1850 Iowa's 1st congressional district special election

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1850 Iowa's 1st congressional district special election

← 1848 September 24, 1850 1850 →

Nominee Daniel F. Miller William Thompson Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 5,463 4,801 Percentage 51.40% 45.17%

Representative before election None Elected Representative Daniel F. Miller Whig

A special election to the United States House of Representatives for Iowa's 1st congressional district was held September 24, 1850.

The winning candidate would serve briefly in the United States House of Representatives to represent Iowa in the 31st Congress until the General election on October 8, 1850.

Background[]

In 1848, the Whig Party nominated Miller to run against incumbent Democratic Congressman William Thompson. Thompson was declared the winner by the state's election canvassers, but Miller accused Thompson of absconding with the voting rolls from the election. The U.S. House resolved the contest over two years after it occurred, by deciding that neither Thompson nor Miller was entitled to the seat. ^[1]

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Nominee[]

• William Thompson, former U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district (1847-1850)

Whig[]

Nominee[]

• Daniel F. Miller, lawyer and former member of Iowa's territorial house of representatives (1840)

Independent[]

Nominee[]

• Delazon Smith, anti-abolitionist activist who later went onto become a U.S. Senator from Oregon

General election[]

See also[]

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1844
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1846

References[]