Mapping Early American Elections


15th Congress: Virginia 1817

Virginia elected three Federalist and twenty Democratic-Republicans to the Fifteenth 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 1818, a special election was held in which John Pegram was elected to replace Peterson Goodwyn, who had died.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 James Pindall Federalist unopposed
2 Edward Colston Federalist 687 61.2%
2 Daniel Morgan Democratic-Republican 347 30.9%
2 Robert Bailey Democratic-Republican 89 7.9%
3 Henry Saint George Tucker Democratic-Republican 903 67.8%
3 William Carson Democratic-Republican 428 32.2%
4 William MacCoy Democratic-Republican unopposed
5 John Floyd Democratic-Republican
6 Alexander Smyth Democratic-Republican 1,443 67%
6 Benjamin Estill Federalist 711 33%
7 Ballard Smith Democratic-Republican
8 Charles F. Mercer Federalist 782 52.6%
8 Armistead T. Mason Democratic-Republican 706 47.4%
9 William Lee Ball Democratic-Republican 555 44.6%
9 John P. Hungerford Federalist 509 40.9%
9 Henry Lee Jr. Federalist 181 14.5%
10 George F. Strother Democratic-Republican
11 Philip P. Barbour Democratic-Republican unopposed
12 Robert Garnett Democratic-Republican
13 Burwell Bassett Democratic-Republican
14 William A. Burwell Democratic-Republican unopposed
15 William I. Lewis Democratic-Republican unopposed
16 Archibald Austin Democratic-Republican 710 61.5%
16 John Randolph Democratic-Republican 444 38.5%
17 James Pleasants Democratic-Republican unopposed
18 Thomas M. Nelson Democratic-Republican unopposed
19 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican unopposed
20 James Johnson Democratic-Republican unopposed
21 Thomas Newton Democratic-Republican 603 93.5%
21 Littleton W. Tazewell Democratic-Republican 42 6.5%
22 Hugh Nelson Democratic-Republican 871 72.7%
22 Thomas W. Maury Democratic-Republican 327 27.3%
23 John Tyler Democratic-Republican 746 53.7%
23 Andrew Stevenson Democratic-Republican 643 46.3%

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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