1854 and 1855 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1854 and 1855 United States House of Representatives elections were held during President Franklin Pierce's term at various dates in different states from August 1854 to November 1855.

This midterm election was among the most disruptive in American history, auguring the collapse of the Second Party System.

Both major parties, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, organized as rivals for roughly 20 years, lost critical voter support. Northern voters strongly opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act shifted sharply against Democrats, who lost 69 seats, nearly half their House delegation. Whigs also lost seats as the party disintegrated over slavery.

The elected majority temporarily coalesced as the Opposition Party. This transitional party included Whigs, Free Soil members, American Party members (or Know Nothings), the People's Party of Indiana, Anti-Nebraska candidates, disaffected Northern Democrats, and members of the nascent Republican Party, which would soon absorb most of these factions and replace the Whigs as rival to the Democrats.

Candidates opposed to the Democratic Party won widely in the North through November 1854. The American Party, ignoring slavery and opposing immigration (particularly by Catholics from Ireland and Germany) won seats from both major parties, but to the net loss of Democrats, in New England and the South from November 1854 into 1855.

Congress had passed the Kansas–Nebraska Act in May 1854 after aggressive sponsorship by the Pierce Administration and Democrats led by Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas, including radical pro-slavery legislators. The Act repealed the 1820 Missouri Compromise and triggered the Bleeding Kansas conflict. With widely foreseen risks and immediately negative results, the Act publicly discredited the Democratic Party, fueling new partisan and sectional rancor. It created violent uncertainty on the frontier by abruptly making slavery potentially legal in territories originally comprising the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase and attractive to contemporary settlers. Settlers were expected to determine the status of slavery locally. This idea appealed to Democratic politicians and to some voters in its shape and intent, but proved unworkable in Kansas where the status of slavery would be violently disputed between more numerous Northern settlers and geographically closer Southern settlers. Even some pro-slavery legislators and voters, particularly Southern Whigs, felt repealing the Missouri Compromise was politically reckless and attempting to push slavery by law and force into territories where most settlers predictably were unlikely to want it endangered its continued legal protection anywhere, even in the South. These fears proved prescient.

More than 21 Representatives vied for the post of Speaker. After two months and 133 ballots, American Party Representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts, also a Free Soiler, defeated Democrat William Aiken of South Carolina by plurality, 103-100. Banks is also the only Speaker from a third party to date.

Special elections
There were two special elections to the 33rd United States Congress, listed here by date and district.

! PA's 8th congressional district New member elected February 4, 1854. Democratic hold.
 * Henry A. Muhlenberg
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent died January 9, 1854.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jehu Glancy Jones (Democratic) 60.01%

William H. Keim (Whig) 39.99%

! MA's 1st congressional district New member elected April 17, 1854. Whig hold.
 * Zeno Scudder
 * | Whig
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent resigned March 4, 1854.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 52.04%

Abraham H. Howland (Independent) 47.96%

! NY's 12th congressional district New member elected November 7, 1854. Whig gain.
 * Gilbert Dean
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent resigned July 3, 1854.
 * nowrap | ✅ Isaac Teller (Whig) 50.56%

Samuel F. B. Morse (Soft-Shell Democratic) 31.27%

Charles Robinson (Hard-Shell Democratic) 18.17%

! KY's 3rd congressional district New member elected November 13, 1854. Whig hold.
 * Presley Ewing
 * | Whig
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent died September 27, 1854.
 * nowrap | ✅ Francis Bristow (Whig) 81.58%

A. J. Halberson (Unknown) 18.42%


 * }

Alabama
! AL's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Philip Phillips
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Percy Walker (Know Nothing) 52.40%

James Adams Stallworth (Democratic) 47.60%

! AL's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * James Abercrombie
 * | Whig
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Eli Sims Shorter (Democratic) 54.89%

Julius Caesar Alford (Know Nothing) 45.11%

! AL's 3rd congressional district
 * James Ferguson Dowdell
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Ferguson Dowdell (Democratic) 52.20%

Thomas H. Watts (Know Nothing) 47.80%

! AL's 4th congressional district Know Nothing gain.
 * William Russell Smith
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Russell Smith (Know Nothing) 59.83%

Sydenham Moore (Democratic) 40.17%

! AL's 5th congressional district
 * George S. Houston
 * | Democratic
 * 1843
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ George S. Houston (Democratic) 100.00%

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! AL's 6th congressional district
 * Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb
 * | Democratic
 * 1847
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democratic) 62.87%

James M. Adams (Independent) 37.13%

! AL's 7th congressional district
 * Sampson Willis Harris
 * | Democratic
 * 1847
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sampson Willis Harris (Democratic)


 * }

Arkansas
! AR's 1st congressional district
 * Alfred B. Greenwood
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Alfred B. Greenwood (Democratic) 97.99%

W.C. Myrtle (Independent) 2.01%

! AR's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Edward A. Warren
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Albert Rust (Democratic) 65.95%

E.G. Walker (Whig) 34.05%


 * }

California
Note: From statehood to 1864, California's representatives were elected at-large, with the top two vote-getters winning election from 1849 to 1858.

! rowspan=2 | CA At-large 2 seats New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Milton S. Latham
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent withdrew.
 * rowspan=2 nowrap | (Elected on a general ticket)✅ James W. Denver (anti-Broderick Democratic) 22.41%

✅ Philemon T. Herbert (anti-Broderick Democratic) 22.24%

George Washington Bowie (Whig) 21.14%

Calhoun Benham (Whig) 20.94%

James Churchman (Broderick Democratic) 6.09%

James A. McDougall (Broderick Democratic) 6.07%

Milton S. Latham (Broderick Democratic) 1.12%

New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * James A. McDougall
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.


 * }

Connecticut
! CT's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * James T. Pratt
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ezra Clark Jr. (Know Nothing) 52.11%

James T. Pratt (Democratic) 47.89%

! CT's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Colin M. Ingersoll
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Woodruff (Know Nothing) 55.50%

Samuel Arnold (Democratic) 44.50%

! CT's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Nathan Belcher
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Sidney Dean (Know Nothing) 67.51%

Joel W. White (Democratic) 32.49%

! CT's 4th congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Origen S. Seymour
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ William W. Welch (Know Nothing) 56.07%

William H. Noble (Democratic) 43.94%


 * }

Delaware


! DE At-large New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * George R. Riddle
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elisha D. Cullen (Know Nothing) 51.85%

George R. Riddle (Democratic) 48.15%


 * }

Florida
! FL At-large
 * Augustus Maxwell
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Augustus Maxwell (Democratic) 55.26%

Thomas Brown (Whig) 44.74%


 * }

Georgia
! GA's 1st congressional district
 * James Lindsay Seward
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Lindsay Seward (Democratic) 57.62%

Samuel Varnadoe (Know Nothing) 42.38%

! GA's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Alfred H. Colquitt
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Martin J. Crawford (Democratic) 51.99%

Willis Hawkins (Know Nothing) 48.01%

! GA's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * David Jackson Bailey
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert Pleasant Trippe (Know Nothing) 53.97%

James Milton Smith (Democratic) 46.03%

! GA's 4th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * William Barton Wade Dent
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hiram B. Warner (Democratic) 50.26%

Benjamin Harvey Hill (Know Nothing) 49.74%

! GA's 5th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Elijah Webb Chastain
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Henry Lumpkin (Democratic) 58.61%

Lewis Tumblin (Know Nothing) 41.39%

! GA's 6th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Junius Hillyer
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Howell Cobb (Democratic) 63.78%

Leonidas Franklin (Know Nothing) 36.22%

! GA's 7th congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * David Addison Reese
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nathaniel Greene Foster (Know Nothing) 51.13%

Linton Stephens (Democratic) 48.87%

! GA's 8th congressional district Democratic gain.
 * Alexander Stephens
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Alexander Stephens (Democratic)


 * }

Illinois
! IL's 1st congressional district Republican gain.
 * Elihu B. Washburne
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Elihu B. Washburne (Republican) 69.33%

William M. Jackson (Democratic) 22.99%

E. P. Ferry (Anti-Nebraska) 7.68%

! IL's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * John Wentworth
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ James H. Woodworth (Republican) 53.05%

Robert S. Blackwell (Whig) 19.84%

John B. Turner (Democratic) 19.48%

Edward L. Mayo (Anti-Nebraska) 7.63%

! IL's 3rd congressional district Republican gain.
 * Jesse O. Norton
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jesse O. Norton (Republican) 62.76%

John A. Drake (Democratic) 37.24%

! IL's 4th congressional district Republican gain.
 * James Knox
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Knox (Republican) 57.22%

William McMurtry (Democratic) 42.79%

! IL's 5th congressional district
 * William A. Richardson
 * | Democratic
 * 1847 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William A. Richardson (Democratic) 52.38%

Archibald Williams (Republican) 47.62%

! IL's 6th congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * Richard Yates
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas L. Harris (Democratic) 50.50%

Richard Yates (Whig) 49.50%

! IL's 7th congressional district Election disqualified. Democratic loss.
 * James C. Allen
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | James C. Allen (Democratic) 50.00%

William Beatty Archer (Whig) 50.00%

! IL's 8th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * William Henry Bissell
 * | Independent Democratic
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lyman Trumbull (Anti-Nebraska) 59.87%

Philip Bond Fouke (Democratic) 40.13%

! IL's 9th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Willis Allen
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel S. Marshall (Democratic) 64.67%

G. Jay S. Turney (Republican) 22.15%

DeWitt C. Barber (Unknown) 9.71%

A. Grow (Unknown) 2.05%

S. A. Rowan (Unknown) 1.42%


 * }

Indiana
! IN's 1st congressional district
 * Smith Miller
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Smith Miller (Democratic) 52.15%

Sam Hall (People's) 47.85%

! IN's 2nd congressional district
 * William Hayden English
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Hayden English (Democratic) 51.70%

Thomas C. Slaught (People's) 48.30%

! IN's 3rd congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Cyrus L. Dunham
 * | Democratic
 * 1849
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ George G. Dunn (People's) 54.53%

Cyrus L. Dunham (Democratic) 45.47%

! IN's 4th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * James H. Lane
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Cumback (People's) 51.92%

William G. Holman (Democratic) 48.08%

! IN's 5th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Samuel W. Parker
 * | Whig
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ David P. Holloway (People's) 64.25%

J. J. Buckles (Democratic) 35.76%

! IN's 6th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Thomas A. Hendricks
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lucien Barbour (People's) 51.41%

Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) 48.59%

! IN's 7th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * John G. Davis
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Harvey D. Scott (People's) 52.58%

John G. Davis (Democratic) 47.42%

! IN's 8th congressional district People's gain.
 * Daniel Mace
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Daniel Mace (People's) 56.92%

James Davis (Democratic) 43.08%

! IN's 9th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Norman Eddy
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Schuyler Colfax (People's) 54.85%

Norman Eddy (Democratic) 45.15%

! IN's 10th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Ebenezer M. Chamberlain
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel Brenton (People's) 56.00%

Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (Democratic) 44.00%

! IN's 11th congressional district New member elected. People's gain.
 * Andrew J. Harlan
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ John U. Pettit (People's) 56.59%

James R. Slack (Democratic) 43.41%


 * }

Iowa
! IA's 1st congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Bernhart Henn
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Augustus Hall (Democratic) 50.27%

R.L. Clark (Whig) 49.50%

J.L. Ashbaugh (Independent) 0.23%

! IA's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Whig hold.
 * William Vandever
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Thorington (Whig) 53.33%

Stephen P. Hempstead (Democratic) 46.09%

Augustus Hall (Independent) 0.57%


 * }

Kentucky
! KY's 1st congressional district

! KY's 2nd congressional district

! KY's 3rd congressional district

! KY's 4th congressional district

! KY's 5th congressional district

! KY's 6th congressional district

! KY's 7th congressional district

! KY's 8th congressional district

! KY's 9th congressional district

! KY's 10th congressional district


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Louisiana
! LA's 1st congressional district

! LA's 2nd congressional district

! LA's 3rd congressional district

! LA's 4th congressional district


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Maine
! ME's 1st congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Moses Macdonald
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John M. Wood (Republican) 59.36%

Samuel Wells (Democratic) 39.91%

Lorenzo D. Wilkinson (Independent) 0.74%

! ME's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Samuel Mayall
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John J. Perry (Republican) 56.88%

William K. Kimball (Democratic) 42.46%

Charles J. Gilman (Independent) 0.66%

! ME's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * E. Wilder Farley
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Ebenezer Knowlton (Republican) 43.94%

Jonathan G. Dickerson (Democratic) 30.78%

E. Wilder Farley (Whig) 25.28%

! ME's 4th congressional district Republican gain.
 * Samuel P. Benson
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel P. Benson (Republican) 77.05%

George Rogers (Democratic) 22.95%

! ME's 5th congressional district Republican gain.
 * Israel Washburn Jr.
 * | Whig
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Israel Washburn Jr. (Republican) 63.09%

Samuel H. Blake (Democratic) 36.91%

! ME's 6th congressional district
 * Thomas J. D. Fuller
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas J. D. Fuller (Democratic) 42.39%

James A. Milliken (Republican) 38.74%

Noah Smith (Whig) 18.88%


 * }

Maryland
! MD's 1st congressional district

! MD's 2nd congressional district

! MD's 3rd congressional district

! MD's 4th congressional district

! MD's 5th congressional district

! MD's 6th congressional district


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Massachusetts
! MA's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Thomas D. Eliot
 * | Whig
 * 1854 (special)
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Robert B. Hall (American) 63.70%

Thomas D. Eliot (Whig) 26.63%

Abraham H. Rowland (Democratic) 9.66%

! MA's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Samuel L. Crocker
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Buffinton (American) 68.25%

Samuel L. Crocker (Whig) 16.20%

Charles R. Vickery (Democratic) 9.01%

Gersham B. Weston (Free Soil) 6.55%

! MA's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * J. Wiley Edmands
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ William S. Damrell (American) 74.76%

Nathaniel F. Safford (Whig) 16.67%

Edward Avery (Democratic) 5.38%

Arthur W. Austin (Independent) 2.26%

! MA's 4th congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Samuel H. Walley
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Linus B. Comins (American) 57.45%

Samuel H. Walley (Whig) 32.00%

Samuel R. Skinner (Democratic) 10.55%

! MA's 5th congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * William Appleton
 * | Whig
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Anson Burlingame (American) 61.64%

William Appleton (Whig) 32.12%

William Parmenter (Democratic) 6.24%

! MA's 6th congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Charles W. Upham
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Timothy Davis (American) 65.39%

Charles W. Upham (Whig) 28.44%

Nathaniel J. Lord (Democratic) 5.57%

George Hood (Independent) 0.59%

! MA's 7th congressional district Know-Nothing gain.
 * Nathaniel P. Banks
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nathaniel P. Banks (American) 73.53%

Luther Bell (Whig) 20.43%

Bowen Buckman (Democratic) 6.04%

! MA's 8th congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Tappan Wentworth
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Chauncey L. Knapp (American) 62.80%

Tappan Wentworth (Whig) 31.88%

Daniel Needham (Democratic) 5.32%

! MA's 9th congressional district Know-Nothing gain.
 * Alexander DeWitt
 * | Free Soil
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
 * nowrap | ✅ Alexander DeWitt (American) 76.97%

Isaac Davis (Democratic) 13.36%

Ira M. Barton (Whig) 7.45%

Alfred Mowrey (Independent) 1.42%

William P. Marble (Independent) 0.46%

Scattering 0.34%

! MA's 10th congressional district New member elected. Know-Nothing gain.
 * Edward Dickinson
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Calvin C. Chaffee (American) 65.35%

Edward Dickinson (Whig) 23.33%

Stephen C. Bemis (Democratic) 11.32%

! MA's 11th congressional district
 * John Z. Goodrich
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Know-Nothing gain.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mark Trafton (American) 50.52%

John Z. Goodrich (Whig) 30.42%

Whiting Griswold (Democratic) 19.06%


 * }

Michigan
! MI's 1st congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * David Stuart
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Alanson Howard (Republican) 53.10%

David Stuart (Democratic) 46.90%

! MI's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * David A. Noble
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Waldron (Republican) 57.67%

David A. Noble (Democratic) 42.33%

! MI's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Samuel Clark
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ David S. Walbridge (Republican) 44.17%

Samuel Clark (Democratic) 55.83%

! MI's 4th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * Hestor L. Stevens
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ George Washington Peck (Democratic) 53.25%

Moses Wisner (Republican) 46.75%


 * }

Mississippi
! MS's 1st congressional district
 * Daniel B. Wright
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 55.5%
 * nowrap | ✅ Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 55.5%

J. H. Taylor (Know Nothing) 44.5%

! MS's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * William S. Barry
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired to run for state representative.
 * | Incumbent retired to run for state representative.
 * nowrap | ✅ Hendley S. Bennett (Democratic) 51.6%

L. E. Houston (Know Nothing) 48.4%

! MS's 3rd congressional district Redistricted from the MS's at-large congressional district
 * William Barksdale
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Barksdale (Democratic) 55.5%
 * nowrap | ✅ William Barksdale (Democratic) 55.5%

Joseph B. Cobb (Know Nothing) 44.5%

! MS's 4th congressional district Redistricted from the MS's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Otho R. Singleton
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ William A. Lake (Know Nothing) 50.8%

Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 49.2%

! MS's 5th congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * colspan=3 | None (New seat)
 * | New seat.
 * nowrap | ✅ John A. Quitman (Democratic) 59.4%

Giles M. Hillyer (Know Nothing) 40.6%


 * }

Missouri
! MO's 1st congressional district New member elected. Whig gain.
 * Thomas Hart Benton
 * | Opposition
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Luther M. Kennett (Whig) 54.16%

Thomas Hart Benton (Benton Democratic) 45.84%

! MO's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Whig gain.
 * Alfred W. Lamb
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Gilchrist Porter (Whig) 54.14%

Tully Cornick (Benton Democratic) 45.86%

! MO's 3rd congressional district
 * James J. Lindley
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James J. Lindley (Whig) 52.46%

Augustus W. Fournoy (Democratic) 47.54%

! MO's 4th congressional district
 * Mordecai Oliver
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mordecai Oliver (Whig) 41.95%

S.L. Leonard (Democratic) 34.21%

Shelton J. Howe (Benton Democratic) 19.08%

J.F. Pitt (Ind. Whig) 4.76%

! MO's 5th congressional district
 * John G. Miller
 * | Whig
 * 1850
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John G. Miller (Whig) 46.12%

Thomas L. Price (Benton Democratic) 35.50%

Warwick Hough (Democratic) 18.38%

! MO's 6th congressional district
 * John S. Phelps
 * | Democratic
 * 1844
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John S. Phelps (Democratic) 51.10%

Waldo P. Johnson (Benton Democratic) 48.90%

! MO's 7th congressional district
 * Samuel Caruthers
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel Caruthers (Whig) 58.85%

Charles Jones (Democratic) 41.15%


 * }

New Hampshire
! NH's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * George W. Kittredge
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Pike (Know Nothing)

George W. Kittredge (Democratic)

! NH's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * George W. Morrison
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Mason Tappan (Know Nothing)

George W. Morrison (Democratic)

! NH's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Harry Hibbard
 * | Democratic
 * 1849
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Aaron H. Cragin (Know Nothing)


 * }

New Jersey
! NJ's 1st congressional district

! NJ's 2nd congressional district

! NJ's 3rd congressional district

! NJ's 4th congressional district

! NJ's 5th congressional district


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New York
! NY's 1st congressional district

! NY's 2nd congressional district

! NY's 3rd congressional district

! NY's 4th congressional district

! NY's 5th congressional district

! NY's 6th congressional district

! NY's 7th congressional district

! NY's 8th congressional district

! NY's 9th congressional district

! NY's 10th congressional district

! NY's 11th congressional district

! NY's 12th congressional district

! NY's 13th congressional district

! NY's 14th congressional district

! NY's 15th congressional district

! NY's 16th congressional district

! NY's 17th congressional district

! NY's 18th congressional district

! NY's 19th congressional district

! NY's 20th congressional district

! NY's 21st congressional district

! NY's 22nd congressional district

! NY's 23rd congressional district

! NY's 24th congressional district

! NY's 25th congressional district

! NY's 26th congressional district

! NY's 27th congressional district

! NY's 28th congressional district

! NY's 29th congressional district

! NY's 30th congressional district

! NY's 31st congressional district

! NY's 32nd congressional district

! NY's 33rd congressional district


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North Carolina
! NC's 1st congressional district

! NC's 2nd congressional district

! NC's 3rd congressional district

! NC's 4th congressional district

! NC's 5th congressional district

! NC's 6th congressional district

! NC's 7th congressional district

! NC's 8th congressional district


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Ohio
! OH's 1st congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * David T. Disney
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Timothy C. Day (Anti-Nebraska) 63.46%

George H. Pendleton (Democratic) 36.54%

! OH's 2nd congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * John Scott Harrison
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Scott Harrison (Anti-Nebraska) 66.03%

William S. Groesbeck (Democratic) 33.97%

! OH's 3rd congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Lewis D. Campbell
 * | Whig
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lewis D. Campbell (Anti-Nebraska) 58.25%

Clement Vallandigham (Democratic) 41.75%

! OH's 4th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Matthias H. Nichols
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Matthias H. Nichols (Anti-Nebraska) 70.19%

G. V. Dorsey (Democratic) 29.81%

! OH's 5th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Alfred Edgerton
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Richard Mott (Anti-Nebraska) 61.62%

Henry S. Cowager (Democratic) 38.38%

! OH's 6th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Andrew Ellison
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jonas R. Emrie (Anti-Nebraska) 65.04%

Andrew Ellison (Democratic) 34.96%

! OH's 7th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Aaron Harlan
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Aaron Harlan (Anti-Nebraska) 81.14%

Benjamin B. Hinkson (Democratic) 18.86%

! OH's 8th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Moses Bledso Corwin
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin Stanton (Anti-Nebraska) 75.84%

Enoch G. Dial (Democratic) 23.10%

J. Newell (Unknown) 1.06%

! OH's 9th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Frederick W. Green
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Cooper K. Watson (Anti-Nebraska) 59.92%

Josiah S. Plants (Democratic) 40.08%

! OH's 10th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * John L. Taylor
 * | Democratic
 * 1846
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Oscar F. Moore (Anti-Nebraska) 65.32%

James W. Davis (Democratic) 34.68%

! OH's 11th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Thomas Ritchey
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Valentine B. Horton (Anti-Nebraska) 58.70%

Lot L. Smith (Democratic) 41.30%

! OH's 12th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Edson B. Olds
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel Galloway (Anti-Nebraska) 60.28%

Edson B. Olds (Democratic) 39.72%

! OH's 13th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * William D. Lindsley
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Sherman (Anti-Nebraska) 59.80%

William D. Lindsley (Democratic) 40.21%

! OH's 14th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Harvey H. Johnson
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Philemon Bliss (Anti-Nebraska) 59.26%

Harvey H. Johnson (Democratic) 40.74%

! OH's 15th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * William R. Sapp
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William R. Sapp (Anti-Nebraska) 58.99%

William Dunbar (Democratic) 41.02%

! OH's 16th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Edward Ball
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edward Ball (Anti-Nebraska) 58.89%

William Galligher (Democratic) 41.11%

! OH's 17th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Wilson Shannon
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles J. Albright (Anti-Nebraska) 58.07%

Daniel H. Wire (Democratic) 41.93%

! OH's 18th congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * George Bliss
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin F. Leiter (Anti-Nebraska) 63.36%

Ebenezer Spaulding (Democratic) 36.64%

! OH's 19th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Edward Wade
 * | Free Soil
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Edward Wade (Anti-Nebraska) 71.07%

Eli T. Wilder (Democratic) 28.42%

Irad Kelly (Independent) 0.51%

! OH's 20th congressional district Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Joshua Reed Giddings
 * | Free Soil
 * 1843
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joshua Reed Giddings (Anti-Nebraska)

! OH's 21st congressional district New member elected. Anti-Nebraska gain.
 * Andrew Stuart
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Bingham (Anti-Nebraska)


 * }

Pennsylvania
! PA's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas B. Florence
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas B. Florence (Democratic) 51.77%

Edward Joy Morris (Whig) 48.23%

! PA's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Whig hold.
 * Joseph R. Chandler
 * | Whig
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Job R. Tyson (Whig) 54.63%

John Hamilton (Democratic) 33.82%

Joseph R. Chandler (Independent Whig) 11.56%

! PA's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Whig gain.
 * John Robbins
 * | Democratic
 * 1848
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Millward (Whig) 51.59%

James Landy (Democratic) 48.41%

! PA's 4th congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * William Henry Witte
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Jacob Broom (Know Nothing) 49.63%

Henry Myer Phillips (Democratic) 44.08%

John Lambert (Whig) 6.29%

! PA's 5th congressional district New member elected. Democratic hold.
 * John McNair
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Cadwalader (Democratic) 50.03%

Nathan A. Jones (Whig) 49.97%

! PA's 6th congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * William Everhart
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Hickman (Democratic) 58.97%

John M. Broomall (Whig) 41.03%

! PA's 7th congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Samuel A. Bridges
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Samuel C. Bradshaw (Republican) 51.03%

Samuel A. Bridges (Democratic) 48.97%

! PA's 8th congressional district
 * J. Glancy Jones
 * | Democratic
 * 1854
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ J. Glancy Jones (Democratic) 59.77%

John C. Myers (Whig) 40.23%

! PA's 9th congressional district New member elected. Independent gain.
 * Isaac E. Hiester
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Anthony E. Roberts (Independent Whig) 39.38%

Isaac E. Hiester (Whig) 33.79%

Joseph S. Lefevre (Democratic) 26.84%

! PA's 10th congressional district New member elected. Whig hold.
 * Ner Middleswarth
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ John C. Kunkel (Whig) 55.99%

Amos Boughter (Democratic) 43.01%

George A. Seiler (Independent) 1.00%

! PA's 11th congressional district New member elected. Whig gain.
 * Christian M. Straub
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ James H. Campbell (Republican) 38.87%

William L. Dewart (Democratic) 36.68%

Joseph W. Cake (Democratic) 21.90%

Kimber Cleaver (Know Nothing) 2.56%

! PA's 12th congressional district New member elected. Whig gain.
 * Hendrick B. Wright
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) 56.26%

Hendrick B. Wright (Democratic) 43.74%

! PA's 13th congressional district
 * Asa Packer
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Asa Packer (Democratic) 58.67%

Edward F. Stewart (Whig) 41.33%

! PA's 14th congressional district
 * Galusha A. Grow
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Galusha A. Grow (Democratic) 95.22%

Jim Grow (Independent) 4.56%

Olin L. Hawley (Independent) 0.23%


 * }

Rhode Island
! RI's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Thomas Davis
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Nathan B. Durfee (Know Nothing)

Thomas Davis (Democratic)

! RI's 2nd congressional district Know Nothing gain.
 * Benjamin Babock Thurston
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * | Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Benjamin Babock Thurston (Know Nothing)


 * }

South Carolina
! SC's 1st congressional district
 * John McQueen
 * | Democratic
 * 1849 (special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John McQueen (Democratic) 67.44%

I. D. Wilson (Unknown) 32.56%

! SC's 2nd congressional district
 * William Aiken Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Aiken Jr. (Democratic) 96.44%

W. C. Clayton (Unknown) 3.56%

! SC's 3rd congressional district
 * Laurence M. Keitt
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Laurence M. Keitt (Democratic) 100.00%

unopposed

! SC's 4th congressional district
 * Preston S. Brooks
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Preston S. Brooks (Democratic) 66.84%

A. C. Garlington (Unknown) 33.16%

! SC's 5th congressional district
 * James L. Orr
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James L. Orr (Democratic) 100.00%

unopposed

! SC's 6th congressional district
 * William W. Boyce
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William W. Boyce (Democratic) 100.00%

unopposed


 * }

Tennessee
Elections held late, on August 2, 1855.

! TN's 1st congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * Nathaniel G. Taylor
 * | Whig
 * 1854 (special)
 * |Incumbent lost re-election as a Know Nothing.
 * nowrap |

✅ Albert G. Watkins (Democratic) 50.32%

Nathaniel G. Taylor (Know Nothing) 48.57%

A. G. Graham (Unknown) 1.11%

! | TN's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * William M. Churchwell
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * |Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap |

✅ William H. Sneed (Know Nothing) 52.15%

David H. Cummins (Democratic) 47.85%

! TN's 3rd congressional district
 * Samuel A. Smith
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Samuel A. Smith (Democratic) 51.78%

Josiah M. Anderson (Know Nothing) 48.22%

! TN's 4th congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * William Cullom
 * | Whig
 * 1851
 * |Incumbent lost re-election as a Know Nothing.
 * nowrap |

✅ John H. Savage (Democratic) 51.96%

William Cullom (Know Nothing) 48.04%

! TN's 5th congressional district Know Nothing gain.
 * Charles Ready
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * |Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Charles Ready (Know Nothing) 91.79%

Edwin A. Keeble (Democratic) 8.21%

! TN's 6th congressional district
 * George W. Jones
 * | Democratic
 * 1842
 * Incumbent re-elected.

✅ George W. Jones (Democratic) 66.63%

Powhatan Gordon (Know Nothing) 33.37%

! TN's 7th congressional district New member elected. Democratic gain.
 * Robert M. Bugg
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * |Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap |

✅ John V. Wright (Democratic) 57.24%

William Kendrick (Know Nothing) 42.76%

! TN's 8th congressional district Know Nothing gain.
 * Felix Zollicoffer
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * |Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap |

✅ Felix Zollicoffer (Know Nothing) 58.89%

Granville C. Torbett (Democratic) 41.11%

! TN's 9th congressional district Know Nothing gain.
 * Emerson Etheridge
 * | Whig
 * 1853
 * |Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Emerson Etheridge (Know Nothing) 51.82%

Thomas J. Freeman (Democratic) 48.18%

! TN's 10th congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Frederick P. Stanton
 * | Democratic
 * 1845
 * |Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap |

✅ Thomas Rivers (Know Nothing) 53.29%

David M. Currin (Democratic) 46.71%


 * }

Texas
! TX's 1st congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * George W. Smyth
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Lemuel D. Evans (Know Nothing) 50.10%

Matthias Ward (Democratic) 49.90%

! TX's 2nd congressional district
 * Peter Hansborough Bell
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Peter H. Bell (Democratic) 60.76%

John Hancock (Know Nothing) 39.24%


 * }

Vermont
! VT's 1st congressional district
 * James Meacham
 * | Whig
 * 1849 (Special)
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ James Meacham (Whig) 71.35%

Solomon W. Jewett (Democratic) 28.65%

! VT's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Andrew Tracy
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Justin S. Morrill (Republican) 50.26%

J.W. Parker (Democratic) 35.07%

Oscar L. Shafter (Free Soil) 14.68%

! VT's 3rd congressional district
 * Alvah Sabin
 * | Whig
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Alvah Sabin (Whig) 68.54%

William Heywood (Democratic) 31.46%


 * }

Virginia
! VA's 1st congressional district
 * Thomas H. Bayly
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 84.5%

Robert L. Montague (None) 10.2%

! VA's 2nd congressional district
 * John Millson
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Millson (Democratic) 53.3%

Watts (Know Nothing) 46.7%

! VA's 3rd congressional district
 * John S. Caskie
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ John S. Caskie (Democratic) 52.1%

William C. Scott (Know Nothing) 47.9%

! VA's 4th congressional district
 * William Goode
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Goode (Democratic) 61.3%

Littleton Tazewell (Know Nothing) 38.7%

! VA's 5th congressional district
 * Thomas S. Bocock
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas S. Bocock (Democratic) 57.3%

Nathaniel C. Claiborne (Know Nothing) 42.7%

! VA's 6th congressional district
 * Paulus Powell
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Paulus Powell (Democratic) 56.7%

Ligon (Know Nothing) 43.3%

! VA's 7th congressional district
 * William Smith
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ William Smith (Democratic) 78.0%

P. Johnson Barbour (Independent) 13.8%

David Funsten (Independent) 8.2%

! VA's 8th congressional district
 * Charles J. Faulkner
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles J. Faulkner (Democratic) 50.7%

Alexander Boteler (Know Nothing) 49.3%

! VA's 9th congressional district
 * John Letcher
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Thomas H. Bayly (Democratic) 98.1%

Alexander H. H. Stuart (None) 1.9%

! VA's 10th congressional district
 * Zedekiah Kidwell
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Zedekiah Kidwell (Democratic) 54.5%

William K. Pendleton (Know Nothing) 45.5%

! VA's 11th congressional district New member elected. Know Nothing gain.
 * Charles S. Lewis
 * | Democratic
 * 1853
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ John S. Carlile (Know Nothing) 51.2%

Charles S. Lewis (Democratic) 48.8%

! VA's 12th congressional district
 * Henry A. Edmundson
 * | Democratic
 * 1849
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry A. Edmundson (Democratic) 54.0%

Waller R. Staples (Know Nothing) 46.0%

! VA's 13th congressional district
 * Fayette McMullen
 * | Democratic
 * 1849
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Fayette McMullen (Democratic) 59.2%

Trigg (Know Nothing) 40.8%


 * }

Wisconsin
Election results in Wisconsin for 1854:

! WI's 1st congressional district
 * Daniel Wells Jr.
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Daniel Wells Jr. (Democratic) 54.6%

Wyman Spooner (Republican) 45.4%

! WI's 2nd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * Ben C. Eastman
 * | Democratic
 * 1850
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Cadwallader C. Washburn (Republican) 59.5%

Otis Hoyt (Democratic) 39.8%

David Taylor (None) 0.7%

! WI's 3rd congressional district New member elected. Republican gain.
 * John B. Macy
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * | Incumbent lost re-election.
 * nowrap | ✅ Charles Billinghurst (Republican) 55.9%

John B. Macy (Democratic) 36.0%

Harvey G. Turner (Independent) 8.1%


 * }

Kansas Territory
! Kansas Territory's at-large congressional district New delegate elected December 20, 1854. Democratic gain.
 * colspan=3 | New seat
 * | New territory.
 * nowrap | ✅ John Wilkins Whitfield (Democratic)


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Minnesota Territory
! Minnesota Territory's at-large congressional district
 * Henry Mower Rice
 * | Democratic
 * 1852
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Henry Mower Rice (Democratic) 46.00%

William Rainey Marshall (Republican) 32.46%

David Olmsted (Anti-Nebraska Democratic) 21.54%


 * }

33rd Congress
! Nebraska Territory's at-large congressional district New delegate elected December 12, 1854. Democratic gain.
 * colspan=3 | New seat
 * | New territory.
 * nowrap | ✅ Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (Democratic)


 * }

34th Congress
! Nebraska Territory's at-large congressional district New delegate elected November 5, 1855. Democratic hold.
 * Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
 * | Democratic
 * 1854
 * | Incumbent retired.
 * nowrap | ✅ Bird Chapman (Democratic) 55.16%

Hiram Pitt Bennet (Anti-Nebraska) 44.84%


 * }

Oregon Territory
! Oregon Territory's at-large congressional district
 * Joseph Lane
 * | Democratic
 * 1851
 * Incumbent re-elected.
 * nowrap | ✅ Joseph Lane (Democratic)


 * }