Mapping Early American Elections


9th Congress: Tennessee 1805

Tennessee elected three Democratic-Republicans to the Ninth Congress.

Tennessee started using the district system for electing members to Congress.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Rhea Democratic-Republican 4,130 unopposed
2 George W. Campbell Democratic-Republican 5,210 unopposed
3 William Dickson Democratic-Republican 6,006 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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