatcher Redistricted from the 12th district	Federalist	1802 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Samuel Thatcher (Federalist) 63.7% William King (Democratic-Republican) 18.1% John Farley (Democratic-Republican) 12.7% Scattering 5.5%
Massachusetts 17 "Kennebec district," District of Maine	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Phineas Bruce (Federalist) 57.5% Martin Kinsley (Democratic-Republican) 42.5%

Mississippi Territory[]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

New Hampshire[]

New Hampshire increased its apportionment from 4 seats to 5 after the 1800 census.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
New Hampshire at-large 5 seats on a general ticket	Samuel Tenney	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Samuel Tenney (Federalist) 12.6% Y Samuel Hunt (Federalist) 12.0% Y David Hough (Federalist) 11.8% Y Silas Betton (Federalist) 11.6% Y Clifton Clagett (Federalist) 11.3% Nahum Parker (Democratic-Republican) 8.4% Clement Storer (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% Jonathan Smith (Democratic-Republican)8.0% Moody Bedell (Democratic-Republican) 7.1% Thomas Cogswell (Democratic-Republican) 4.5% Obed Hall (Democratic-Republican) 2.1% Scattering 2.7%
	Vacant.			Incumbent Joseph Peirce resigned in 1802. New member elected. Federalist hold.
	George B. Upham	Federalist	1800	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.
	Abiel Foster	Federalist	1794	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.

New Jersey[]

New Jersey increased its apportionment from 5 seats to 6 after the 1800 census.

The Federalists did not run any official candidates in 1802, but a few Federalists did receive scattered votes.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Jersey at-large 6 seats on a general ticket	John Condit	Democratic-Republican	1798	Incumbent retired to run for Senate. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y James Mott (Democratic-Republican) 16.5% Y Henry Southard (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% Y William Helms (Democratic-Republican) 16.4% Y Ebenezer Elmer (Democratic-Republican) 16.3% Y Adam Boyd (Democratic-Republican) 16.3% Y James Sloan (Democratic-Republican) 16.3% Aaron Ogden (Federalist) 0.5% Frederick Frelinghuysen (Federalist) 0.4% William Coxe (Federalist) 0.3% James H. Imlay (Federalist) 0.3% Richard Stockton (Federalist) 0.3% Jonathan Elmer (Federalist) 0.2%
	Ebenezer Elmer	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.
	William Helms	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.
	James Mott	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.
	Henry Southard	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.

New York[]

New York's apportionment increased from 10 seats to 17 seats after the 1800 census. The state was subsequently redistricted. 11 open seats were available due to the increase in apportionment and retirement of incumbents.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New York 1	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1799 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 100%
New York 2	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Joshua Sands (Federalist) 51.3% John Broome (Democratic-Republican) 48.7%
New York 3	Samuel L. Mitchill Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Samuel L. Mitchill (Democratic-Republican) 96.5% Joshua Sands (Federalist) 3.5%
New York 4	Philip Van Courtlandt Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip Van Courtlandt (Democratic-Republican) 83.5% Peter Taulman (Democratic-Republican) 16.5%
New York 5	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Andrew McCord (Democratic-Republican) 84.4% John Hathorn (Federalist) 15.6%
New York 6	Theodorus Bailey Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic-Republican	1793 1796 (Lost) 1798 1800 (Retired) 1801 (Special)	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Isaac Bloom (Democratic-Republican) 55.4% Samuel Mott (Federalist) 44.6%
New York 7	Lucas Elmendorf Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1796	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Cantine (Democratic-Republican) 48.8% Conrad C. Elmendorf (Federalist) 46.3% Conrad E. Elmendorf 4.9%
New York 8	John P. Van Ness Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Henry W. Livingston (Federalist) 51.5% John P. Van Ness (Democratic-Republican) 48.5%
New York 9	Killian Van Rensselaer Redistricted from the 8th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Killian Van Rensselaer (Federalist) 62.4% Abraham G. Lansing (Democratic-Republican) 37.6%
New York 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y George Tibbits (Federalist) 51.2% Josiah Masters (Democratic-Republican) 48.8%
New York 11	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Beriah Palmer (Democratic-Republican) 74.2% Guert Van Schoonhoven (Federalist) 25.8%
New York 12	David Thomas Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y David Thomas (Democratic-Republican) 64.1% John Williams 35.9%
New York 13	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Thomas Sammons (Democratic-Republican) 68.3% Robert McFarlan (Federalist) 31.7%
New York 14	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Erastus Root (Democratic-Republican) 57.4% Benjamin Gilbert (Federalist) 42.8%
New York 15	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Gaylord Griswold (Federalist) 53.5% Francis A. Bloodgood (Democratic-Republican) 46.5%
New York 16	Benjamin Walker Redistricted from the 9th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Paterson (Democratic-Republican) 55.4% Comfort Tyler (Federalist) 44.6%
New York 17	Thomas Morris Redistricted from the 10th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Oliver Phelps (Democratic-Republican) 41.5% Nathaniel W. Howell (Federalist) 37.1% William Stuart (Democratic-Republican) 21.4%

North Carolina[]

North Carolina increased its apportionment from 10 to 12 seats after the 1800 census.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
North Carolina 1	Thomas Wynns Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic-Republican	1802 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Wynns[e] (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 2	Willis Alston Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1798	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 63.1% William R. Davie (Federalist) 26.9%
North Carolina 3	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y William Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) 51.1% Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 48.9%
North Carolina 4	John Stanly Redistricted from the 10th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y William Blackledge (Democratic-Republican) 59.9% John Stanly (Federalist) 40.1%
North Carolina 5	William H. Hill Redistricted from the 6th district	Federalist	1798	Incumbent retired when appointed U.S. District Judge (later withdrawn). New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican) 57.5% Alexander D. Moore (Federalist) 42.5%
North Carolina 6	Nathaniel Macon Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic-Republican	1791	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 99.8%
North Carolina 7	William B. Grove	Federalist	1790	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.	Y Samuel D. Purviance (Federalist) 42.3% Duncan McFarlan (Democratic-Republican) 33.0% Isaac Lanier (Federalist) 23.6% John Hay (Democratic-Republican) 1.1%
	Robert Williams Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic-Republican	1796	Incumbent retired to . Democratic-Republican loss.
North Carolina 8	Richard Stanford Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1796	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 75.1% Nathaniel Jones (Federalist) 24.9%
North Carolina 9	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Marmaduke Williams (Democratic-Republican) 53.8% Theophilus Lacy (Democratic-Republican) 28.3% William Nash (Democratic-Republican) 15.5% Anton Brown (Federalist) 2.4%
North Carolina 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 55.8% Basil Gaither (Federalist) 44.2%
North Carolina 11	James Holland Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 70.7% William Tate (Federalist) 29.3%
North Carolina 12	Archibald Henderson Redistricted from the 2nd district	Federalist	1798	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican) 29.6% Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 28.6% William Lenoir (Democratic-Republican) 22.8% George Houser (Democratic-Republican) 9.7% Mussendine Matthews (Federalist) 9.3%

Ohio[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Ohio at-large	Ohio is considered to have been admitted to the Union near the end of the 7th Congress,[f] but did not elect representatives until the 8th Congress. For this reason, Ohio is considered to have had a vacant seat in the House and two vacant seats in the Senate in the 7th Congress.[4]			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain	Y Jeremiah Morrow (Democratic-Republican) 48.2% William McMillan[g] (Federalist) 26.6% (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Elias Langham (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% William Goforth (Democratic-Republican) 4.1% Others 1.4%

Pennsylvania[]

Pennsylvania increased its apportionment from 13 to 18 seats after the 1800 census. The state was re-districted from 12 into 11 districts, four of which were plural districts.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[21]
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 3 seats	William Jones	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Joseph Clay (Democratic-Republican) 20.2% Y Jacob Richards (Democratic-Republican) 20.0% Y Michael Leib (Democratic-Republican) 18.4% George Latimer (Federalist) 13.4% Peter Brown (Federalist) 13.3% Jonas Preston (Federalist) 13.2% Elisha Gordon (Federalist) 1.4%
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
	Michael Leib Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic-Republican	1798	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 3 seats	Robert Brown Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1798 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Brown (Democratic-Republican) 33.0% Y Isaac Van Horne (Democratic-Republican) 30.8% Y Frederick Conrad (Democratic-Republican) 17.9% Samuel Sitgreaves (Federalist) 11.3% Nathaniel Borleau (Federalist) 4.8% Lord Butler (Federalist) 2.2%
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
	Isaac Van Horne Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 3 seats	Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	1800	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Whitehill (Democratic-Republican) 22.1% Y Isaac Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 22.0% Y Joseph Hiester 21.7% Jacob Bower (Federalist) 11.6% Joseph Hemphill (Federalist) 11.4% Thomas Boude (Federalist) 11.3%
	Joseph Hiester Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic-Republican	1797 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
	Thomas Boude Redistricted from the 7th district	Federalist	1800	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 2 seats	John A. Hanna Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic-Republican	1796	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John A. Hanna (Democratic-Republican) 50.5% Y David Bard (Democratic-Republican) 49.3% David Mitchell (Federalist) 0.2%
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 5	Andrew Gregg Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1791	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Andrew Gregg (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Pennsylvania 6	John Stewart Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Stewart (Democratic-Republican) 56.7% John Edie (Federalist) 43.3%
Pennsylvania 7	Henry Woods Redistricted from the 10th district	Federalist	1798	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Rea (Democratic-Republican) 66.6% Henry Woods (Federalist) 28.9% John McLene (Democratic-Republican) 4.5%
Pennsylvania 8	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y William Findley (Democratic-Republican) 53.9% Jacob Painter (Democratic-Republican) 46.1%
Pennsylvania 9	John Smilie Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic-Republican	1792 1798	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Smilie (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Pennsylvania 10	William Hoge Redistricted from the 12th district	Democratic-Republican	1801 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Hoge (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
Pennsylvania 11	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John Lucas (Democratic-Republican) 48.9% John Wilkins (Federalist) 36.7% Alexander Foster (Federalist) 14.4%

Rhode Island[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Rhode Island at-large 2 seats on a general ticket	Thomas Tillinghast	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Joseph Stanton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 30.7% Y Nehemiah Knight (Democratic-Republican) 30.6% Thomas Tillinghast (Federalist)[h] 19.4% Elisha Potter (Federalist) 19.3%
	Joseph Stanton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.

South Carolina[]

South Carolina increased its apportionment from 6 seats to 8 after the 1800 census.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1 "Charleston district"	Thomas Lowndes	Federalist	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Lowndes (Federalist) 52.3% Robert Marion (Democratic-Republican) 47.7%
South Carolina 2 "Beaufort and Edgefield district"	John Rutledge Jr.	Federalist	1796	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y William Butler Sr. (Democratic-Republican) 93.3% John Rutledge Jr. (Federalist) 6.7%
	William Butler Sr. Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 3 "Georgetown district"	Benjamin Huger	Federalist	1798	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Benjamin Huger (Federalist) 50.9% Lemuel Benton (Democratic-Republican) 49.1%
South Carolina 4 "Orangeburgh district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Wade Hampton (Democratic-Republican) 50.9% John Taylor (Federalist) 49.1%
South Carolina 5 "Sumter district"	Richard Winn Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1802 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican) 52.1% John Kershaw (Federalist) 47.9%
South Carolina 6 "Abbeville district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Levi Casey (Democratic-Republican) 43.5% John Calhoun (Democratic-Republican) 29.8% Robert Creswell (Federalist) 14.1% James Saxon (Federalist) 10.3% Benjamin Herndon (Federalist) 2.4%
South Carolina 7 "Chester district"	Thomas Moore Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Moore (Democratic-Republican) 60.5% William Hill (Federalist) 25.8% William Smith (Democratic-Republican) 13.8%
South Carolina 8 "Pendleton district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y John B. Earle (Democratic-Republican) 71.8% Eliab Moore (Federalist) 28.2%

Tennessee[]

Tennessee increased its apportionment from 1 seat to 3 seats after the 1800 census.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee at-large 3 seats on a general ticket	William Dickson	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Dickson (Democratic-Republican) 30.2% Y George W. Campbell (Democratic-Republican) 29.7% Y John Rhea (Democratic-Republican) 23.0% John Cocke (Democratic-Republican) 17.2%
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
	None (Seat created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.

Vermont[]

Vermont increased its apportionment from 2 seats to 4 after the 1800 census. Vermont law at the time required a majority of votes to win an office, which frequently necessitated additional ballots.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[d]
Vermont 1 "Southwest district"	Israel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1791 1797 (Lost) 1800	Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Gideon Olin (Democratic-Republican) 54.3% Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican) 18.1% Abel Spencer (Federalist) 14.0% Chauncey Langdon (Federalist) 10.2% 1.9% Others 1.5%
Vermont 2 "Southeast district"	Lewis R. Morris	Federalist	1797 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold.	First ballot (December 13, 1802): Lewis R. Morris (Federalist) 45.6% James Elliot (Federalist) 42.7% Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican) 5.4% (Federalist) 2.9% Others 3.4% Second ballot (March 1, 1803): Y James Elliot (Federalist) 54.1% Daniel Farrand (Federalist) 37.6% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 4.4% Lewis R. Morris (Federalist) 1.5% Others 2.3%
Vermont 3 "Northeast district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y William Chamberlain (Federalist) 53.9% Nathaniel Niles (Democratic-Republican) 38.2% James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 7.3% Others 0.5%
Vermont 4 "Northwest district"	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	First ballot (December 13, 1802): Udney Hay (Democratic-Republican) 45.3% Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 28.2% Amos Marsh (Federalist) 19.6% Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 2.3% (Federalist) 1.9% Others 2.7% Second ballot (March 1, 1803): Udney Hay (Democratic-Republican) 49.2% Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 29.8% Amos Marsh (Federalist) 19.9% Others 1.1% Third ballot (May 9, 1803): Y Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 54.0% Udney Hay (Democratic-Republican) 44.8% Others 1.2%

Virginia[]

Virginia increased its apportionment from 19 to 22 seats after the 1800 census. Virginia's congressional delegation remained the largest of any state, but would lose this distinction permanently after the Census of 1810. Elections were held over three days in April 1803.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Virginia 1	George Jackson Redistricted from the 3rd district	Democratic-Republican	1795 1797 (Lost) 1799	Incumbent retired. New member (incumbent's son) elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y John G. Jackson[e] (Democratic-Republican) Thomas Wilson (Federalist)
Virginia 2	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y James Stephenson (Federalist) 53.6% Osborn Sprigg (Democratic-Republican) 46.4%
Virginia 3	John Smith Redistricted from the 1st district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 89.9% Joseph Sexton (Democratic-Republican) 10.1%
Virginia 4	David Holmes Redistricted from the 2nd district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y David Holmes[e] (Democratic-Republican) Isaac Van Meter (Federalist)
Virginia 5	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain. Results were subsequently challenged and overturned.[i]	Y Thomas Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 44.4% Andrew Moore (Democratic-Republican) 36.8% John Woodward (Federalist) 18.7%
Virginia 6	Abram Trigg Redistricted from the 4th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Abram Trigg[e] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 7	Richard Brent Redistricted from the 17th district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 56.5% Richard Brent (Democratic-Republican) 43.5%
Virginia 8	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Walter Jones[e][j] (Democratic-Republican) James Ball (Federalist)
Virginia 9	Philip R. Thompson Redistricted from the 18th district	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Philip R. Thompson[e] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 10	John Dawson Redistricted from the 15th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Dawson[e] (Democratic-Republican) William I. Callis (Federalist)
Virginia 11	Anthony New Redistricted from the 16th district	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) 71.4% John Taylor (Federalist) 28.6%
Virginia 12	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Federalist gain.	Y Thomas Griffin (Federalist) 50.8% Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 49.2%
Virginia 13	John J. Trigg Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John J. Trigg[e] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 14	Matthew Clay Redistricted from the 6th district	Democratic-Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 88.9% James Hurt (Federalist) 11.1%
Virginia 15	John Randolph Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Randolph[e] (Democratic-Republican) Paul Carrington (Federalist) Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican) Ischaxner Woodson
Virginia 16	William B. Giles Redistricted from the 9th district	Democratic-Republican	1790 (Special) 1798 (Resigned) 1801	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y John W. Eppes[e] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 17	Thomas Claiborne Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic-Republican	1793 1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 51.3% Richard Field (Federalist) 48.7%
Virginia 18	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	Y Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) 66.9% James Jones (Federalist) 33.1%
Virginia 19	Edwin Gray Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed
	John Taliaferro	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent retired. Democratic-Republican loss.
Virginia 20	Thomas Newton Jr. Redistricted from the 11th district	Democratic-Republican	1799	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thomas Newton Jr.[e] (Democratic-Republican)
Virginia 21	Samuel J. Cabell Redistricted from the 14th district	Democratic-Republican	1795	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y Thomas M. Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 50.4% Samuel J. Cabell (Democratic-Republican) 49.6%
Virginia 22	John Clopton Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic-Republican	1801	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Clopton[e] (Democratic-Republican) James Rind (Federalist)

Non-voting delegates[]

District	Incumbent			This race
	Delegate	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi Territory at-large	Thomas M. Green Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1802 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New delegate elected on an unknown date. Democratic-Republican hold.	Y William Lattimore (None) [data unknown/missing][23]

See also[]

• 1802 United States elections
  • 1789–1822 List of United States House of Representatives elections
  • 1802 and 1803 United States Senate elections
• 7th United States Congress
• 8th United States Congress

Notes[]

References[]

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)