Mapping Early American Elections

8th Congress: Virginia 1803

Virginia elected three Federalists and nineteen Democratic-Republicans to the Eighth Congress.

Following the 1800 Census, Virginia gained three seats in the House of Representatives.

Virginia used the district system for electing members to Congress.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican			✓
2	James Stephenson	Federalist	984	53.6%	✓
2	Osborn Sprigg	Democratic-Republican	853	46.4%
3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1,445	89.9%	✓
3	Joseph Sexton	Democratic-Republican	163	10.1%
4	David Holmes	Democratic-Republican			✓
5	Andrew Moore	Democratic-Republican	708	39.8%	✓
5	Thomas Lewis	Federalist	649	36.5%
5	John Woodward	Federalist	423	23.8%
6	Abram Trigg	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
7	Joseph Lewis, Jr.	Federalist	687	56.5%	✓
7	Richard Brent	Democratic-Republican	529	43.5%
8	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican			✓
9	Philip R. Thompson	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
10	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican			✓
11	Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	907	71.4%	✓
11	John Taylor	Democratic-Republican	364	28.6%
12	Thomas Griffin	Federalist	1,089	50.8%	✓
12	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	1,056	49.2%
13	John Trigg	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
14	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican	2,067	88.9%	✓
14	James Hurt	Federalist	258	11.1%
15	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican			✓
16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican			✓
17	Thomas Claiborne	Democratic-Republican	898	51.3%	✓
17	Richard Field	Federalist	851	48.7%
18	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	839	66.9%	✓
18	James Jones	Democratic-Republican	415	33.1%
19	Edwin Gray	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
20	Thomas Newton, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1,157	100%	✓
21	Thomas M. Randolph	Democratic-Republican	906	50.4%	✓
21	Samuel J. Cabell	Democratic-Republican	893	49.6%
22	John Clopton	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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