Mapping Early American Elections

18th Congress: Tennessee 1823

Tennessee elected nine Democratic-Republicans to the Eighteenth Congress. All nine of those 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 a few areas.

Following the 1820 Census, Tennessee gained three seats in the House of Representatives.

Tennessee used a district system for electing members to Congress.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	John Blair	Jacksonian	3,350	52.5%	✓
1	John Tipton		3,035	47.5%
2	John Cocke	Jacksonian	6,471	unopposed	✓
3	James Standifer	Jacksonian	2,956	42.5%	✓
3	James C. Mitchell	Jacksonian	2,602	37.4%
3	William Dunlap		1,398	20.1%
4	Jacob Isaacs	Jacksonian	4,648	65.2%	✓
4	James Rogers		2,486	34.8%
5	Robert Allen	Jacksonian	4,828	99.8%	✓
6	James T. Sandford	Jacksonian	3,968	44%	✓
6	Andrew Erwin		2,793	31%
6	Alfred M. Harris		2,263	25.1%
7	Samuel Houston	Jacksonian	5,889	100%	✓
8	James B. Reynolds	Jacksonian	2,385	46.4%	✓
8	Sterling Brewer		1,415	27.5%
8	John H. Marable	Jacksonian	1,341	26.1%
9	Adam R. Alexander	Jacksonian	1,923	43.7%	✓
9	James Terrill		1,355	30.8%
9	William R. Hess		1,121	25.5%

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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18th Congress: Tennessee 1823

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