1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections

The 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3, 1826, and August 30, 1827. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 20th United States Congress convened on December 3, 1827. They occurred during John Quincy Adams's presidency. Elections were held for all 213 seats, representing 24 states.

1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections
July 3, 1826 – August 30, 1827
All 213 seats in the United States House of Representatives
107 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Andrew Stevenson John W. Taylor
Party Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian
Leader's seat Virginia 9th New York 17th
Last election 104 seats 109 seats
Seats won 113 100
Seat change 9 9
Results:
     Jacksonian hold      Jacksonian gain
     Anti-Jacksonian hold      Anti-Jacksonian gain
     Undistricted territory or split plural districts
Speaker before election

John W. Taylor
Anti-Jacksonian

 Elected Speaker

Andrew Stevenson
Jacksonian

In these midterm campaigns, the aftershock of the contested 1824 presidential election remained a major issue. The former Democratic-Republican Party had split into two parties, the "Jacksonians," supporting Andrew Jackson (which would later become the Democratic Party) and the "Adams men" or "Anti-Jacksonians," supporters of President John Quincy Adams. Adams's supporters would later come to be known as the National Republican Party. The Jacksonians were able to pick up a slim majority in the House by painting an image of the Adams Men as elitist and of the Jacksonians as the party of the common farmer or artisan. This tactic helped them pick up a number of rural seats.

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