Mapping Early American Elections

6th Congress: Virginia 1799

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Virginia elected eight Federalists and eleven Democratic-Republicans to the Sixth Congress.

Virginia used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In August 1800, a special election was held in which Democratic-Republican Littleton Waller Tazewell was elected to replace Federalist John Marshall, who had resigned from office to replace Federalist Timothy Pickering as the Secretary of State.

Congressional election results, 6th Congress: Virginia 1799
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Robert Page Federalist 941 54.3% ✓
1 John Smith Democratic-Republican 792 45.7%
2 David Holmes Democratic-Republican ✓
3 George Jackson Democratic-Republican 1,404 53.9% ✓
3 John Haymond Federalist 1,199 46%
4 Abraham Trigg Democratic-Republican 1,873 88.5% ✓
4 William Preston Federalist 244 11.5%
5 John Trigg Democratic-Republican ✓
6 Matthew Clay Democratic-Republican ✓
7 John Randolph Democratic-Republican 789 40.5% ✓
7 Powhatan Bolling Federalist 784 40.3%
7 Clement Carrington Federalist 373 19.2%
8 Samuel Goode Federalist 1,131 52.5% ✓
8 Thomas Claiborne Democratic-Republican 1,024 47.5%
9 Joseph Eggleston Democratic-Republican 1,058 63.2% ✓
9 Alexander MacRae Federalist 616 36.8%
10 Edwin Gray Federalist ✓
11 Josiah Parker Federalist 1,143 56.2% ✓
11 Thomas Newton Democratic-Republican 890 43.8%
12 Thomas Evans Federalist 1,172 62.3% ✓
12 John Page Democratic-Republican 709 37.7%
13 John Marshall Federalist ✓
14 Samuel J. Cabell Democratic-Republican 1,497 86% ✓
14 John Nicholas Federalist 243 14%
15 John Dawson Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
16 Anthony New Democratic-Republican ✓
17 Leven Powell Federalist 917 63.8% ✓
17 Roger West Democratic-Republican 520 36.2%
18 John Nicholas Democratic-Republican ✓
19 Henry Lee Federalist 617 51.4% ✓
19 Walter Jones Democratic-Republican 584 48.6%

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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“6th Congress: Virginia 1799,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress06.va.county.html