Elections in Louisiana |
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Louisiana elected its members July 3–5, 1826.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Louisiana 1 | Edward Livingston | Jacksonian | 1822 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana 2 | Henry H. Gurley | Anti-Jacksonian | 1822 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Louisiana 3 | William L. Brent | Anti-Jacksonian | 1822 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Georgia elected its members October 2, 1826. Georgia switched to using districts for this election. Two incumbents, James Meriwether and George Cary, did not run for re-election.
Ohio elected its members October 10, 1826.
South Carolina elected its members October 9–10, 1826.
Alabama elected its members August 1–3, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
Kentucky elected its members August 6, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
North Carolina elected its members August 9, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
Virginia elected its members April 30, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.