18th Congress: Alabama 1823
Alabama elected three Democratic-Republicans to the Eighteenth Congress. All three of the Democratic-Republicans were part of a faction led by Andrew Jackson.
The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in several counties.
Following the 1820 Census, Alabama gained 2 more seats in the House of Representatives.
Alabama used a statewide at-large system for electing members to Congress.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Moore | Jacksonian | unopposed | ✓ | |
| 2 | John MacKee | Jacksonian | 2,135 | 24.7% | ✓ |
| 2 | Thomas Farrar | 1,869 | 21.6% | ||
| 2 | Jesse W. Garth | 1,694 | 19.6% | ||
| 2 | Marmaduke Williams | 1,646 | 19.1% | ||
| 2 | Sion L. Perry | 686 | 7.9% | ||
| 2 | John S. Fulton | 603 | 7% | ||
| 3 | George W. Owen | Jacksonian | ✓ |
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.
New Nation Votes Data
Legend
Related Maps
How to Read This Map
Four steps to get started.Citation
“18th Congress: Alabama 1823,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress18.al.county.html
