Mapping Early American Elections


8th Congress: Delaware 1802

Delaware elected one Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress.

Delaware used a statewide at-large method for electing a member to Congress. Delaware’s election law required that voters select two candidates, with one residing in the voter’s own county, and the other residing in one of the state’s other two counties. The at-large winner was then declared the winner. This map depicts the initial winners.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Caesar A. Rodney Democratic-Republican 3,421 50.1%
At-large James A. Bayard Federalist 3,406 49.9%

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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