Louisiana's at-large congressional district special election, 1818

On April 20, 1818, Thomas B. Robertson (DR) of Louisiana's at-large district resigned.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Thomas Butler Democratic-Republican 1,866 45.1%
Edward Livingston Democratic-Republican 1,384 33.4%
Joseph Johnston [3] 810 19.6%
Fulwar Skipwith [3] 62 1.5%

In addition, Robertson himself received 16 votes, presumably unsolicited. Butler took office on November 16[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 18
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=la.uscongress.1818
  3. 1 2 Party affiliation not given in source
  4. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 19
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