Mapping Early American Elections

11th Congress: Virginia 1809

Virginia elected six Federalist, fifteen Democratic-Republicans, and one Republican who was part of a faction within the party to the Eleventh Congress. The dissenting Republican in this election was a Tertium Quid (or just Quid), a coalition of Federalists and moderate Democratic-Republicans.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in several counties.

Virginia used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1809, a special election was held in which David S. Garland was elected to replace Wilson C. Nicholas, who had resigned from office.

In 1810, a special election was held in which William MacKinley was elected to replace John G. Jackson, who had resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	1,326	60.3%	✓
1	Noah Linsley	Federalist	872	39.7%
2	James Stephenson	Federalist	876	57.6%	✓
2	John Morrow	Democratic-Republican	645	42.4%
3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	1,085	86.9%	✓
3	Robert Page	Federalist	163	13.1%
4	Jacob Swoope	Federalist	1,369	53.7%	✓
4	Daniel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1,181	46.3%
5	James Breckinridge	Federalist			✓
6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist	1,662	66.6%	✓
6	Francis Preston	Democratic-Republican	835	33.4%
7	Joseph Lewis, Jr.	Federalist	760	62%	✓
7	William Tyler	Democratic-Republican	465	38%
8	Walter Jones	Democratic-Republican			✓
9	John Love	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
10	John Dawson	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
11	John Roane	Democratic-Republican			✓
12	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	1,172	57.4%	✓
12	John Eyre	Federalist	869	42.6%
13	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
14	Matthew Clay	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
15	John Randolph	Republican Faction	1,243	71.6%	✓
15	Jerman Baker	Democratic-Republican	492	28.4%
16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
17	Thomas Gholson, Jr.	Democratic-Republican			✓
18	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican	670	70.5%	✓
18	John Pegram	Federalist	280	29.5%
19	Edwin Gray	Federalist	1,003	54.5%	✓
19	Richard Byrd	Democratic-Republican	689	37.5%
19	William Massenburg	Democratic-Republican	147	8%
20	Thomas Newton	Democratic-Republican	1,051	60.1%	✓
20	Robert B. Tayler	Federalist	699	39.9%
21	Wilson C. Nicholas	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
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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