The 1844âÂÂ45 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 1, 1844, and November 4, 1845. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 224 elected members representing 27 states took their seats when the first session of the 29th United States Congress convened on December 1, 1845. The new state of Florida elected its first representative during this election cycle, while one vacancy in New Hampshire's delegation remained unfilled for the duration of the 29th Congress.
The House elections spanned the 1844 presidential election, won by dark horse Democratic candidate James K. Polk, who advocated territorial expansion.
Democrats lost six seats but retained a large majority over the rival Whigs. The new Native American Party, based on the nativist "Know Nothing" movement characterized by opposition to immigration and anti-Catholicism, gained six seats.
One seat was added for the new State of Florida. Texas and Iowa were admitted during this next Congress, but their initial elections were held in 1846.
Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
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The election was held October 8, 1844.
|- ! | Edward Cross | | Democratic | 1838 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
Elections were held April 7, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
|- ! | Thomas H. Seymour | | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Stewart | | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | George S. Catlin | | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel Simons | | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
The election was held November 12, 1844.
|- ! | George B. Rodney | | Whig | 1840 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
The election was held May 26, 1845.
|- ! | colspan=3 | None (New state) | | New seat.<br/>New member elected late on May 26, 1845.<br/>Democratic gain.<br/>Winner did not serve, having also been elected U.S. senator. | nowrap |
Elections were held August 7, 1844.
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|- ! | Absalom H. Chappell<br/> | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Hugh A. Haralson<br/> | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! rowspan=2 | | John H. Lumpkin<br/> | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | rowspan=2 nowrap |
|- | William H. Stiles<br/> | | Democratic | 1842 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic loss.
|- ! | Howell Cobb<br/> | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Alexander H. Stephens<br/> | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edward J. Black<br/> | | Democratic | 1838<br/>1840 <br/>1841 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
Elections were held August 5, 1844.
|- ! | Robert Smith | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- !
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Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
|- ! | Robert D. Owen | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Thomas J. Henley | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Thomas Smith | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Caleb B. Smith | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | William J. Brown | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap | |- ! | John W. Davis | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Joseph A. Wright | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap | |- ! | John Pettit | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | |- ! | Samuel C. Sample | | Whig | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap | |- ! | Andrew Kennedy | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
Elections were held August 4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
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Elections were held July 1âÂÂ3, 1844.
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Elections were held September 9, 1844.
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Maryland elected its members to the 28th Congress on February 14, 1844, after that Congress had already convened in 1843 and long after the 1842âÂÂ1843 election cycle.
|- ! | Isaac D. Jones | | Whig | 1841 | | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
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Maryland's October 1, 1845 elections were after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the new term, but still before the Congress convened in December 1845.
|- ! | John Causin | | Whig | 1844 | | Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
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Elections were held November 11, 1844. At least one district, however, had multiple ballots stretching into 1846.
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|- ! | William Parmenter | | Democratic | 1836 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>New member elected on the second ballot.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap | Second ballot <br/>
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|- ! | Julius Rockwell | | Whig | 1844 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Quincy Adams | | Whig | 1830 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry Williams | | Democratic | 1836 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>New member elected on the ninth ballot.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
Ninth ballot <br/>
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Elections were held November 5, 1844.
|- ! | Robert McClelland | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Lucius Lyon | | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | James B. Hunt | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Elections were held November 3âÂÂ4, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
|- ! rowspan=4 | <br/><small>(4 seats)</small> | Jacob Thompson | | Democratic | 1839 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap rowspan=4 | |- | William H. Hammett | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. |- | Robert W. Roberts | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. |- | Tilghman Tucker | | Democratic | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
Elections were held at-large on a general ticket August 5, 1844.
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Elections were held at-large on a general ticket March 11, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
|- ! rowspan=4 | <br/> | Edmund Burke | | Democratic | 1839 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | rowspan=4 nowrap | <br/>First ballot <br/>
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|- | John R. Reding | | Democratic | 1841 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold.
|- | Moses Norris Jr. | | Democratic | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected.
|- | John P. Hale | | Democratic | 1843 | | No candidate elected on the fourth ballot; seat vacant.<br/>Democratic loss.
Elections were held October 9, 1844.
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Elections were held November 11, 1844.
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Elections were held August 7, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
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Elections were held October 8, 1844.
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Elections were held October 8, 1844.
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Elections were held April 2, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
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Elections were held October 14âÂÂ15, 1844.
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Elections were held August 7, 1845.
|- ! | Andrew Johnson | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William T. Senter | | Whig | 1842 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Julius W. Blackwell | | Democratic | 1842 | |Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Whig gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Alvan Cullom | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. Jones | | Democratic | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Aaron V. Brown | | Democratic | 1839 | |Incumbent retired to run for Governor.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | David W. Dickinson | | Whig | 1842 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Joseph H. Peyton | | Whig | 1842 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Cave Johnson | | Democratic | 1839 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | John B. Ashe | | Whig | 1842 | |Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Milton Brown | | Whig | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Elections were held September 3, 1844.
|- ! | Solomon Foot | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Jacob Collamer | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George P. Marsh | | Whig | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Paul Dillingham | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
Third ballot
Elections were held April 24, 1845, after the March 4, 1845 beginning of the term, but before the House first convened in December 1845.
|- ! | Archibald Atkinson | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George Dromgoole | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Walter Coles | | 1835 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Edmund W. Hubard | | 1841 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | William L. Goggin | | Whig | 1839<br/>1843 <small>(lost)</small><br/>1844 <small>(special)</small> | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | John Winston Jones | | 1835 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | Thomas H. Bayly | | 1844 <small>(special)</small> | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Willoughby Newton | | Whig | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Samuel Chilton | | Whig | 1843 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Whig hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Lucas | | 1843 | | Incumbent lost re-election.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
|- ! | William Taylor | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Augustus A. Chapman | | 1843 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. Hopkins | | 1835 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | George W. Summers | | Whig | 1841 | | Incumbent lost renomination.<br/>Democratic gain. | nowrap |
|- ! | Lewis Steenrod | | 1839 | | Incumbent retired.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |
See Non-voting delegates, below.
|- ! | Augustus C. Dodge | | Democratic | 1840 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
|- ! | Henry Dodge | | Democratic | 1840 | | Incumbent retired to become territorial governor of Wisconsin.<br/>New delegate elected on an unknown date.<br/>Democratic hold. | nowrap |