Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 1820

On July 6, 1820, James Pindall (F) resigned from his position as Representative for Virginia's 1st district.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Edward B. Jackson Democratic-Republican 1,236 60.6%
Isaac Leffler [3] 721 35.4%
Thomas P. Moore [3] 82 4.0%

Jackson took his seat on November 13, 1820[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 61
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.special.uscongress.1.1820
  3. 1 2 Source does not give party affiliation
  4. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 62
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