Mapping Early American Elections

15th Congress: Georgia 1816

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Georgia elected six Democratic-Republicans to the Fifteenth Congress.

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

In a January 1819 special election, Robert Raymond Reid was elected to serve for the remainder of the 15th Congress in place of John Forsyth, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 15th Congress: Georgia 1816
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large William Terrell Democratic-Republican 10,961 10.9% ✓ Elected
At-large Joel Crawford Democratic-Republican 10,569 10.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Joel Abbot Democratic-Republican 9,680 9.6% ✓ Elected
At-large Zadock Cook Democratic-Republican 8,470 8.4% ✓ Elected
At-large Thomas W. Cobb Democratic-Republican 8,280 8.2% ✓ Elected
At-large John Forsyth Democratic-Republican 7,978 7.9% ✓ Elected
At-large John M. Dooly 7,322 7.3% Not elected
At-large Richard H. Wilde 7,072 7% Not elected
At-large Homer Virgil Milton 6,888 6.8% Not elected
At-large Wilson Lumpkin 6,870 6.8% Not elected
At-large Alfred Cuthbert Democratic-Republican 6,409 6.4% Not elected
At-large Allen Daniel 6,370 6.3% 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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