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1819 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election

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In the 1818 House elections in Georgia, John Forsyth (DR) was re-elected to a seat in Georgia's at-large district. After the election, but before the end of the 15th Congress, Forsyth was elected to the Senate, creating a vacancy both in the remainder of the 15th Congress and in the upcoming 16th Congress. A special election was held on January 4, 1819 to fill both vacancies.[1] Election results reported at the time appear to indicate that a single election was held for both vacancies in most counties of Georgia. One newspaper reports two sets of returns for Richmond County, suggesting that that county may have been the only one that held separate ballots for both vacancies[2]

Election result

Candidate Party Votes[3] Percent
Robert R. Reid Democratic-Republican 5,543 66.7%
Homer Virgil Milton [4] 2,772 33.3%

Reid took his seat on February 18, 1819, near the end of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.[5]

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Notes

  1. ^ At this time, Congressional terms began March 3
  2. ^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819#note_1
  3. ^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819
  4. ^ Source does not give party affiliation
  5. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 10
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