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16th Congress: Virginia 1819

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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.

Congressional election results, 16th Congress: Virginia 1819
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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