1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections

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]

State	Type	Date	Total seats		Democratic		Free Soil		Whig		Others
			Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change	Seats	Change
Iowa	Districts	August 2, 1852	2		1	1	0		1	1	0
Missouri	Districts	August 2, 1852	7	2	3	1	0		4	1	0
Vermont	Districts	September 7, 1852	3	1	0	1	0		3		0
Maine	Districts	September 13, 1852	6	1	3	2	0		3	1	0
Florida	At-large	October 5, 1852	1		1	1	0		0	1	0
Indiana	Districts	October 12, 1852	11	1	10	2	0		1	1	0
Ohio	Districts	October 12, 1852	21		12	1	2	1	7	2	0
Pennsylvania	Districts	October 12, 1852	25	1	16	1	0		9		0
California	At-large	November 2, 1852 (Election Day)[e]	2		2		0		0		0
Illinois	Districts		9	2	5[f]	1	0		4	3	0
Michigan	Districts		4	1	4	3	0		0	2	0
New Jersey	Districts		5		4		0		1		0
New York	Districts		33	1	21	4	1	1	10	7	1[g]	1
Wisconsin	Districts		3		3	1	0	1	0		0
Delaware	At-large	November 8, 1852	1		1		0		0		0
Massachusetts	Districts	November 8, 1852	11	1	1		1	1	9	2	0
South Carolina	Districts	February 28 – March 1, 1853	6	1	6	1	0		0		0
Late elections (after the March 4, 1853 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire	Districts	March 8, 1853	3	1	3	1	0		0	2	0
Connecticut	Districts	April 4, 1853	4		4	1	0		0	1	0
Rhode Island	Districts	April 6, 1853	2		2	1	0		0	1	0
Virginia	Districts	May 26, 1853	13	2	13		0		0	2	0
Arkansas	Districts	August 1, 1853	2	1	2	1	0		0		0
Kentucky	Districts	August 1, 1853	10		5		0		5		0
Texas	Districts	August 1, 1853	2		2		0		0		0
North Carolina	Districts	August 4, 1853	8	1	5	2	0		3	3	0
Tennessee	Districts	August 4, 1853	10	1	5	2	0		5	1	0
Alabama	Districts	August 8, 1853	7		6	2	0		1	1	0	1[h]
Georgia	Districts	October 3, 1853	8		6	6	0		2	2	0	8[i]
Louisiana	Districts	November 1, 1853	4		3	1	0		1	1	0
Maryland	Districts	November 2, 1853	6		4	2	0		2	2	0
Mississippi	District + 1 at-large	November 7–8, 1853	5	1	5	5	0		0		0	4[j]
Total			234	1	158[f] 67.5%	28	4 1.7%		71 30.3%	15	1 0.4%	12

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.

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

Elections held late, from November 7 to 8, 1853

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Mississippi at-large	None (new district)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌ Y William Barksdale (Democratic) 54.27% ▌Alexander B. Bradford (Whig) 45.73%[11]
Mississippi 1	Benjamin D. Nabers	Unionist	1851	Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Daniel B. Wright (Democratic) 51.64% ▌Benjamin D. Nabers (Whig) 48.36%[12]
Mississippi 2	John A. Wilcox	Unionist	1851	Incumbent lost re-election as a Whig. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y William S. Barry (Democratic) 50.73% ▌John A. Wilcox (Whig) 49.27%[13]
Mississippi 3	John D. Freeman	Unionist	1851	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Otho R. Singleton (Democratic) 55.65% ▌Alexander K. McLung (Whig) 44.35%[14]
Mississippi 4	Albert G. Brown	Southern Rights	1847	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Wiley P. Harris (Democratic) 100%[15]

Elections held late, on August 4, 1853.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Andrew Johnson	Democratic	1842	Incumbent retired to run for Governor. Democratic loss.	▌ Y Brookins Campbell (Democratic) 37.11% ▌Nathaniel G. Taylor (Whig) 36.14% ▌Albert G. Watkins (Whig) 26.75%[16]
	Albert G. Watkins Redistricted from the 2nd district.	Whig	1849	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain.
Tennessee 2	William M. Churchwell Redistricted from the 3rd district.	Democratic	1851	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y William M. Churchwell (Democratic) 56.64% ▌Horace Maynard (Whig) 43.36%[17]
Tennessee 3	New district			New member elected. Democratic gain.	▌ Y Samuel A. Smith (Democratic) 55.49% ▌T. Nixon Vandyke (Whig) 44.52%[18]
Tennessee 4	John H. Savage	Democratic	1849	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.	▌ Y William Cullom (Whig) 50.14% ▌Erasmus L. Gardner (Democratic) 49.86%[19]
	William Cullom Redistricted from the 8th district.	Whig	1851	Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 5	New district			New member elected. Whig gain.	▌ Y Charles Ready (Whig) 57.86% ▌Thomas Barry (Democratic) 42.14%[20]
Tennessee 6	William H. Polk	Independent Democratic	1851	Incumbent retired. Independent Democratic loss.	▌ Y George W. Jones (Democratic) 100%[21]
	George W. Jones Redistricted from the 5th district.	Democratic	1842	Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 7	Meredith P. Gentry	Whig	1845	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Whig hold.	▌ Y Robert M. Bugg (Whig) 52.52% ▌S. C. Pavott (Democratic) 47.48%[22]
Tennessee 8	New district			New member elected. Whig gain.	▌ Y Felix Zollicoffer (Whig) 52.96% ▌Samuel P. Allison (Democratic) 47.04%[23]
Tennessee 9	Isham G. Harris	Democratic	1849	Incumbent retired. Democratic loss.	▌ Y Emerson Etheridge (Whig) 96.90% ▌Christopher H. Williams (Whig) 3.10%[24]
	Christopher H. Williams Redistricted from the 11th district.	Whig	1849	Incumbent re-elected.
Tennessee 10	Frederick P. Stanton	Democratic	1845	Incumbent re-elected.	▌ Y Frederick P. Stanton (Democratic) 50.03% ▌Edwin M. Yerger (Whig) 49.97%[25]

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  • 1852 United States presidential election
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