Mapping Early American Elections


14th Congress: Virginia 1815

Virginia elected six Federalist and seventeen Democratic-Republicans to the Fourteenth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in several counties.

Virginia used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1815, a special election was held in which John W. Kerr was elected to replace Mathew Clay, who had died before the Fourteenth Congress began.

In 1816, a special election was held in which Thomas M. Nelson was elected to replace Thomas Gholson, who had died.

In 1816, a special election was held in which John Tyler was elected to replace John Clopton, Sr., who had died.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John G. Jackson Democratic-Republican
2 Magnus Tate Federalist 726 63.4%
2 Francis White Federalist 420 36.6%
3 Henry Saint George Tucker Democratic-Republican 1,006 71.5%
3 Griffin Taylor Federalist 388 27.6%
4 William MacCoy Democratic-Republican 1,213 51%
4 Robert Porterfield Federalist 1,165 49%
5 James Breckinridge Federalist 902 51.5%
5 John Floyd Democratic-Republican 848 48.5%
6 Daniel Sheffey Federalist unopposed
7 Ballard Smith Democratic-Republican
8 Joseph Lewis Federalist 791 52%
8 Armistead T. Mason Democratic-Republican 730 48%
9 John P. Hungerford Federalist 690 56.9%
9 William Brent Democratic-Republican 523 43.1%
10 Aylett Hawes Democratic-Republican 808 59.4%
10 John Scott Federalist 552 40.6%
11 Philip Barbour Democratic-Republican
12 William H. Roane Democratic-Republican 857 78.1%
12 James M. Garnett Federalist 241 21.9%
13 Burwell Bassett Democratic-Republican 958 52.6%
13 John Eyre Federalist 862 47.4%
14 William A. Burwell Democratic-Republican unopposed
15 Mathew Clay Democratic-Republican 836 42.5%
15 John W. Kerr Democratic-Republican 671 34.1%
15 William Rice Federalist 400 20.3%
16 John Randolph Federalist 971 51.6%
16 John W. Eppes Democratic-Republican 911 48.4%
17 James Pleasants Democratic-Republican unopposed
18 Thomas Gholson Democratic-Republican
19 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican unopposed
20 James Johnson Democratic-Republican 723 52.2%
20 Edwin Gray Federalist 662 47.8%
21 Thomas Newton Democratic-Republican unopposed
22 Hugh Nelson Democratic-Republican unopposed
23 John Clopton Democratic-Republican unopposed

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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