Mapping Early American Elections

17th Congress: Rhode Island 1820

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Rhode Island elected two Democratic-Republicans to the Seventeenth Congress.

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

Congressional election results, 17th Congress: Rhode Island 1820
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Job Durfree Democratic-Republican 3,563 31.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Samuel Eddy Democratic-Republican 2,891 25.5% ✓ Elected
At-large Samuel Bridgham Federalist 2,773 24.5% Not elected
At-large Nathaniel Hazard Democratic-Republican 2,033 17.9% 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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