1797 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Virginia 1 | Robert Rutherford | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. The election was unsuccessfully challenged by Rutherford.[1] |
√ Daniel Morgan (Federalist)[2] Robert Rutherford (Democratic-Republican) |
| Virginia 2 | Andrew Moore | Democratic-Republican | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ David Holmes (Democratic-Republican) 60.4% John Steele (Federalist) 27.5% John Bowyer (Democratic-Republican) 12.1% |
| Virginia 3 | George Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1795 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ James Machir (Federalist) 45.4% George Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 28.7% John Mitchell (Democratic-Republican) 20.1% Thomas Wilson (Federalist) 5.7% |
| Virginia 4 | Francis Preston | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Abram Trigg (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 5 | George Hancock | Federalist | 1793 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ John J. Trigg (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 6 | Isaac Coles | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 7 | Abraham B. Venable | Democratic-Republican | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Abraham B. Venable (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 8 | Thomas Claiborne | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 62.3% Jesse Browne (Federalist) 37.7% |
| Virginia 9 | William B. Giles | Democratic-Republican | 1790 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William B. Giles (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 10 | Carter B. Harrison | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Carter B. Harrison (Democratic-Republican) 55.4% Edwin Gray (Federalist) 44.6% |
| Virginia 11 | Josiah Parker | Federalist | 1789 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Josiah Parker (Federalist)[2] |
| Virginia 12 | John Page | Democratic-Republican | 1789 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ Thomas Evans (Federalist)[2] John Page (Democratic-Republican) |
| Virginia 13 | John Clopton | Democratic-Republican | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Clopton (Democratic-Republican)[2] Burwell Bassett (Federalist) |
| Virginia 14 | Samuel J. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Samuel J. Cabell (Democratic-Republican)[2] |
| Virginia 15 | James Madison Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1789 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican)[2] Thomas Posey (Federalist) |
| Virginia 16 | Anthony New | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Anthony New (Democratic-Republican) 70.6% Carter Braxton Jr. (Federalist) 29.3% Robert P. Waring 0.1% |
| Virginia 17 | Richard Brent | Democratic-Republican | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Richard Brent (Democratic-Republican) 100% Leven Powell (Federalist)[3] |
| Virginia 18 | John Nicholas | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Nicholas (Democratic-Republican)[2] John Blackwell (Federalist) William Fitzhugh (Federalist) |
| Virginia 19 | John Heath | Democratic-Republican | 1793 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Walter Jones (Democratic-Republican)[2] Burgess Ball (Federalist) |
See also
[edit]- United States House of Representatives elections, 1796 and 1797
- List of United States representatives from Virginia
References
[edit]- ^ "Fifth Congress (membership roster)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
- ^ The source used does not list votes for Powell, but provides a citations stating "Col. Powell of Loudoun was expected to have been a candidate on this occasion; but from the present ill state of his health, it was understood he had declined and consequently had but a few votes." Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. March 21, 1797.
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