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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. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Thomas Butler Democratic-Republican 1,866 45.1%
Edward Livingston Democratic-Republican 1,384 33.4%
Joseph Johnston 810 19.6%
Fulwar Skipwith 62 1.5%

In addition, Robertson himself received 16 votes, presumably unsolicited. Butler took office on November 16

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. ^ 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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