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1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections

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1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
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The 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 2, 1852, and November 8, 1853. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 33rd United States Congress convened on December 5, 1853. The size of the House increased to 234 seats following the congressional reapportionment based on the 1850 United States census.

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Democrats increased their House majority while electing national compromise candidate Franklin Pierce, a Northerner favorable to Southern interests, to the Presidency. Effects of the Compromise of 1850 temporarily had reduced sectional tensions, and both major parties, Democrats and Whigs, unified around the 1852 presidential campaign, with Whig unity more tenuous. Two small parties, the Union and Southern Rights parties, collapsed before this election, while the Free Soil Party, opposing slavery in the Western territories, retained four seats. One Independent, Caleb Lyon, was elected from New York.

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Following the 1850 census, the House was reapportioned. In the initial apportionment bill, the number of seats was unchanged at 233,[1] but later one seat was added to California's delegation, increasing the total apportionment to 234, due to returns from California being determined to be incomplete.[2]

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Alabama

Arkansas

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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; in 1860 when California gained a seat in the House the top three vote-getters were elected.

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Connecticut

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Delaware

Election was held November 8, 1852.

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Florida

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Georgia

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

The elections were held November 8, 1852. However, many of the districts went to a December 13, 1852 second ballot.

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Michigan

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Mississippi

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Elections held late, from November 7 to 8, 1853

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Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

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Elections held late, on August 4, 1853.

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Texas

Vermont

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Virginia

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Wisconsin

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  1. Includes one Benton Democrat, three Southern Democrats, and two Union Democrats
  2. Includes one Union Whig
  3. The returns from Al-5, Al-7, TN-9, VA-1, VA-4, VA-6, VA-9, VA-10, VA-12, SC-1, SC-2, and SC-3 are incomplete
  4. Included three Independent Democrats and one Independent Whig.
  5. Includes one Independent and one Independent Democrat
  6. Includes one Benton Democrat
  7. In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform date for choosing presidential electors (see: Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721). Congressional elections were unaffected by this law, but the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections as well.
  8. Caleb Lyon was elected to NY-23 as an Independent.
  9. Backed by the Whigs
  10. One Independent Democrat
  11. Includes three Southern Rights Democrats and two Union Democrats
  12. One Union Whig
  13. Previous election had 1 Union member
  14. Previous election had 6 Constitutional Union and 2 Southern Rights.
  15. One Independent Whig
  16. Previous election had 3 Union and 1 Southern Rights.
  17. Manually added from[4]
  18. 9,639 votes
  19. 396 votes
  20. 381 votes
  21. 16,473 votes
  22. Full name unpublished in source, presumably Alexander Wilkin (Whig)

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