11th Congress: South Carolina 1808
South Carolina elected eight Democratic-Republicans to the Eleventh Congress.
The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in many areas.
South Carolina used the district system for electing members to Congress.
In 1811, a special election was held in which Langdon Cheves was elected to replace Robert Marion, who had resigned from office.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Marion | Democratic-Republican | 1,069 | 68.2% | ✓ |
| 1 | Thomas Lowndes | Federalist | 471 | 30.1% | |
| 2 | William Butler | Democratic-Republican | ✓ | ||
| 3 | Robert Witherspoon | Democratic-Republican | ✓ | ||
| 4 | John Taylor | Democratic-Republican | 297 | unopposed | ✓ |
| 5 | Richard Winn | Democratic-Republican | ✓ | ||
| 6 | Joseph C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 936 | 76.3% | ✓ |
| 6 | William Burnsides | 290 | 23.7% | ||
| 7 | Thomas Moore | Democratic-Republican | ✓ | ||
| 8 | Lemuel James Alston | Democratic-Republican | 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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“11th Congress: South Carolina 1808,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress11.sc.county.html
