1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election
On February 21, 1818, Representative Peterson Goodwyn (DR) of Virginia's 19th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
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Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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| John Pegram | Democratic-Republican | 706 | 53.9% |
| James Jones | Democratic-Republican | 605 | 46.1% |
Pegram took his seat on November 16, at the start of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.[2] Pegram would only serve for that single session, as he would be defeated for re-election in 1819 against James Jones.
References
- "Virginia 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 55
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