1818 Louisiana's at-large congressional district special election

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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.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b Party affiliation not given in source
  4. ^ "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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