1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election explained

On February 21, 1818, Representative Peterson Goodwyn (DR) of died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	John Pegram		Democratic-Republican	706	53.9%
	James Jones		Democratic-Republican	605	46.1%

Pegram took his seat on November 16, at the start of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.^[2] Pegram would only serve for that single session, as he would be defeated for re-election in 1819 against James Jones.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Virginia 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19, Special . January 24, 2019 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825.
2. Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 . November 5, 2018 ., footnote 55