1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections


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.
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.

Election summaries

Following the 1850 census, the House was reapportioned. In the initial apportionment bill, the number of seats was unchanged at 233, 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.

Alabama

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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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Georgia

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Robert Gregory 45.6%
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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Roland Jones 56.8%
Smith 43.2%

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

Elections held late, from November 7 to 8, 1853
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New York

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Elections held late, on August 4, 1853.
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Vermont

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Virginia

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Wisconsin

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