View source for 1826–1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

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{{Elections in Maine}}
Maine elected its members September 8, 1826.  It required a majority for election, which was not met in the 7th district, requiring additional elections December 18, 1826, April 2, and September 27, 1827.
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! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race
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! Member
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates
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| {{ushr|ME|1|X}}
| [[William Burleigh]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1823]]
| Incumbent re-elected.<br/>Incumbent died July 2, 1827, before the new Congress convened, leading to a [[1827 Maine's 1st congressional district special election|special election]].
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[William Burleigh]]''' (Anti-Jacksonian) 60.5%
* [[Rufus McIntire]] (Jacksonian) 38.1%
* Others 1.4%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|2|X}}
| [[John Anderson (Maine)|John Anderson]]
| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian
| [[1824–1825 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1824]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[John Anderson (Maine)|John Anderson]]''' (Jacksonian) 57.9%
* [[Stephen Longfellow]] 41.4%
* Others 0.7%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|3|X}}
| [[Ebenezer Herrick]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1820–1821 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1821]]
| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired.<br/>New member elected.<br/> Anti-Jacksonian hold.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[Joseph F. Wingate]]''' (Anti-Jacksonian) 55.2%
* [[Daniel Rose (politician)|Daniel Rose]] 30.1%
* Edwin Smith 10.4%
* Others 4.3%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|4|X}}
| [[Peleg Sprague (Maine politician)|Peleg Sprague]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1824–1825 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1825]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[Peleg Sprague (Maine politician)|Peleg Sprague]]''' (Anti-Jacksonian) 99.0%
* Others 1.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|5|X}}
| [[Enoch Lincoln]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1818 Massachusetts's 20th congressional district special election|1818 (Special)]]{{efn | In {{ushr|MA|20|A}}}}
| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Incumbent resigned in January 1826.<br/>New member elected.<br/>'''Jacksonian gain'''.<br/>Successor later [[1826 Maine's 5th congressional district special election|elected to finish the current term]].
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[James W. Ripley]]''' (Jacksonian) 52.6%
* Levi Whitman (Jacksonian) 30.6%
* Samuel Bradbury 15.8%
* Others 1.0%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|6|X}}
| [[Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine politician)|Jeremiah O'Brien]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1823]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine politician)|Jeremiah O'Brien]]''' (Anti-Jacksonian) 54.4%
* [[Joseph Williamson (Maine politician)|Joseph Williamson]] (Jacksonian) 20.0%
* Ralph C. Johnson 15.5%
* Samuel Whitney 8.1%
* Others 1.9%
}}
|-
| {{ushr|ME|7|X}}
| [[David Kidder]]
| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian
| [[1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine|1823]]
| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired.<br/>New member elected on the fourth ballot.<br/> Anti-Jacksonian hold.
| nowrap | '''{{Small|First ballot (September 8, 1826):}}''' {{Plainlist |
* [[William D. Williamson]] 42.8%
* Jacob McGaw 34.8%
* Simon Harriman 6.3%
* Jonathan Farrar 5.1%
* David Perham 3.5%
* Others 7.5%
}}<br/>'''{{Small|Second ballot (December 18, 1826):}}''' {{Plainlist |
* John Wilkins 46.6%
* Jacob McGaw 35.4%
* Simeon Stetson 11.4%
* [[Jedediah Herrick]] 1.8%
* Simon Call 1.7%
* George Leonard 1.6%
* Daniel Wilkins 1.6%
}}<br/>'''{{Small|Third ballot (April 2, 1827):}}''' {{Plainlist |
* [[William D. Williamson]] 36.5%
* [[Jedediah Herrick]] 22.7%
* Joseph Carr 15.9%
* John Wilkins 8.1%
* Daniel Wilkins 3.7%
* [[David Kidder]] (Anti-Jacksonian) 2.8%
* Obed Wilson 2.7%
* Simon Harriman 1.5%
* Isaac Hodson 1.5%
* Jacob McGaw 1.2%
* Others 3.5%
}}<br/>'''{{Small|Fourth ballot (September 27, 1827):}}''' {{Plainlist |
* '''{{aye}} [[Samuel Butman]]''' (Anti-Jacksonian) 53.3%
* Isaac Hudson 39.5%
* Asa Wyman 2.7%
* Others 4.5%
}}
|}
== See also ==
* [[1826 Maine's 5th congressional district special election]]
* [[1827 Maine's 1st congressional district special election]]
* [[1826 and 1827 United States House of Representatives elections]]
* [[List of United States representatives from Maine]]
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