1818_Virginia's_19th_congressional_district_special_election

1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election

1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election

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On February 21, 1818, Representative Peterson Goodwyn (DR) of Virginia's 19th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

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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.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Virginia 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "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 55
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