1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine

Although Maine neither gained nor lost seats after the 1820 United States census, redistricting placed two incumbents into the 3rd district. Maine elected its members on April 7, 1823, after the term began but before the new Congress convened. Maine law required a majority for election, with additional ballots taken if a majority were not achieved. This proved necessary in 1823 in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 6th districts, but all members were still chosen before the new Congress convened.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Maine 1 Joseph Dane Federalist 1820 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
First ballot (April 7, 1823):
  • Isaac Lane (Democratic-Republican) 29.9%
  • William Burleigh (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 27.7%
  • Thomas G. Thornton (Democratic-Republican) 11.4%
  • Edward P. Hayman 8.8%
  • Rufus McIntire (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 8.0%
  • Benjamin Greene 7.5%
  • John MacDonald 5.5%
  • Others 1.2%

Second ballot (June 30, 1823):
  • William Burleigh (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 41.6%
  • Isaac Lane (Democratic-Republican) 33.5%
  • Rufus McIntire (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 20.7%
  • John MacDonald 1.3%
  • Edward P. Hayman 1.0%
  • Others 1.9%

Third ballot (September 9, 1823):
  • William Burleigh (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 48.4%
  • Rufus McIntire (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 42.2%
  • Isaac Lane (Democratic-Republican) 7.7%
  • Others 1.8%

Fourth ballot (November 3, 1823):
Maine 2 Mark Harris Democratic-Republican 1822 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Maine 3 Ebenezer Herrick
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic-Republican 1821 Incumbent re-elected. First ballot (April 7, 1823):
Mark Langdon Hill (Democratic-Republican) 31.6%

Second ballot (June 30, 1823):

Third ballot (September 9, 1823):
Mark Langdon Hill Democratic-Republican 1819[a] Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican loss.
Maine 4 Joshua Cushman
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic-Republican 1818[b] Incumbent re-elected. First ballot (April 7, 1823):
  • Joshua Cushman (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 47.8%
  • Ebenezer T. Warren (Democratic-Republican) 47.3%
  • Sanford Kingsbury 1.7%
  • James Parker (Democratic-Republican) 1.4%
  • Thomas Fillebrown 1.3%
  • Nathan Cutler 0.5%

Second ballot (June 30, 1823):
Joshua Cushman (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 60.2%
  • Ebenezer T. Warren (Democratic-Republican) 29.1%
  • Josiah Prescott 7.5%
  • Others 3.2%
Maine 5 Enoch Lincoln
Redistricted from the 7th district
Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special)[c] Incumbent re-elected.
Enoch Lincoln (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 96.7%
  • Ezekiel Thompson 1.7%
  • Others 1.6%
Maine 6 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
First ballot (April 7, 1823):
  • Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 31.4%
  • Alfred Johnson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 28.2%
  • William Abbott (Federalist) 25.4%
  • Aaron Holbrook (Democratic-Republican) 9.4%
  • Jonathan D. Weston 3.9%
  • Others 1.7%

Second ballot (June 30, 1823):
  • Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 40.8%
  • Alfred Johnson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 37.1%
  • William Abbott (Federalist) 21.9%
  • Others 0.2%

Third ballot (September 9, 1823):
  • Jeremiah O'Brien (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 53.2%
  • Alfred Johnson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 26.6%
  • William Abbott (Federalist) 18.7%
  • Others 1.5%
Maine 7 William D. Williamson
Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • David Kidder (Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican) 51.8%
  • William Emerson (Democratic-Republican) 24.7%
  • Obid Wilson 17.8%
  • Others 5.8%

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