Mapping Early American Elections


17th Congress: Georgia 1820

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

Georgia elected six Democratic-Republicans to the Seventeenth Congress.

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

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

Congressional election results, 17th Congress: Georgia 1820
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Robert R. Reid Democratic-Republican 10,486 14.8% Elected
At-large Alfred Cuthbert Democratic-Republican 8,851 12.5% Elected
At-large Joel Abbot Democratic-Republican 8,750 12.3% Elected
At-large George R. Gilmer Democratic-Republican 7,893 11.1% Elected
At-large Edward F. Tatnall Democratic-Republican 7,889 11.1% Elected
At-large Wiley Thompson Democratic-Republican 7,560 10.6% Elected
At-large Thomas W. Cobb Republican Faction 7,533 10.6% Not elected
At-large Other candidates 6,944 9.8% Not elected
At-large George Walton 5,088 7.2% Not 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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