1818 Louisiana's at-large congressional district special election
On April 20, 1818, Thomas B. Robertson (DR) of Louisiana's at-large district resigned.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
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Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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Thomas Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1,866 | 45.1% |
Edward Livingston | Democratic-Republican | 1,384 | 33.4% |
Joseph Johnston | [3] | 810 | 19.6% |
Fulwar Skipwith | [3] | 62 | 1.5% |
In addition, Robertson himself received 16 votes, presumably unsolicited. Butler took office on November 16[4]
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References
- "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 18
- "Louisiana 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- Party affiliation not given in source
- "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 19
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