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1820–1821 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

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This was the first election in Massachusetts after the separation of the former District of Maine as the new State of Maine, taking the old {{ushr|MA|14|14th}} – {{ushr|MA|20|20th}} districts with it.

Massachusetts elected its members November 6, 1820. Massachusetts had a majority requirement for election, which was not met in the {{ushr|MA|2|2nd district}} necessitating two additional elections on January 8, 1821, and April 16, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.

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! colspan=3 | Incumbent

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Member

! Party

! First elected

! Results

! Candidates

{{ushr|MA|1|X}}

| Jonathan Mason

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1817 (Special)

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820 to pursue his law practice.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.{{efn | name=Gorham | Some sources cite Benjamin Gorham as a Federalist.}}
Successor also elected the same day to finish the term.

| nowrap | √ Benjamin Gorham (Democratic-Republican){{efn | name=Gorham | Some sources cite Benjamin Gorham as a Federalist.}} 57.9%
Samuel Wells 40.2%
Jesse Putname 1.4%
Others 0.5%

{{ushr|MA|2|X}}

| Nathaniel Silsbee

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired.
New member elected late on the third ballot after the term began but before the Congress convened.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{small|First ballot (November 6, 1820):}}
Willard Peele (I) 38.5%
Gideon Barstow (Democratic-Republican) 34.0%
Leverett Saltonstall I (Federalist) 27.4%

{{small|Second ballot (January 8, 1821):}}
Gideon Barstow (Democratic-Republican) 48.4%
John Hooper (Federalist) 28.1%
Willard Peele (I) 10.1%
Charles Saunders 9.1%
Others 4.4%

{{small|Third ballot (April 16, 1821):}}
√ Gideon Barstow (Democratic-Republican) 53.9%
Timothy Pickering (Federalist) 44.7%
Others 1.4%

{{ushr|MA|3|X}}

| Jeremiah Nelson

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1804
1806 (Retired)
1814

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | √ Jeremiah Nelson (Federalist) 85.7%
Amos Spaulding 12.6%
Others 1.7%

{{ushr|MA|4|X}}

| Timothy Fuller

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | √ Timothy Fuller (Democratic-Republican) 58.2%
John Hart (Democratic-Republican) 20.9%
Samuel P. Fay (Federalist) 17.8%
Others 3.1%

{{ushr|MA|5|X}}

| Samuel Lathrop

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1819

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | √ Samuel Lathrop (Federalist) 73.7%
Thomas Shepherd (Democratic-Republican) 26.3%

{{ushr|MA|6|X}}

| Samuel C. Allen

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1816

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | √ Samuel C. Allen (Federalist) 92.4%
Others 7.6%

{{ushr|MA|7|X}}

| Henry Shaw

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.

| nowrap | √ Henry W. Dwight (Federalist) 51.4%
William P. Walker (Democratic-Republican) 43.9%
Others 4.7%

{{ushr|MA|8|X}}

| Zabdiel Sampson

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent resigned July 26, 1820.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor later elected to finish the term.

| nowrap | √ Aaron Hobart (Democratic-Republican) 54.4%
William Baylies (Federalist) 45.6%

{{ushr|MA|9|X}}

| Walter Folger Jr.

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.

| nowrap | √ John Reed Jr. (Federalist) 65.9%
Walter Folger Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 22.9%
Others 11.2%

{{ushr|MA|10|X}}

| Marcus Morton

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain

| nowrap | √ Francis Baylies (Federalist) 52.5%
Marcus Morton (Democratic-Republican) 47.5%

{{ushr|MA|11|X}}

| Benjamin Adams

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.

| nowrap | √ Jonathan Russell (Democratic-Republican) 52.9%
Benjamin Adams (Federalist) 42.9%
Others 4.2%

{{ushr|MA|12|X}}

| Jonas Kendall

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.

| nowrap | √ Lewis Bigelow (Federalist) 51.7%
Edmund Cushing (Democratic-Republican) 26.1%
Jonas Kendall (Federalist) 22.1%

{{ushr|MA|13|X}}

| William Eustis

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1800
1804 (Lost)
1820 (Special)

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | √ William Eustis (Democratic-Republican) 65.0%
James Richardson (Federalist) 30.7%
Richard Sullivan (Federalist) 4.3%

See also

Notes

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