1816 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1816 New York legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814 1814 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1818 1818 All 27 New York seats to the United States House of Representatives April 23–25, 1816 Democratic-Republican Party 21 22 1 Federalist Party (United States) 6 5 1 The 1816 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from April 23 to 25, 1816, to elect 27 U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 15th United States Congress. At the same time, a vacancy was filled in the 14th United States Congress. Background 27 U.S. Representatives had been elected in April 1814 to a term in the 14th United States Congress beginning on March 4, 1815. Representative-elect Benjamin Pond died on October 6, 1814, and Asa Adgate was elected in April 1815 to fill the vacancy. Jonathan Fisk resigned his seat in March 1815, and James W. Wilkin was elected in April 1815 to fill the vacancy. John Adams and William S. Smith had been declared elected, and credentials issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but did not take or claim their seats. In December 1815, Erastus Root and Westel Willoughby, Jr. contested the former's elections, and were seated. Peter B. Porter resigned his seat on January 23, 1816, leaving a vacancy in the 21st District. The other 26 representatives' term would end on March 3, 1817. The congressional elections were held together with the State elections in late April 1816, about ten months before the term would start on March 4, 1817, and about a year and a half before Congress actually met on December 1, 1817. Congressional districts The districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1814. The 1st District (two seats) comprising the 1st and 2nd Ward of New York County, and Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties. The 2nd District (two seats) comprising the other eight wards of New York County. The 3rd District comprising Westchester and Rockland counties. The 4th District comprising Dutchess County, except the towns of Rhinebeck and Clinton; and Putnam County. The 5th District comprising Columbia County; and Rhinebeck and Clinton in Dutchess County. The 6th District comprising Orange County. The 7th District comprising Ulster and Sullivan counties. The 8th District comprising Delaware and Greene counties. The 9th District comprising Albany County. The 10h District comprising Rensselaer County. The 11th District comprising Saratoga County. The 12th District (two seats) comprising Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Washington and Warren counties. The 13th District comprising Schenectady and Schoharie counties. The 14th District comprising Montgomery County. The 15th District (two seats) comprising Chenango, Broome and Otsego counties. The 16th District comprising Oneida County. The 17th District comprising Herkimer and Madison counties. The 18th District comprising St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties. The 19th District comprising Onondaga and Cortland counties. The 20th District (two seats) comprising Tioga, Steuben, Cayuga and Seneca counties. The 21st District (two seats) comprising Ontario, Genesee, Allegany, Niagara and Chautauqua counties. Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the abovementioned counties. Result 22 Democratic-Republicans and 5 Federalists were elected to the 15th Congress; and one Democratic-Republican to fill the vacancy in the 14th Congress. The incumbents Townsend, Irving, Wendover, Wilkin, Taylor, Savage and Comstock were re-elected; the incumbents Lovett, Throop and Brooks were defeated. +1816 United States House election result District Democratic-Republican Federalist Democratic-Republican Federalist 1st George Townsend 3,798Nathaniel Smith 3,268 Tredwell Scudder 3,781Samuel Jones 3,267 2nd William Irving 5,225Josiah Ogden Hoffman 3,792 Peter H. Wendover 5,199Isaac Ely 3,7713rd Caleb Tompkins 1,787Abraham Odell 1,3474th Henry B. LeeHenry B. Lee (d. 1817), of Putnam Co., assemblyman 1816 2,530Henry A. Livingston 2,2715thJames I. Van Alen 2,208 Philip J. Schuyler 3,1576th James W. Wilkin 1,613James BurtJames Burt (b. 1760), of Warwick; assemblyman 1798, 1798–99, 1800, 1802, 1808, 1816, 1820–21, 1822; state senator 1823–26; presidential elector 1840 1,2987th Josiah Hasbrouck 1,826John SudamJohn Sudam, of Kingston, state senator 1823–24 and 1833–35 1,7038th Dorrance Kirtland 2,252Samuel Sherwood 1,7529thElisha Jenkins 1,418 Rensselaer Westerlo 2,180John Lovett 27710thThomas TurnerThomas Turner, Sheriff of Rensselaer Co. 1806–07, 1808–10 and 1811–13; assemblyman 1818 2,107 John P. Cushman 2,57311th John W. Taylor 1,804Elisha PowellElisha Powell, assemblyman 1818 and 1820 1,574 12th John Savage 4,597Henry H. Ross 4,106 John Palmer 4,137Zebulon R. Shipherd 4,07113th Thomas Lawyer 2,145William BeekmanWilliam Beekman, of Sharon, state senator 1799–1802 1,76014th John Herkimer 2,579Richard Van HorneRichard Van Horne (b. ca. 1770, d. March 12, 1823 Danube), assemblyman 1808–09 2,495 15th Isaac Williams, Jr. 5,027James ClappJames Clapp, First Judge of Chenango Co. 1819 4,417 John R. Drake 5,019James HydeJames Hyde, of Otsego Co., assemblyman 1812–13 and 1814 4,416 16thNathan Williams 2,540 Henry R. Storrs 2,81817th Thomas H. Hubbard 3,128Simeon FordSimeon Ford, DA of Herkimer Co. 1818–23, assemblyman 1820–21 and 1822 2,93918thEla Collins 2,349 David A. Ogden 2,39119th James Porter 2,789James Geddes 2,244 20th Daniel Cruger 6,361Elijah Miller 2,597Enos T. Throop 1,271Eleazer LindsleyEleazer Lindsley, assemblyman from Ontario Co. 1792 712 Oliver C. Comstock 5,142Benjamin Johnson 1,814 21st Benjamin Ellicott 8,765Philip ChurchPhilip Church, First Judge of Allegany Co. 1807–1823 6,152Micah Brooks 670Samuel Colt 73 John C. Spencer 8,053Graham Newell 6,071Ebenezer F. Norton 3921st Special Archibald S. Clarke Note: The Anti-Federalists called themselves "Republicans." However, at the same time, the Federalists called them "Democrats" which was meant to be pejorative. After some time both terms got more and more confused, and sometimes used together as "Democratic Republicans" which later historians have adopted (with a hyphen) to describe the party from the beginning, to avoid confusion with both the later established and still existing Democratic and Republican parties. Aftermath and special elections After being defeated for re-election, Enos T. Throop resigned his seat on June 4, 1816. A special election to fill the vacancy was held in September 1816, and was won by Daniel Avery, of the same party. Avery took his seat in the 14th United States Congress on December 3, 1816. +1816 United States House special election result District Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican20th Daniel Avery 1,915Charles Kellogg 1,641 Archibald S. Clarke took his seat in the 14th Congress on December 2, 1816. Henry B. Lee, elected in the 4th District, died on February 18, 1817, before his congressional term began. A special election to fill the vacancy was held at the time of the annual State election in April 1817, and was won by James Tallmadge, Jr., of the same party. +1817 United States House special election result District Democratic-Republican Federalist Democratic-Republican4th James Tallmadge, Jr. 1,457Lemuel CliftLemuel Clift, of Dutchess Co., assemblyman 1798, 1798–99, 1810 and 1811 1,176Abraham AdrianceAbraham Adriance, of Poughkeepsie, assemblyman 1798–99, 1800, 1800–01 and 1802; state senator 1803–06 421 The House of Representatives of the 15th United States Congress met for the first time at the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 1817, and 26 representatives took their seats. Only David A. Ogden arrived later, and took his seat on January 8, 1818.Abridgment of the Debates in Congress (Vol. VI; pages 58 and 84) See also 1816 New York's 21st congressional district special election 1816 New York's 20th congressional district special election 1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections List of United States representatives from New York Notes Sources The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 66 for district apportionment; pg. 70 for Congressmen) Members of the Fifteenth United States Congress Election result 1st D. at project "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted by Tufts University Digital Library Election result 2nd D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 3rd D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 4th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 5th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 6th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 7th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 8th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 9th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 10th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 11th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 12th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 13th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 14th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 15th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 16th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 17th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 18th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 19th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 20th D. at "A New Nation Votes" Election result 21st D. at "A New Nation Votes" Special election result 20th D. at "A New Nation Votes" 1817 special election result 4th D. at "A New Nation Votes" 1816 New York United States House of Representatives