1820 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election explained

On July 6, 1820, James Pindall (F) resigned from his position as Representative for .^[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		82	4.0%

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

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 61
2. Web site: View Election . https://archive.today/20130106122021/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.special.uscongress.1.1820 . 6 January 2013 . dead.
3. Source does not give party affiliation
4. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 62