Mapping Early American Elections


15th Congress: Mississippi 1817

This page includes an interactive map. A text version of the same election data is available in the table below the map.

Mississippi elected one Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in Wilkinson County.

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

Congressional election results, 15th Congress: Mississippi 1817
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large George Poindexter Democratic-Republican 3,142 99.8% 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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