1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
| Elections in Virginia |
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[lower-alpha 1] |
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| Virginia 1 | William McKinley | Democratic-Republican | 1810 (Special)[1] | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 52.3% William McKinley (Democratic-Republican) 47.7%[2] |
| Virginia 2 | James Stephenson | Federalist | 1809 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold. |
√ John Baker (Federalist) 56.5% Daniel Morgan (Democratic-Republican) 43.5% |
| Virginia 3 | John Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Virginia 4 | Jacob Swoope | Federalist | 1809 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ William McCoy (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% Samuel Blackburn (Federalist) 47.4% |
| Virginia 5 | James Breckinridge | Federalist | 1809 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 58.4% Thomas L. Preston (Democratic-Republican) 41.6% |
| Virginia 6 | Daniel Sheffey | Federalist | 1809 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) Unopposed |
| Virginia 7 | Joseph Lewis Jr. | Federalist | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 80.0% John Love (Democratic-Republican) 19.9% |
| John Love Moved from the 9th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1807 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss. | ||
| Virginia 8 | Walter Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican), was seated on December 2, 1811 after successfully challenging the election in the House Committee on Elections.[3] |
√ John Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) 50.2%[4] John Taliaferro (Democratic-Republican) 49.8% |
| Virginia 9 | Open seat | Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Aylett Hawes (Democratic-Republican) 72.7% George F. Strother (Democratic-Republican) 26.3% | ||
| Virginia 10 | John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Virginia 11 | John Roane | Democratic-Republican | 1809 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Roane[lower-alpha 2] (Democratic-Republican) |
| Virginia 12 | Burwell Bassett | Democratic-Republican | 1805 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 59.5%[lower-alpha 3] John Eyre (Federalist) 40.5% |
| Virginia 13 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Virginia 14 | Matthew Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 4] John Kerr (Democratic-Republican) |
| Virginia 15 | John Randolph Moved from the 16th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 67.8% John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 32.2% |
| John W. Eppes Moved from the 16th district |
Democratic-Republican | 1807 | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss. | ||
| Virginia 16 | Open seat | Open seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ James Pleasants (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed | ||
| Virginia 17 | Thomas Gholson Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1808 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican)[lower-alpha 2] |
| Virginia 18 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Virginia 19 | Edwin Gray | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) 62.2% Samuel Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.8% |
| Virginia 20 | Thomas Newton Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 97.7% Robert B. Taylor (Federalist) 2.3% |
| Virginia 21 | David S. Garland | Democratic-Republican | 1809 (Special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Hugh Nelson (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
| Virginia 22 | John Clopton | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican) Unopposed |
See also
Notes
- Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
- Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).
- Based on incomplete returns
- Detailed data not available, but margin of victory given as 223 votes
References
- "Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special". Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1". Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-10-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
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