1826 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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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