Mapping Early American Elections

12th Congress: Virginia 1811

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Virginia elected six Federalist, fifteen Democratic-Republicans, and one Republican who was part of a faction within the party to the Twelfth 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.

Congressional election results, 12th Congress: Virginia 1811
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Thomas Wilson Federalist ✓
2 John Baker Federalist 829 56.5% ✓
2 Daniel Morgan Democratic-Republican 639 43.5%
3 John Smith Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
4 William MacCoy Democratic-Republican ✓
5 James Breckinridge Federalist ✓
6 Daniel Sheffey Federalist unopposed ✓
7 Joseph Lewis Federalist 527 80% ✓
7 John Love Democratic-Republican 131 19.9%
8 John P. Hungerford Democratic-Republican 769 50.2% ✓
8 John Taliaferro Democratic-Republican 763 49.8%
9 Aylett Hawes Democratic-Republican ✓
10 John Dawson Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
11 John Roane Democratic-Republican ✓
12 Burwell Bassett Democratic-Republican ✓
13 William A. Burwell Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
14 Matthew Clay Democratic-Republican ✓
15 John Randolph Republican Faction 1,080 67.8% ✓
15 John W. Eppes Democratic-Republican 514 32.2%
16 James Pleasants Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
17 Thomas Gholson Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
18 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
19 Edwin Gray Federalist ✓
20 Thomas Newton Democratic-Republican ✓
21 Hugh Nelson Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
22 John Clopton 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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