1816 Virginia's 18th congressional district special election explained
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[1]).
Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
|---|
| Thomas M. Nelson | | Democratic-Republican | 625 | 55.0% |
| James J. Harrison | | Federalist | 512 | 45.0% | |
Nelson took his seat on December 4, 1816,[2] at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congress.
See also
References
- Web site: Virginia 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 18, Special . 2024-09-11 . elections.lib.tufts.edu.
- Web site: FOURTEENTH CONGRESS . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . 2014-12-06 . artandhistory.house.gov . Footnote 74: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas Gholson, Jr., and took his seat December 4, 1816.
