Mapping Early American Elections

14th Congress: Virginia 1815

Virginia elected six Federalist and seventeen Democratic-Republicans to the Fourteenth Congress.

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

Virginia used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1815, a special election was held in which John W. Kerr was elected to replace Mathew Clay, who had died before the Fourteenth Congress began.

In 1816, a special election was held in which Thomas M. Nelson was elected to replace Thomas Gholson, who had died.

In 1816, a special election was held in which John Tyler was elected to replace John Clopton, Sr., who had died.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican			✓
2	Magnus Tate	Federalist	726	63.4%	✓
2	Francis White	Federalist	420	36.6%
3	Henry Saint George Tucker	Democratic-Republican	1,006	71.5%	✓
3	Griffin Taylor	Federalist	388	27.6%
4	William MacCoy	Democratic-Republican	1,213	51%	✓
4	Robert Porterfield	Federalist	1,165	49%
5	James Breckinridge	Federalist	902	51.5%	✓
5	John Floyd	Democratic-Republican	848	48.5%
6	Daniel Sheffey	Federalist		unopposed	✓
7	Ballard Smith	Democratic-Republican			✓
8	Joseph Lewis	Federalist	791	52%	✓
8	Armistead T. Mason	Democratic-Republican	730	48%
9	John P. Hungerford	Federalist	690	56.9%	✓
9	William Brent	Democratic-Republican	523	43.1%
10	Aylett Hawes	Democratic-Republican	808	59.4%	✓
10	John Scott	Federalist	552	40.6%
11	Philip Barbour	Democratic-Republican			✓
12	William H. Roane	Democratic-Republican	857	78.1%	✓
12	James M. Garnett	Federalist	241	21.9%
13	Burwell Bassett	Democratic-Republican	958	52.6%	✓
13	John Eyre	Federalist	862	47.4%
14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
15	Mathew Clay	Democratic-Republican	836	42.5%	✓
15	John W. Kerr	Democratic-Republican	671	34.1%
15	William Rice	Federalist	400	20.3%
16	John Randolph	Federalist	971	51.6%	✓
16	John W. Eppes	Democratic-Republican	911	48.4%
17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
18	Thomas Gholson	Democratic-Republican			✓
19	Peterson Goodwyn	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	723	52.2%	✓
20	Edwin Gray	Federalist	662	47.8%
21	Thomas Newton	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
23	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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