United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1826

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The1826 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from November 6 to 8, 1826, to elect 34U.S. Representatives to represent the State ofNew York in theUnited States House of Representatives of the20th United States Congress.

34 U.S. Representatives had been elected in November 1824 to a term in the19th United States Congress, beginning on March 4, 1825.Daniel Hugunin Jr. had contested the election ofEgbert Ten Eyck, and was seated in December 1825. The representatives' term would end on March 3, 1827. The elections were held with the annual State election on the first Monday in November and the two succeeding days, about four months before the congressional term began, and a little more than a year before Congress actually met on December 3, 1827.

At this time theDemocratic-Republican Party inNew York was split into two opposing factions: on one side, the "Clintonians", the supporters ofDeWitt Clinton and hisErie Canal project; on the other side, theBucktails (including theTammany Hall organization inNew York City), led byMartin Van Buren.

In federal politics, the Clintonians aligned with PresidentJohn Quincy Adams, the Bucktails opposed Adams and supportedAndrew Jackson; thus the Congressman were labeled either Adams men (later theNational Republican Party) or Jacksonians (later theDemocratic Party).

The geographical area of the congressional districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1824. Only one new county was created: in the 29th District, Orleans Co. was split from Genesee Co.

• The1st District comprisingQueens andSuffolk counties.
• The2nd District comprisingKings,Richmond andRockland counties.
• The3rd District (three seats) comprisingNew York County.
• The4th District comprisingWestchester andPutnam counties.
• The5th District comprisingDutchess County.
• The6th District comprisingOrange County.
• The7th District comprisingUlster andSullivan counties.
• The8th District comprisingColumbia County.
• The9th District comprisingRensselaer County.
• The10th District comprisingAlbany County.
• The11th District comprisingDelaware andGreene counties.
• The12th District comprisingSchenectady andSchoharie counties.
• The13th District comprisingOtsego County.
• The14th District comprisingOneida County.
• The15th District comprisingHerkimer County.
• The16th District comprisingMontgomery County.
• The17th District comprisingSaratoga County.
• The18th District comprisingWashington County.
• The19th District comprisingClinton,Essex,Franklin andWarren counties.
• The20th District (two seats) comprisingSt. Lawrence,Jefferson,Lewis andOswego counties.
• The21st District comprisingChenango andBroome counties.
• The22nd District comprisingMadison andCortland counties.
• The23rd District comprisingOnondaga County.
• The24th District comprisingCayuga County.
• The25th District comprisingTioga andTompkins counties.
• The26th District (two seats) comprisingOntario,Seneca,Wayne andYates counties.
• The27th District comprisingMonroe andLivingston counties.
• The28th District comprisingSteuben,Allegany andCattaraugus counties.
• The29th District comprisingGenesee andOrleans counties.
• The30th District comprisingNiagara,Chautauqua andErie counties.

Note: There are now 62 counties in the State ofNew 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.

The incumbents Silas Wood, Cambreleng, Johnson, Verplanck, Ward, Hallock, Strong, Van Rensselaer, Storrs, Hoffman, Markell, Taylor, Martindale, Marvin and Garnsey were re-elected. The incumbents Fosdick, John Miller, Badger, Humphrey and Porter were defeated.

David E. Evans, elected as a Jacksonian in the 29th District, was appointed Resident Agent of theHolland Land Company atBatavia, and resigned his seat on May 2, 1827, before the 20th Congress convened. A special election to fill the vacancy was held at the time of the annual State election in November, and was won by Adams manPhineas L. Tracy.^[5]

The House of Representatives of the20th United States Congress met for the first time at theUnited States Capitol inWashington, D.C., on December 3, 1827, and 33 of the representatives, including Phineas L. Tracy, took their seats on this day. Only Thomas J. Oakley arrived later and took his seat on December 17.^[6]

Shortly before the end of the first session,Thomas J. Oakley accepted an appointment as a judge of the Superior Court of New York City, and sent a letter of resignation which was read in the House on May 9, 1828. A special election to fill the vacancy was held, and was won byThomas Taber II who took his seat on December 1, 1828.

Silas Wright Jr., was electedNew York State Comptroller on January 27, 1829, and sent a letter of resignation which was read in the House on February 16. The seat remained vacant for the remaining two weeks of this Congress.

• 1826 and 1827 United States House of Representatives elections

• The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 66 for district apportionment; pg. 71f for Congressmen)
• Members of the Twentieth United States Congress

• United States House of Representatives elections in New York (state)
• 1826 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1826 New York (state) elections
• November 1826
• Tammany Hall

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