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The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 238 representatives were elected in the new state of Oregon, the pending new state of Kansas, and the other 32 states before the first session of the 36th United States Congress convened on December 5, 1859. They were held during President James Buchanan's term.
Winning a plurality for the first time, the Republicans benefited from multiple factors. These factors included the collapse of the nativist American Party, sectional strife in the Democratic Party, Northern voter dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's March 1857 Dred Scott decision, political exposure of Democrats to chaotic violence in Kansas amid repeated attempts to impose slavery against the express will of a majority of its settlers, and a sharp decline in President Buchanan's popularity due to his perceived fecklessness. In Pennsylvania, his home state, Republicans made particularly large gains.
The pivotal Dred Scott decision was only the second time the Supreme Court had overturned an Act of Congress on Constitutional grounds, after Marbury v. Madison. The decision created apprehension in the Northern United States, where slavery had ceased to exist, that the Supreme Court would strike down any limitations on slavery anywhere in the United States with a ruling in Lemmon v. New York.
Short of a majority, Republicans controlled the House with limited cooperation from smaller parties also opposing the Democrats. Republicans were united in opposing slavery in the territories and fugitive slave laws, while rejecting the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, key aspects of the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas–Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. Though not yet abolitionist, Republicans openly derived a primary partisan purpose from hostility to slavery while furnishing a mainstream platform for abolitionism. None of the party's views or positions was new. However, their catalytic cohesion into a unified political vehicle, and the bold dismissal of the South, represented a newly disruptive political force.
Democrats remained divided and politically trapped. Fifteen Democratic members publicly defied their party label. Of seven Independent Democrats, six represented Southern districts. Eight Northern anti-Lecompton Democrats favored a ban on slavery in Kansas, effectively upholding the Missouri Compromise their party had destroyed several years earlier. Democrats lacked credible leadership and continued to drift in a direction favorable to the interests of slavery despite obviously widening and intensifying Northern opposition to the expansion of those interests. A damaging public perception also existed that President Buchanan had improperly influenced and endorsed the Dred Scott decision, incorrectly believing that it had solved his main political problem. Such influence would violate the separation of powers. The wide gap between Democratic rhetoric and results alienated voters, while defeat in the North and intra-party defection combined to make the party both more Southern and more radical.
Democrats lost seats in some slave states as the disturbing turn of national events and surge in sectional tensions alarmed a significant minority of Southern voters. Southern politicians opposing both Democrats and extremism, but unwilling to affiliate with Republicans, ran on the Southern Opposition Party ticket (not to be conflated with the Opposition Party of 1854).[h]
For 11 states, this was the last full congressional election until the Reconstruction. Twenty-nine elected members quit near the end of the session following their states' secession from the Union, whose immediate motivation was the result of the presidential election of 1860.
One seat each was added for the new states of Oregon[3] and Kansas.[4]
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Oregon [j] | At-large | June 7, 1858 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | Districts | August 2, 1858 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | Districts | August 2, 1858 | 7 | 5[k] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | Districts | September 7, 1858 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | Districts | September 13, 1858 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | At-large | October 4, 1858 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | Districts | October 10–11, 1858 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | Districts | October 12, 1858 | 11 | 4[l] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | Districts | October 12, 1858 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | Districts | October 12, 1858 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | Districts | October 12, 1858 | 25 | 5[m] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | At-large | November 2, 1858 (Election Day)[n] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | Districts | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | Districts | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | Districts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Jersey | Districts | 5 | 2[o] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York | Districts | 33 | 7[p] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | Districts | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Hampshire | Districts | March 8, 1859 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | Districts | April 4, 1859 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | Districts | April 7, 1859 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | Districts | May 26, 1859 | 13 | 12[q] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | Districts | August 1, 1859 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | Districts | August 1, 1859 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | Districts | August 1, 1859 | 2 | 2[r] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | Districts | August 4, 1859 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | Districts | August 4, 1859 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | At-large | September 7, 1859 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | Districts | October 3, 1859 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi | Districts | October 3, 1859 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | At-large | October 4, 1859 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana | Districts | November 7, 1859 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | Districts | November 8, 1859 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas [s] | At-large | December 1, 1859 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 238[t] | 98[b] 41.4% | 35 | 5 2.1% | 9 | 19 8.0% | 19 | 116 48.5% | 26 |
There were special elections in 1858 and 1859 to the 35th United States Congress and 36th United States Congress.
Special elections are sorted by date then district.
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Massachusetts 7 | Nathaniel P. Banks | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent resigned December 24, 1857 to become Governor of Massachusetts. New member elected in December 1857 or January 1858 and seated January 21, 1858.[6] Republican hold. Winner had already been elected to the next term; see below. |
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North Carolina 8 | Thomas L. Clingman | Democratic | 1852 | Incumbent resigned May 7, 1858 to become U.S. Senator. New member elected August 5, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[6][7] Know Nothing gain. Winner later elected to the next term; see below. |
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Mississippi 5 | John A. Quitman | Democratic | 1855 | Incumbent died July 17, 1858. New member elected October 4, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[6] Democratic hold. Winner later elected to the next term; see below. |
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Pennsylvania 8 | J. Glancy Jones | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent resigned October 30, 1858. New member elected November 30, 1858 and seated December 7, 1858.[6][8] Republican gain. Winner was not elected to the next term; see below. |
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Illinois 6 | Thomas L. Harris | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent died November 24, 1858. New member elected January 4, 1859 and seated January 20, 1859.[6] Democratic hold. Winner was not elected to the next term; see below. |
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New York 4 | John Kelly | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent resigned December 25, 1858. New member elected January 4, 1859 and seated January 17, 1859.[6][9] Independent Democratic gain. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. |
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Ohio 14 | Cyrus Spink | Republican | 1858 | Incumbent died May 31, 1859. New member elected October 11, 1859 and seated December 5, 1859.[10] Republican hold. |
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Virginia 4 | William Goode | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent died May 31, 1859. New member elected October 27, 1859 and seated December 7, 1859.[10] Democratic hold. |
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Illinois 6 | Thomas L. Harris | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent died November 24, 1858. New member elected November 8, 1859 and seated December 5, 1859.[10] Democratic hold. |
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Arkansas 1 | Alfred B. Greenwood | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Arkansas 2 | Albert Rust | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California held its election September 7, 1859. From statehood to 1864, California's members were elected at-large, with the top finishers winning election.
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California at-large 2 seats on a general ticket | Charles L. Scott | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Joseph C. McKibbin | Anti-Lecompton Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. |
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Delaware at-large | William G. Whiteley | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Florida at-large | George S. Hawkins | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Kansas at-large | New state | New seat. New member elected December 1, 1859 in advance of January 29, 1861 statehood. Republican gain. |
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Louisiana 1 | George Eustis Jr. | Know Nothing | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Know Nothing hold. |
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Louisiana 2 | Miles Taylor | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana 3 | Thomas G. Davidson | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana 4 | John M. Sandidge | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Michigan 1 | William A. Howard | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Michigan 2 | Henry Waldron | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan 3 | David S. Walbridge | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Michigan 4 | Dewitt C. Leach | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan voted in 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat in the first elections of this Midterm. The only district to vote in favor of the Democratic Party's candidate was the First, which encompassed the modern-day counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, and Jackson.
Minnesota became a new state in 1858 having already elected its first two members at-large in October 1857 to finish the current term. The state then held elections to the next term October 4, 1859.
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Minnesota at-large 2 seats | James M. Cavanaugh | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. | Elected on a general ticket:
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William Wallace Phelps | Democratic | 1857 | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Republican gain. |
Elections held late, on October 3, 1859.
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Mississippi 1 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Democratic) 100%[22] |
Mississippi 2 | Reuben Davis | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 3 | William Barksdale | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y William Barksdale (Democratic) 100%[24] |
Mississippi 4 | Otho R. Singleton | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Mississippi 5 | John J. McRae | Democratic | 1858 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John J. McRae (Democratic) 100%[26] |
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Ohio elected its members October 12, 1858, netting a 3-seat Republican gain.
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Ohio 1 | George H. Pendleton | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 2 | William S. Groesbeck | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Ohio 3 | Clement Vallandigham | Democratic | 1856[u] | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 4 | Matthias H. Nichols | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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Ohio 5 | Richard Mott | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 6 | Joseph R. Cockerill | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Ohio 7 | Aaron Harlan | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 8 | Benjamin Stanton | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 9 | Lawrence W. Hall | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Ohio 10 | Joseph Miller | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Ohio 11 | Albert C. Thompson | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Democratic gain. |
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Ohio 12 | Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 13 | John Sherman | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 14 | Philemon Bliss | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. Successor died May 31, 1859, leading to a special election. |
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Ohio 15 | Joseph Burns | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Ohio 16 | Cydnor B. Tompkins | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 17 | William Lawrence | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Ohio 18 | Benjamin F. Leiter | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 19 | Edward Wade | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 20 | Joshua Reed Giddings | Republican | 1843 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 21 | John Bingham | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oregon at-large | New state | New seat. New member elected June 7, 1858. Democratic gain. Successor seated February 14, 1859.[6] New member did not run for the next term. |
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Oregon at-large | New state | New seat. Democratic hold. New member did not run for the current term. |
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Pennsylvania 1 | Thomas B. Florence | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 2 | Edward Joy Morris | Republican | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 3 | James Landy | Democratic | 1850 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 4 | Henry M. Phillips | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 5 | Owen Jones | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 6 | John Hickman | Democratic | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 7 | Henry Chapman | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 8 | J. Glancy Jones | Democratic |
| Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic hold. |
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Pennsylvania 9 | Anthony E. Roberts | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 10 | John C. Kunkel | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 11 | William L. Dewart | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 12 | Paul Leidy | Democratic | 1857 (special) | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 13 | William H. Dimmick | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 14 | Galusha A. Grow | Republican | 1850 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 15 | Allison White | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 16 | John A. Ahl | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent retired. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 17 | Wilson Reilly | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 18 | John R. Edie | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 19 | John Covode | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 20 | William Montgomery | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 21 | David Ritchie | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 22 | Samuel A. Purviance | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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Pennsylvania 23 | William Stewart | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Pennsylvania 24 | James L. Gillis | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 25 | John Dick | Republican | 1852 | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Rhode Island 1 | Nathan B. Durfee | Republican | 1855 | Incumbent retired. American Republican gain. |
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Rhode Island 2 | William D. Brayton | Republican | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
South Carolina 1 | John McQueen | Democratic | 1849 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 2 | William P. Miles | Democratic | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 3 | Laurence M. Keitt | Democratic | 1853 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 4 | Milledge L. Bonham | Democratic | 1857 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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South Carolina 5 | James Lawrence Orr | Democratic | 1848 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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South Carolina 6 | William W. Boyce | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections held late, on August 4, 1859.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | Albert G. Watkins | Democratic | 1855 | Incumbent retired. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 2 | Horace Maynard | Know Nothing | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected as an Oppositionist. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 3 | Samuel A. Smith | Democratic | 1853 | Incumbent lost re-election. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 4 | John H. Savage | Democratic | 1855 | Incumbent lost re-election. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 5 | Charles Ready | Know Nothing | 1853 | Incumbent lost re-election as an independent. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 6 | George W. Jones | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. |
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Tennessee 7 | John V. Wright | Democratic | 1855 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Tennessee 8 | Felix Zollicoffer | Know Nothing | 1853 | Incumbent retired. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 9 | John D. C. Atkins | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent lost re-election. Opposition gain. |
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Tennessee 10 | William T. Avery | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Texas 1 | John H. Reagan | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Texas 2 | Guy M. Bryan | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[39] | |
Vermont 1 | E. P. Walton | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 2 | Justin S. Morrill | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Vermont 3 | Homer E. Royce | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[40] | |
Virginia 1 | Muscoe R. H. Garnett | Democratic | 1856 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 2 | John Millson | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 3 | John Caskie | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 4 | William Goode | Democratic | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 5 | Thomas S. Bocock | Democratic | 1847 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 6 | Paulus Powell | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent lost re-election. Independent Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 7 | William Smith | Democratic |
| Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 8 | Charles J. Faulkner | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent lost re-election. Opposition gain. |
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Virginia 9 | John Letcher | Democratic | 1851 | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. |
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Virginia 10 | Sherrard Clemens | Democratic |
| Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 11 | Albert G. Jenkins | Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 12 | Henry A. Edmundson | Democratic | 1849 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Virginia 13 | George W. Hopkins | Democratic | Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic gain. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[41] | |
Wisconsin 1 | John F. Potter | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 2 | Cadwallader C. Washburn | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 3 | Charles Billinghurst | Republican | 1854 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain. |
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kansas | Marcus J. Parrott | Republican | 1856 or 1857 | Incumbent re-elected in 1859. |
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Nebraska | Fenner Ferguson | Independent Democratic | 1857 | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected October 11, 1859.[43] Democratic gain. Election was later overturned due to a successful challenge by the loser. |
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Johnston...will have the exquisite pleasure of being skinned alive by Parrott, in November.