18th Congress: South Carolina 1823
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South Carolina elected nine Democratic-Republicans to the Eighteenth Congress. All nine Democratic-Republicans were part of a faction led by Andrew Jackson.
South Carolina used a district system for electing members to Congress.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel R. Poinsett | Jacksonian | 878 | 59.5% | ✓ |
| 1 | William Crafts | Federalist | 576 | 39.1% | |
| 2 | James Hamilton, Jr. | Jacksonian | 463 | 97.9% | ✓ |
| 3 | Thomas R. Mitchell | Jacksonian | 1,340 | 56.3% | ✓ |
| 3 | Robert B. Campbell | Jacksonian | 1,031 | 43.3% | |
| 4 | Andrew R. Govan | Jacksonian | 683 | 53.5% | ✓ |
| 4 | John M. Felder | Federalist | 591 | 46.3% | |
| 5 | Starling Tucker | Jacksonian | 1,148 | 61.4% | ✓ |
| 5 | William Strother | Democratic-Republican | 717 | 38.3% | |
| 6 | George MacDuffie | Jacksonian | 2,089 | 63.2% | ✓ |
| 6 | Joseph Black | Democratic-Republican | 812 | 24.6% | |
| 6 | James Lomax | 404 | 12.2% | ||
| 7 | John Wilson | Jacksonian | 1,350 | 43.7% | ✓ |
| 7 | Warren R. Davis | 1,154 | 37.3% | ||
| 7 | Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | 583 | 18.9% | |
| 8 | Joseph Gist | Jacksonian | 1,502 | 55% | ✓ |
| 8 | James MacCreary | Adams/Clay | 1,211 | 44.3% | |
| 9 | John Carter | Jacksonian | 854 | 55.4% | ✓ |
| 9 | James G. Spann | 682 | 44.3% |
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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