Virginia's 18th congressional district special election, 1816

On July 4, 1816, Representative Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of Virginia's 18th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 21-23, and 28, 1816 (each of the three districts within the 18th district held their election on a different day[1]).

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Thomas M. Nelson Democratic-Republican 625 55.0%
James J. Harrison Federalist 512 45.0%

Nelson took his seat on December 4, 1816,[3] at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congress.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.special.uscongress.18.1816#note_1
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.special.uscongress.18.1816
  3. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 74