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1816 Virginia's 18th congressional district special election

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On July 4, 1816, Representative Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of 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).

Election results

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Thomas M. NelsonDemocratic-Republican62555.0%
James J. HarrisonFederalist51245.0%

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

References

References

  1. "Virginia 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 18, Special".
  2. "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS".
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