Mapping Early American Elections


15th Congress: Tennessee 1817

Tennessee elected six Democratic-Republicans to the Fifteenth Congress.

Tennessee used a district system for electing members to Congress.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Rhea Democratic-Republican 3,136 63.9%
1 Alexander Sevier 1,769 36.1%
2 William G. Blount Democratic-Republican 3,927 53.4%
2 John Cocke Democratic-Republican 3,429 46.6%
3 Francis Jones Democratic-Republican 2,827 35.2%
3 James Rogers 1,984 24.7%
3 Joseph Pickens 1,938 24.1%
3 Queen Morton 1,284 16%
4 Samuel Hogg Democratic-Republican 4,010 63.5%
4 Archibald Overton 2,300 36.5%
5 Thomas Claiborne Democratic-Republican 4,458 47.6%
5 Newton Cannon Democratic-Republican 2,669 28.5%
5 Robert Weakley Democratic-Republican 2,233 23.9%
6 George W. L. Marr Democratic-Republican 3,507 46.5%
6 Peter R. Booker 2,017 26.8%
6 Thomas Johnson Democratic-Republican 1,455 19.3%
6 Other candidates 557 7.4%

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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