1850 Iowa's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 June 2021 1850 Iowa's 1st congressional district special election x150px Daniel F. Miller None Representative 45.17% 4,801 Democratic Party (United States) William Thompson 51.40% Iowa 5,463 Whig Party (United States) Daniel F. Miller x150px September 24, 1850 1850 United States House of Representatives election in Iowa, 1850 1848 United States House of Representatives election in Iowa, 1848 no presidential Whig Party (United States) A special election to the United States House of Representatives for Iowa's 1st congressional district was held September 24, 1850. The winning candidate would serve briefly in the United States House of Representatives to represent Iowa in the 31st Congress until the general election on October 8, 1850. Background In 1848, the Whig Party nominated Miller to run against incumbent Democratic Congressman William Thompson. Thompson was declared the winner by the state's election canvassers, but Miller accused Thompson of absconding with the voting rolls from the election. The U.S. House resolved the contest over two years after it occurred, by deciding that neither Thompson nor Miller was entitled to the seat.United States Congress MILLER, Daniel Fry https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000721 2023-05-29 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Candidates Democratic Nominee William Thompson, former U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district (1847–1850) Whig Nominee Daniel F. Miller, lawyer and former member of Iowa's territorial house of representatives (1840) Independent Nominee Delazon Smith, anti-abolitionist activist who later went onto become a U.S. Senator from Oregon General election 1850 Iowa's 1st congressional district special election IA - District 1 Special Election https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=474210 Our Campaigns June 18, 2021 Whig Party (United States) Daniel F. Miller 5,463 51.40% +4.10% Democratic Party (United States) William Thompson 4,801 45.17% -5.13% Independent politician Delazon Smith 365 3.43% +3.43% 662 6.23% +3.23% 10,629 100.00% Whig Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1844 United States House of Representatives elections, 1846 References Iowa 1850 01 Iowa 1850 01 1850 01 Special Iowa 01 Special United States House of Representatives 01 Special United States House of Representatives 1850 01