1826_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia Knowpia

Georgia elected its members October 2, 1826. Georgia switched to using districts for this election. Two incumbents, James Meriwether and George Cary, did not run for re-election.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia 1	Edward F. Tattnall Redistricted from the at-large district	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Edward F. Tattnall (Jacksonian) 100%
Georgia 2	John Forsyth Redistricted from the at-large district	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Forsyth (Jacksonian) 100%
Georgia 3	Wiley Thompson Redistricted from the at-large district	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Wiley Thompson (Jacksonian) 60.3% Benjamin Cleveland 39.7%
Georgia 4	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y Wilson Lumpkin (Jacksonian) 50.3% Walter T. Colquitt 49.7%
Georgia 5	Charles E. Haynes Redistricted from the at-large district	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Charles E. Haynes (Jacksonian) 78.7% August B. Longstreet 21.3%
Georgia 6	Alfred Cuthbert Redistricted from the at-large district	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y Tomlinson Fort (Jacksonian) 54.0% Alfred Cuthbert (Jacksonian) 46.0%
Georgia 7	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y John Floyd (Jacksonian) 51.2% A. M. King^[a] 48.8%

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