Mapping Early American Elections

16th Congress: Virginia 1819

Virginia elected three Federalist and twenty Democratic-Republicans to the Sixteenth Congress.

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

Virginia used a district system for electing members to Congress.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Edward B. Jackson was elected to replace James Pindall, who had resigned from office.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Thomas L. Moore was elected to replace George F. Strother, who had died.

In 1820, a special election was held in which William S. Archer was elected to replace James Pleasants, who had resigned after being elected to the United States Senate.

In 1820, a special election was held in which John C. Gray was elected to replace James Johnson, who had resigned from office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	James Pindall	Federalist			✓
2	Thomas Van Swearingen	Federalist	810	55.7%	✓
2	Edward Colston	Federalist	644	44.3%
3	Jared Williams	Democratic-Republican	839	68.3%	✓
3	John Smith	Democratic-Republican	389	31.7%
4	William MacCoy	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
5	John Floyd	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
6	Alexander Smyth	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
7	Ballard Smith	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
8	Charles F. Mercer	Federalist		unopposed	✓
9	William Lee Ball	Democratic-Republican	639	53.4%	✓
9	John P. Hungerford	Federalist	558	46.6%
10	George F. Strother	Democratic-Republican	581	51.4%	✓
10	John Shackleford	Federalist	541	47.8%
11	Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
12	Robert S. Garnett	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
13	Severen E. Parker	Democratic-Republican			✓
14	William A. Burwell	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
15	George Tucker	Democratic-Republican	1,221	72.2%	✓
15	John Kerr	Democratic-Republican	471	27.8%
16	John Randolph	Democratic-Republican	681	72.9%	✓
16	Archibald Austin	Democratic-Republican	253	27.1%
17	James Pleasants	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
18	Mark Alexander	Democratic-Republican	613	55.6%	✓
18	Theo Field	Democratic-Republican	290	26.3%
18	James Wyche	Democratic-Republican	199	18.1%
19	James Jones	Democratic-Republican			✓
20	James Johnson	Democratic-Republican	1,559	unopposed	✓
21	Thomas Newton	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
22	Hugh Nelson	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
23	John Tyler	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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