On February 29, 1824, Representative William Lee Ball (DR) of Virginia's 13th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
Candidate | Party | Votes [1] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
John Taliaferro | Democratic-Republican | 455 | 55.8% |
John P. Hungerford | Federalist | 359 | 44.0% |
William Hungerford | 1 | 0.1% |
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 25th Congress were held at various dates in different states from July 1836 to November 1837.
Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 19th Congress were held at various dates in different states between July 1824 and August 1825, coinciding with the contentious 1824 Presidential election. After no Presidential candidate won an electoral majority, in February 1825 the House of the outgoing 18th Congress chose the President in a contingent election.
Pennsylvania elected its members October 12, 1824.
The United States Senate elections of 1824 and 1825 were elections for the United States Senate that saw the Jacksonians gain a majority over the Anti-Jacksonian National Republican Party.
Massachusetts elected its members November 4, 1822. Massachusetts law required a majority for election, which was not met in 3 districts, necessitating additional elections on March 3, 1823 and May 12, 1823; nevertheless, all elections were complete before the new Congress convened.
On September 8, 1824, William Prince (DR-Jackson), of Indiana's 1st district died. A special election was held to fill the vacancy left in Indiana's congressional representation by his death
On October 15, 1824, Charles Rich of Vermont's at-large district died in office. A special election was held for his replacement.
On March 23, 1824, Hutchins G. Burton (DR), who had represented North Carolina's 2nd district, resigned upon being elected Governor. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on January 6, 1825
On April 20, 1824, Thomas J. Rogers (DR) of Pennsylvania's 8th district resigned, leaving a vacancy which was filled by a special election on October 12, 1824, the same day as the general election for the 19th Congress.
In June 1824, John Tod (DR) of Pennsylvania's 13th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 12, 1824, the same day as the elections to the 19th Congress
Georgia elected its members October 4, 1824. There were only 7 candidates who ran statewide in 1824. There were several other candidates who received votes in a small number of states, but vote totals were only available for the seven winning candidates. The minor candidates only received a few hundred votes each.
Indiana elected its members August 2, 1824.
Kentucky elected its members August 2, 1824.
South Carolina elected its members October 11–12, 1824.
Vermont elected its members September 7, 1824. Congressional districts were re-established in Vermont for the 1824 election. Vermont had used an at-large district 1812-1818 and 1822. A majority was required for election, which was not met in the 1st district, necessitating a second election December 6, 1824.
A special election was held in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by John Bailey (DR) being declared not eligible for the seat which he'd won the previous year on March 24, 1824. The election was held on August 30, 1824, with additional ballots held on November 1 and November 29 due to a majority not being achieved on the first or second ballot.
The 1824 United States elections elected the members of the 19th United States Congress. It marked the end of the Era of Good Feelings and the First Party System. Members of the Democratic-Republican Party continued to maintain a dominant role in federal politics, but the party became factionalized between supporters of Andrew Jackson and supporters of John Quincy Adams. The Federalist Party ceased to function as a national party, having fallen into irrelevance following a relatively strong performance in 1812.
The 1826 United States elections occurred in the middle of Democratic-Republican President John Quincy Adams's term. Members of the 20th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during a transitional period between the First Party System and the Second Party System. With the Federalist Party no longer active as a major political party, the major split in Congress was between supporters of Adams and supporters of Andrew Jackson, who Adams had defeated in the 1824 Presidential election.
Virginia elected its members in April 1825, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
Massachusetts elected its members November 1, 1824. Massachusetts had a majority requirement for election, which necessitated additional elections held January 3, 1825, April 1, 1825, and August 1, 1825.