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11th Congress: Georgia 1808

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Georgia elected four Democratic-Republicans to the Eleventh Congress.

Mapping for this election is incomplete because of a lack of returns in several counties.

Georgia used a statewide at-large method for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 11th Congress: Georgia 1808
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large William Bibb Democratic-Republican 12,805 22.7% ✓ Elected
At-large George Troup Democratic-Republican 12,532 22.2% ✓ Elected
At-large Howell Cobb Democratic-Republican 11,602 20.6% ✓ Elected
At-large Dennis Smelt Democratic-Republican 8,361 14.8% ✓ Elected
At-large James E. Houston Democratic-Republican 6,240 11.1% Not elected
At-large John M. Dooley Federalist 4,838 8.6% Not elected

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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