Mapping Early American Elections

5th Congress: Virginia 1797

Virginia elected fifteen Democratic-Republicans and four Federalists to the Fifth Congress.

Virginia used the district system for electing members to Congress. In 1798, Virginia held a special election in which Joseph Eggleston was elected to replace William B. Giles, who resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Daniel Morgan	Federalist			✓
2	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	1,350	60.4%	✓
2	John Steele	Federalist	615	27.5%
2	John Bowyer	Democratic-Republican	270	12.1%
3	James Machir	Federalist	1,066	45.4%	✓
3	George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	674	28.7%
3	John Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	472	20.1%
3	Thomas Wilson	Federalist	134	5.7%
4	Abraham Trigg	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
5	John Trigg	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
6	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
7	Abraham B. Venable	Democratic-Republican			✓
8	Thomas Claiborne	Democratic-Republican	761	62.3%	✓
8	Jesse Browne	Federalist	461	37.7%
9	William B. Giles	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
10	Carter B. Harrison	Democratic-Republican	261	55.4%	✓
10	Edwin Gray	Federalist	210	44.6%
11	Josiah Parker	Federalist		unopposed	✓
12	Thomas Evans	Federalist			✓
13	John Clopton	Democratic-Republican			✓
14	Samuel J. Cabell	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
15	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican			✓
16	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	942	70.6%	✓
16	Carter Braxton, Jr.	Federalist	391	29.3%
17	Richard Brent	Democratic-Republican	414	100%	✓
18	John Nicholas	Democratic-Republican			✓
19	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican			✓

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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