Mapping Early American Elections

4th Congress: Virginia 1795

Virginia elected eighteen Democratic-Republicans and one Federalist to the Fourth Congress.

Virginia used a district system for electing members to Congress.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Robert Rutherford	Democratic-Republican			✓
2	Andrew Moore	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
3	George Jackson	Democratic-Republican			✓
4	Francis Preston	Democratic-Republican			✓
5	George Hancock	Federalist		unopposed	✓
6	Isaac Coles	Democratic-Republican			✓
7	Abraham B. Venable	Democratic-Republican	761	61.1%	✓
7	Thomas Woodson	Federalist	247	19.8%
7	Joseph Wyatt	Federalist	236	18.9%
8	Thomas Claiborne	Democratic-Republican			✓
9	William B. Giles	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
10	Carter B. Harrison	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
11	Josiah Parker	Democratic-Republican			✓
12	John Page	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
13	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican	432	50.6%	✓
13	Burwell Bassett	Federalist	422	49.4%
14	Samuel Jordan Cabell	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
15	James Madison	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
16	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican			✓
17	Richard Brent	Democratic-Republican			✓
18	John Nicholas	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
19	John Heath	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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4th Congress: Virginia 1795

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