Mapping Early American Elections


4th Congress: Virginia 1795

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

Virginia used a district system for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 4th Congress: Virginia 1795
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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