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Alabama
Alabama was admitted as a state on December 14, 1819

Georgia
John Forsyth (DR) resigned after being elected to the Senate before the start of the 16th Congress. A special election was held to fill the vacancies left in both the 15th and 16th Congresses, which was won by Robert R. Reid (DR).

Kentucky
Two vacancies occurred in Kentucky's representation during the 16th Congress caused by the death of David Walker in the 6th district on March 1, 1820 and the resignation of Tunstall Quarles in the 9th district. These vacancies were filled by Francis Johnson (DR) in the 6th and Thomas Montgomery (DR) in the 9th.

Louisiana
Louisiana held an election for the 16th Congress at the same time as it held a special election. Data were only available for the special election, but the general election would presumably have had very similar results, and so the results for the special election are duplicated here

New Jersey
John Condit (DR) resigned November 4, 1819 after having been appointed assistant collector of customs and was replaced in a special election by Charles Kinsey.

John Linn died in office January 5, 1821. His seat remained vacant for the remainder of the 16th Congress

New York
At this time, the Democratic-Republicans in New York were divided into two factions, the "Bucktails" who were opposed to Governor Dewitt Clinton's Erie Canal project, led by Martin Van Buren, and on the other side, Clinton's supporters, known as Clintonians. In many districts, the remaining Federalists allied with the Clintonians, with candidates running on a joint ticket. Several candidates who ran under that joint ticket cannot be clearly categorized, and are marked C/F. Others who ran under the joint ticket are marked by their party with a footnote indicating that they ran under the joint ticket. This election was held April 26-28, 1818

In the NY's 1st congressional district, an election dispute arose. Initial returns showed the winners to be Silas Wood and Ebenezer Sage. This election was contested, however, on the grounds that there were 396 votes for "James Guyon" which, when added to the total number of votes reported for James Guyon, Jr., would place Guyon in second place, above Sage. Sage never appeared to take his seat, and Guyon was awarded the seat on January 14, 1820

North Carolina
In the 4th district, Jesse Slocumb (F) died on December 20, 1820. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, which elected William S. Blackledge (DR), seated February 7, 1821.

Pennsylvania
Two vacancies occurred during the 16th Congress. In the 5th district, David Fullerton (DR) resigned on May 15, 1820. A special election was held which filled the resulting vacancy by Thomas G. McCullough (F). In the 7th district, Joseph Hiester (DR) resigned in December, 1820, having been elected Governor of Pennsylvania and was replaced by Daniel Udree (DR)

Vermont
Initial returns showed Mallary in 8th place with 6,879 votes and Merrill in 6th place with 6,955 votes, but after challenging the results, the House Committee on Elections declared Mallary the winner of the last seat with 6,961 votes, a 6-vote lead over Merrill. Mallary was seated on January 13, 1820.

Virginia
There were five vacancies during the 16th Congress in Virginia's representation. The first occurred in the 17th district when James Pleasants (DR) resigned on December 14, 1819, after having been elected Senator, he was replaced by William S. Archer (DR) who took office January 18, 1820. The second was in the 20th district caused by James Johnson (DR)'s resignation on February 1, 1820. He was replaced by John C. Gray (DR), who took office on November 13, 1820. The third occurred in the 10th district shortly after the second, on February 10, 1820, when George F. Strother (DR) resigned and was replaced by Thomas L. Moore (DR), who took his seat on November 13, 1820. The fourth occurred in the 1st district when James Pindall (F) resigned on July 26, 1820. That vacancy was filled by Edward B. Jackson (DR). The final vacancy was in the 14th district when William A. Burwell (DR) died on February 16, 1821, less than a month before the end of the 16th Congress. That vacancy was left unfilled for the remainder of the Congress.

Non-voting delegates
There were four territories with the right to send non-voting delegates to the 16th Congress, two of which, Michigan Territory and Arkansas Territory were new to this Congress. Alabama Territory did not send a delegate, however, being admitted as the State of Alabama near the beginning of the First Session.

Electoral data are not available for Michigan Territory's first election. It was won by William Woodbridge, who resigned on August 9, 1820 due to family illness. A special election was held for the remainder of the 16th Congress which was won by Solomon Sibley.