United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1824
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The 1824 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from November 1 to 3, 1824, to elect 34 U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 of the 19th United States Congress
19th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:...

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Background

34 U.S. Representatives had been elected in November 1822 to a term in the 18th United States Congress
18th United States Congress
The Eighteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825, during the seventh and eighth...

, beginning on March 4, 1823. William B. Rochester
William B. Rochester
William Beatty Rochester was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 had resigned his seat in April 1823, and William Woods
William Woods (congressman)
William Woods was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 was elected to fill the vacancy. Parmenio Adams
Parmenio Adams
Parmenio Adams was a from New York.-Life:He was the son of Parmenio Adams and Chloe Adams...

 had contested the election of Isaac Wilson, and was seated in January 1824. The representatives' term would end on March 3, 1825. 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 5, 1825.

At this time the Democratic-Republican Party in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 was split into two opposing factions: on one side, the supporters of DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...

 and his Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...

 project; on the other side, the Bucktails
Bucktails
The Bucktails may refer to one of two organizations that were particularly characterized and identified by the wearing of a bucktail in their headgear....

 (including the Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society...

 organization in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

), led by Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....

. At the same time, the Federalist Party had already disbanded, and most of its former members had joined the Clintonians.

At the same time, party lines broke down concerning the United States presidential election, 1824
United States presidential election, 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving...

. The Bucktails' leader Van Buren supported William H. Crawford
William H. Crawford
William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

, and most of the Clintonians supported John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

. Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 and Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 also disputed the election, but found more support in other States. Since 1792, presidential electors had been elected by the New York State Legislature, but with a four-way race in the offing, a movement to change the mode of election was started: The "People's Party" advocated the election of presidential electors by popular ballot in districts, and nominated DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...

 for Governor of New York
Governor of New York
The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...

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Congressional districts

The geographical area of the congressional districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1822. Two new counties were created within the 26th District: Wayne Co. and Yates Co.
  • The 1st District
    New York's 1st congressional district
    The 1st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold,...

     comprising Queens
    Queens
    Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

     and Suffolk
    Suffolk County, New York
    Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...

     counties.
  • The 2nd District
    New York's 2nd congressional district
    The 2nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central Long Island. It includes all of the town of Huntington and parts of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County as well as part of the town of Oyster Bay...

     comprising Kings, Richmond and Rockland
    Rockland County, New York
    Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...

     counties.
  • The 3rd District
    New York's 3rd congressional district
    The 3rd District of New York is generally the eastern half of Nassau County, with some parts as far west as Island Park and Long Beach. The Nassau portion contains suburban communities such as Bellmore, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Hicksville, Levittown, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Merrick, North...

     (three seats) comprising New York County.
  • The 4th District
    New York's 4th congressional district
    The 4th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in west-central Nassau County...

     comprising Westchester
    Westchester County, New York
    Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

     and Putnam
    Putnam County, New York
    Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the lower Hudson River Valley. Putnam county formed in 1812, when it detached from Dutchess County. , the population was 99,710. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The county seat is the hamlet of Carmel...

     counties.
  • The 5th District
    New York's 5th congressional district
    The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It consists of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the...

     comprising Dutchess County
    Dutchess County, New York
    Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...

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  • The 6th District
    New York's 6th congressional district
    New York's Sixth Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale,...

     comprising Orange County
    Orange County, New York
    Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...

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  • The 7th District
    New York's 7th congressional district
    New York's Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It consists of parts of Northern Queens and Eastern portions of the Bronx. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson...

     comprising Ulster
    Ulster County, New York
    Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

     and Sullivan
    Sullivan County, New York
    Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,547. The county seat is Monticello. The name is in honor of Major General John Sullivan, who was a hero in the American Revolutionary War...

     counties.
  • The 8th District
    New York's 8th congressional district
    New York's Eighth Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It is split into two sections. The northern portion of it includes most of Manhattan's Upper West Side, and continues south to include most parts of Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo,...

     comprising Columbia County
    Columbia County, New York
    Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,096. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal...

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  • The 9th District
    New York's 9th congressional district
    New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south central Queens...

     comprising Rensselaer County
    Rensselaer County, New York
    Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 159,429. Its name is in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy...

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  • The 10th District
    New York's 10th congressional district
    New York's 10th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Brooklyn, New York City. It includes the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort...

     comprising Albany County
    Albany County, New York
    Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...

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  • The 11th District
    New York's 11th congressional district
    New York's 11th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens...

     comprising Delaware
    Delaware County, New York
    Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2010 the population was 47,980. The county seat is Delhi. It is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609.-History:When counties...

     and Greene
    Greene County, New York
    Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Its county seat is Catskill...

     counties.
  • The 12th District
    New York's 12th congressional district
    New York's 12th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan...

     comprising Schenectady
    Schenectady County, New York
    Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk Indian word meaning "on the other side of the...

     and Schoharie
    Schoharie County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 31,582 people, 11,991 households and 8,177 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile . There were 15,915 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...

     counties.
  • The 13th District
    New York's 13th congressional district
    New York's 13th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes all of Staten Island and the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend in Brooklyn.A swing district, it is represented...

     comprising Otsego County
    Otsego County, New York
    Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The 2010 population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk word meaning "place of the rock."-History:...

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  • The 14th District
    New York's 14th congressional district
    New York's 14th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes most of the East Side of Manhattan, all of Roosevelt Island and the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside in Queens...

     comprising Oneida County
    Oneida County, New York
    Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....

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  • The 15th District
    New York's 15th congressional district
    New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied...

     comprising Herkimer County
    Herkimer County, New York
    Herkimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,519. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part...

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  • The 16th District
    New York's 16th congressional district
    New York's 16th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in the Bronx. The district includes the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. ...

     comprising Montgomery County
    Montgomery County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

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  • The 17th District
    New York's 17th congressional district
    New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County...

     comprising Saratoga County
    Saratoga County, New York
    Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...

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  • The 18th District
    New York's 18th congressional district
    The 18th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the northern suburbs of New York City. It includes most of Westchester County and part of Rockland County. It includes Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Ossining, the Town of...

     comprising Washington County
    Washington County, New York
    Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. It was named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington...

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  • The 19th District
    New York's 19th congressional district
    United States House of Representatives, New York District 19 is located in the southern part of the state of New York. District 19 lies north of New York City and is composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County.District 19...

     comprising Clinton
    Clinton County, New York
    Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its name is in honor of the first Governor of New York as a state, George Clinton. Its county seat is Plattsburgh.-History:...

    , Essex
    Essex County, New York
    Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Its county seat is Elizabethtown...

    , Franklin
    Franklin County, New York
    Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,599. It is named in honor of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin...

     and Warren
    Warren County, New York
    Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,707. It is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill...

     counties.
  • The 20th District
    New York's 20th congressional district
    The 20th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern New York. It includes all or parts of Columbia, Dutchess, Delaware, Essex, Greene, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. It includes the...

     (two seats) comprising St. Lawrence
    St. Lawrence County, New York
    St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...

    , Jefferson
    Jefferson County, New York
    Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805...

    , Lewis
    Lewis County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 26,944 people, 10,040 households, and 7,309 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile . There were 15,134 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...

     and Oswego
    Oswego County, New York
    Oswego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 Census, the estimated population was 122,109. The City of Oswego and the Village of Pulaski serve as the dual county seats in a two shire system of government...

     counties.
  • The 21st District
    New York's 21st congressional district
    The 21st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains most of the Capital District of New York. It includes all or parts of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties...

     comprising Chenango
    Chenango County, New York
    Chenango County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,477. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning "large bull-thistle." Its county seat is Norwich.-History:...

     and Broome
    Broome County, New York
    Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,600. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. The current...

     counties.
  • The 22nd District
    New York's 22nd congressional district
    The 22nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that includes all or parts of Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, and Ulster counties. It includes the cities of Binghamton, Ithaca, Kingston,...

     comprising Madison
    Madison County, New York
    Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...

     and Cortland
    Cortland County, New York
    Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, named after Federico Van Cortlandt, president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777, and first lieutenant governor of the state. The county seat is Cortland...

     counties.
  • The 23rd District
    New York's 23rd congressional district
    The 23rd Congressional District of New York is New York's northernmost congressional district for the United States House of Representatives. The district includes all or parts of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. It...

     comprising Onondaga County
    Onondaga County, New York
    Onondaga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

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  • The 24th District
    New York's 24th congressional district
    The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.This district is currently represented by Republican Richard L...

     comprising Cayuga County
    Cayuga County, New York
    Cayuga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named for one of the tribes of Indians in the Iroquois Confederation. Its county seat is Auburn.- History :...

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  • The 25th District
    New York's 25th congressional district
    The 25th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that stretches from Syracuse to the northeastern suburbs of Rochester. The district comprises all of Onondaga and Wayne counties, the northernmost portion of Cayuga County and the...

     comprising Tioga
    Tioga County, New York
    As of the census of 2010, there were 51,125 people residing in the county, with 22,203 housing units, of these 20,350 occupied, 1,853 vacant. The population density was 98 people per square mile...

     and Tompkins
    Tompkins County, New York
    Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564. The county seat is Ithaca, and the county is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community...

     counties.
  • The 26th District
    New York's 26th congressional district
    The 26th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties, and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans counties...

     (two seats) comprising Ontario
    Ontario County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 100,224 people, 38,370 households, and 26,360 families residing in the county. The population density was 156 people per square mile . There were 42,647 housing units at an average density of 66 per square mile...

    , Seneca
    Seneca County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 33,342 people, 12,630 households, and 8,626 families residing in the county. The population density was 103 people per square mile . There were 14,794 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

    , Wayne
    Wayne County, New York
    Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...

     and Yates
    Yates County, New York
    Yates County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,348. The county seat is Penn Yan. The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York signed the act establishing the county....

     counties.
  • The 27th District
    New York's 27th congressional district
    The 27th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Chautauqua County and the southern part of Erie County. The district contains much of the city of Buffalo and most of its eastern and...

     comprising Monroe
    Monroe County, New York
    Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 744,344. It is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America. Its county seat is the city of Rochester....

     and Livingston
    Livingston County, New York
    As of the census of 2000, there were 64,328 people, 22,150 households, and 15,349 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 24,023 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

     counties.
  • The 28th District
    New York's 28th congressional district
    The 28th district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in northwest New York. The district is based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties; its easternmost point is in Fairport at...

     comprising Steuben
    Steuben County, New York
    Steuben County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,990. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a German general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War, though it is not pronounced the same...

    , Allegany
    Allegany County, New York
    Allegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,946. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River. Its county seat is...

     and Cattaraugus
    Cattaraugus County, New York
    Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...

     counties.
  • The 29th District
    New York's 29th congressional district
    The Twenty-ninth district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives which covers a portion of the Appalachian mountains in New York known as the "Southern Tier." It is represented by Tom Reed...

     comprising Genesee County
    Genesee County, New York
    Genesee County is a county located in Western New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,079. Its name is from the Seneca Indian word Gen-nis'-hee-yo meaning "The Beautiful Valley." Its county seat is Batavia.- History :...

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  • The 30th District
    New York's 30th congressional district
    The 30th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census...

     comprising Niagara
    Niagara County, New York
    Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...

    , Chautauqua
    Chautauqua County, New York
    -Major highways:* Interstate 86/New York State Route 17 * Interstate 90 * U.S. Route 20* U.S. Route 62* New York State Route 5* New York State Route 39* New York State Route 60* New York State Route 394...

     and Erie
    Erie County, New York
    Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...

     counties.


Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. 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

23 People's Party men and 11 Bucktails were declared elected. The incumbents Wood, Cambreleng, Strong, Van Rensselaer, Storrs, Taylor, Martindale, Ten Eyck, Marvin, Rose, Hayden and Adams were re-elected; the incumbents Sharpe, Craig, Herkimer, Clark, Litchfield, Day and Woods were defeated.
1824 United States House election result
District People's Party Democratic-Republican/Bucktails also ran
1st
New York's 1st congressional district
The 1st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold,...

Silas Wood
Silas Wood
Silas Wood was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in West Hills, near Huntington, New York, Wood pursued classical studies....

2,140 James Lent
James Lent
James Lent was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Newtown, Long Island , New York, Lent engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City....

1,398
2nd
New York's 2nd congressional district
The 2nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central Long Island. It includes all of the town of Huntington and parts of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Smithtown in Suffolk County as well as part of the town of Oyster Bay...

Joshua Sands 1,683 John T. Bergen 1,484
3rd
New York's 3rd congressional district
The 3rd District of New York is generally the eastern half of Nassau County, with some parts as far west as Island Park and Long Beach. The Nassau portion contains suburban communities such as Bellmore, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Hicksville, Levittown, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Merrick, North...

John Rathbone, Jr. 3,981 Churchill C. Cambreleng
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

5,718 Henry Wheaton 750
Charles G. Haines 3,857 Gulian C. Verplanck 4,877
Peter Sharpe
Peter Sharpe
Peter Sharpe was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

3,741 Jeromus Johnson
Jeromus Johnson
Jeromus Johnson was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

4,588
4th
New York's 4th congressional district
The 4th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in west-central Nassau County...

Aaron Ward
Aaron Ward (representative)
Aaron Ward was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

1,586 Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward (New York)
Jonathan Ward was an American politician from New York.-Life:He received limited schooling...

1,297 John Hunter (Buckt.) 1,188
5th
New York's 5th congressional district
The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. It consists of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district includes the...

Bartow White
Bartow White
Bartow White was an American physician and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,596 Peter R. Livingston
Peter R. Livingston
Peter Robert Livingston was an American politician who served as Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York from February to October 1828.-Life:...

3,210
6th
New York's 6th congressional district
New York's Sixth Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale,...

Hector Craig
Hector Craig
Hector Craig was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.-Life:...

1,978 John Hallock, Jr.
John Hallock, Jr.
John Hallock, Jr. was an American farmer and politician from New York.-Life:...

2,105 Walter Case
Walter Case
Walter Case was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (Buckt.)
374
7th
New York's 7th congressional district
New York's Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It consists of parts of Northern Queens and Eastern portions of the Bronx. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson...

Abraham B. Hasbrouck 2,917 John Lounsberry 2,781
8th
New York's 8th congressional district
New York's Eighth Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It is split into two sections. The northern portion of it includes most of Manhattan's Upper West Side, and continues south to include most parts of Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo,...

James Strong
James Strong (US politician)
James Strong was a United States Representative from New York.Strong was born in Windham, Connecticut in 1783. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vermont in 1806, and moved to Hudson, New York....

3,130 Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, he graduated from Princeton College and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry on January 14, 1799 and honorably discharged on June 15, 1800...

2,089
9th
New York's 9th congressional district
New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of southern Brooklyn and south central Queens...

William McManus
William McManus
William Telemachus McManus was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,807 George R. Davis
George R. Davis (New York)
George Rex Davis was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1831 and 1843....

2,925
10th
New York's 10th congressional district
New York's 10th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Brooklyn, New York City. It includes the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort...

Stephen Van Rensselaer 3,850
11th
New York's 11th congressional district
New York's 11th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens...

William V. B. Hermance 2,698 Henry Ashley
Henry Ashley
Henry Ashley was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

3,531 Amos Hamlin 64
12th
New York's 12th congressional district
New York's 12th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan...

Constant Brown 2,129 William Dietz
William Dietz (congressman)
William Dietz was an American farmer and politician from New York.-Life:...

2,810 Henry Greene (PP) 54
13th
New York's 13th congressional district
New York's 13th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes all of Staten Island and the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend in Brooklyn.A swing district, it is represented...

William Campbell
William Campbell (NY surveyor)
For other persons with a similar name see William Campbell William Campbell was an American physician, merchant, surveyor and politician from New York.-Life:...

2,357 William G. Angel
William G. Angel
William Gardner Angel was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,379
14th
New York's 14th congressional district
New York's 14th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes most of the East Side of Manhattan, all of Roosevelt Island and the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside in Queens...

Henry R. Storrs
Henry R. Storrs
Henry Randolph Storrs was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of William Lucius Storrs.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1804.He studied law....

4,146 James Lynch 3,094
15th
New York's 15th congressional district
New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied...

John Herkimer
John Herkimer
John Herkimer was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Herkimer was the son of George Herkimer ....

2,164 Michael Hoffman
Michael Hoffman (congressman)
Michael Hoffman was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from New York from 1825 to 1833-Personal life:...

2,410
16th
New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in the Bronx. The district includes the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. ...

Henry Markell
Henry Markell
Henry Markell was an American lawyer and politician from New York-Life:He was the son of Congressman Jacob Markell...

3,115 William I. Dodge 2,148
17th
New York's 17th congressional district
New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County...

John W. Taylor
John W. Taylor (politician)
John W. Taylor was an early 19th century U.S. politician from New York.-Life:He was born in 1784 in that part of the Town of Ballston, then in Albany County, New York, which was, upon the creation of Saratoga County in 1791, split off to form the Town of Charlton...

3,858
18th
New York's 18th congressional district
The 18th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in the northern suburbs of New York City. It includes most of Westchester County and part of Rockland County. It includes Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Ossining, the Town of...

Henry C. Martindale
Henry C. Martindale
Henry Clinton Martindale was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,449 John Gale 1,893
19th
New York's 19th congressional district
United States House of Representatives, New York District 19 is located in the southern part of the state of New York. District 19 lies north of New York City and is composed of parts of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in addition to the entirety of Putnam County.District 19...

Henry H. Ross
Henry H. Ross
Henry Howard Ross was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,210 William Hogan
William Hogan (New York)
William Hogan was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in the parish of St. Paul’s Covent Garden, London, England on July 17, 1792. He immigrated to the United States in 1803 with his parents, who settled in New York City. He pursued classical studies and graduated from...

2,933
20th
New York's 20th congressional district
The 20th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern New York. It includes all or parts of Columbia, Dutchess, Delaware, Essex, Greene, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. It includes the...

Nicoll Fosdick
Nicoll Fosdick
Nicoll Fosdick was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

5,676 Horace Allen 5,472 "Daniel Hugunin, junior" 275
Daniel Hugunin, jun.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr. was an American politician from New York and Wisconsin Territory.-Life:...

5,188 Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

5,484 "Daniel Hugunin" 195
21st
New York's 21st congressional district
The 21st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains most of the Capital District of New York. It includes all or parts of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties...

Elias Whitmore
Elias Whitmore
Elias Whitmore was a United States Representative from New York.-Life:He completed preparatory studies...

3,128 Lot Clark
Lot Clark
Lot Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,073
22nd
New York's 22nd congressional district
The 22nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that includes all or parts of Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, and Ulster counties. It includes the cities of Binghamton, Ithaca, Kingston,...

John Miller 3,857 John Lynde 3,243
23rd
New York's 23rd congressional district
The 23rd Congressional District of New York is New York's northernmost congressional district for the United States House of Representatives. The district includes all or parts of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. It...

Luther Badger
Luther Badger
Luther Badger was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,214 Elisha Litchfield
Elisha Litchfield
Elisha Litchfield was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,116
24th
New York's 24th congressional district
The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.This district is currently represented by Republican Richard L...

Charles Kellogg
Charles Kellogg (US Representative)
Charles Kellogg was an American farmer, merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

3,372 Rowland Day
Rowland Day
Rowland Day was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:In 1805, Day removed to Skaneateles, and in 1810 to Sempronius...

2,976
25th
New York's 25th congressional district
The 25th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that stretches from Syracuse to the northeastern suburbs of Rochester. The district comprises all of Onondaga and Wayne counties, the northernmost portion of Cayuga County and the...

Charles Humphrey
Charles Humphrey
Charles Humphrey , was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

3,144 David Woodcock
David Woodcock
David Woodcock was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

2,999
26th
New York's 26th congressional district
The 26th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties, and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans counties...

Dudley Marvin
Dudley Marvin
Dudley Marvin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Marvin attended Colchester Academy.He moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1807 and studied law....

8,367 John Maynard 4,438
Robert S. Rose
Robert S. Rose
Robert Selden Rose was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Marriage and family:Rose married in Virginia...

4,901 Aaron Remer 2,732
27th
New York's 27th congressional district
The 27th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Chautauqua County and the southern part of Erie County. The district contains much of the city of Buffalo and most of its eastern and...

Moses Hayden
Moses Hayden
Moses Hayden was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

4,456 Charles H. Carroll
Charles H. Carroll
*For other men named Charles Carroll, see Charles Carroll.Charles Holker Carroll was an American planter, jurist and statesman from Groveland, New York...

3,028
28th
New York's 28th congressional district
The 28th district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in northwest New York. The district is based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties; its easternmost point is in Fairport at...

Daniel Cruger
Daniel Cruger
Daniel Cruger was an American newspaper publisher, lawyer and politician who served as a United States Representative from New York.-Life:He learned the printer's trade, and published the Owego Democrat at Owego, New York...

1,693 Timothy H. Porter
Timothy H. Porter
Timothy Hopkins Porter was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

2,100 William Woods
William Woods (congressman)
William Woods was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (Buckt.)
1,937
29th
New York's 29th congressional district
The Twenty-ninth district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives which covers a portion of the Appalachian mountains in New York known as the "Southern Tier." It is represented by Tom Reed...

Parmenio Adams
Parmenio Adams
Parmenio Adams was a from New York.-Life:He was the son of Parmenio Adams and Chloe Adams...

4,035 Isaac Wilson 2,969
30th
New York's 30th congressional district
The 30th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census...

William Hotchkiss 2,235 Daniel G. Garnsey
Daniel G. Garnsey
Daniel Greene Garnsey was an American politician from New York, Michigan and Illinois.-Life:...

2,387 John G. Camp (Buckt.) 2,127


Note: Of the People's Party candidates, Wood, Sands, Strong, Van Rensselaer, Campbell and Storrs were old Federalists; Haines, Craig, Taylor, Marvin, Hayden and Adams were old Clintonians; and Sharpe, Herkimer, Martindale and Rose were elected as Bucktails in 1822.

Aftermath, presidential election and contested election

No change in the mode of election of presidential electors was enacted this year. On November 11, 1824, the New York State Legislature chose 36 presidential electors of whom 26 voted for John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

, 5 for William H. Crawford
William H. Crawford
William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

, 4 for Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 and 1 for Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

. No candidate received a majority in the electoral college vote at the United States presidential election, 1824
United States presidential election, 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving...

, and the election was referred to the House of Representatives, to choose among the three most voted candidates: Adams, Jackson and Crawford. Henry Clay supported Adams, so that after the contingent election on February 9, 1825, one month before the end of the term of the 18th Congress, the members were back-labeled (according to their actual vote) as "Adams-Clay Democratic-Republicans" (Sharpe, Van Wyck, Williams, Herkimer, Cady, Taylor, Martindale, Lawrence, Marvin, Rose, Hayden, Woods, Adams and Tracy), "Jackson Democratic-Republicans" (Morgan and Craig), "Crawford Democratic-Republicans" (Tyson, Cambreleng, Frost, Jenkins, Hoogeboom, Foote, Eaton, Richards, Ten Eyck, Collins, Clark, Dwinell, Litchfield, Day) and "Adams-Clay Federalists" (Wood, Strong, Van Rensselaer, Storrs).

After this fiasco, Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....

 abandoned Crawford, and re-organized his Bucktails supporting Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

. In the 19th Congress the members were split into the supporters of President Adams (known as "Adams men", later becoming the "Anti-Jacksonians" and the National Republican Party
National Republican Party (United States)
The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...

) and the supporters of Andrew Jackson (known as "Jacksonians", later becoming the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

).

The House of Representatives of the 19th United States Congress
19th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:...

 met for the first time at the United States Capitol
United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall...

 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, on December 5, 1825, and 32 of the representatives, among them Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 took their seats on this day. Rose took his seat on December 7; and Whitmore on January 16, 1826.

On December 9, 1825, Henry R. Storrs
Henry R. Storrs
Henry Randolph Storrs was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of William Lucius Storrs.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1804.He studied law....

 presented a petition on behalf of Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr. was an American politician from New York and Wisconsin Territory.-Life:...

 contesting the election of Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 in the 20th District. On December 15, the Committee on Elections submitted its report. They found that 142 votes in St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...

, and 53 votes in Lewis County
Lewis County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,944 people, 10,040 households, and 7,309 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile . There were 15,134 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...

 had been returned for "Daniel Hugunin"; and 275 votes in Jefferson County
Jefferson County, New York
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805...

 had been returned for "Daniel Hugunin, junior"; all these listed among the "scattering votes." The Secretary of State of New York
Secretary of State of New York
The Secretary of State of New York is a cabinet officer in the government of the U.S. state of New York.The current Secretary of State of New York is Cesar A...

, receiving the abovementioned result, issued credentials for Ten Eyck who took his seat when Congress met on December 5. The petition included testimony by the election inspectors that 271 votes in Watertown, 93 votes in Madrid
Madrid, New York
Madrid is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Madrid in Spain.The Town of Madrid is in the northern part of the county, north of Canton....

, and 48 votes in Louisville
Louisville, New York
Louisville is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 3,195 at the 2000 census. The town is reportedly named after a French king, but it is pronounced as "Lewis-ville."...

 had been in fact given for "Daniel Hugunin, jun." but had been certified mistakenly. Adding these votes to the 5,188 returned for "Daniel Hugunin, jun.", Hugunin had a recognized total of 5,600 votes, 116 more than Ten Eyck. The committee declared Hugunin, Jr., entitled to the seat instead of Ten Eyck. The House concurred without opposition, and Hugunin, Jr., took his seat.

After Hugunin, Jr., was seated on December 15, 1825, of the 34 representatives from New York there were 25 Adams men and 9 Jacksonians: the People's Party men supported Adams; the Bucktails supported Jackson, except Porter who was described as an "Adams Bucktail."

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