1817 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
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Elections in Tennessee |
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Government |
Tennessee elected its members August 7–8, 1817.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[a] | |
Tennessee 1 | Samuel Powell | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Rhea (Democratic-Republican) 63.9% Alexander Sevier (Democratic-Republican) 36.1% |
Tennessee 2 | William G. Blount | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William G. Blount (Democratic-Republican) 61.8% John Cocke (Democratic-Republican) 38.2% |
Tennessee 3 | Isaac Thomas | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Francis Jones (Democratic-Republican) 35.2% James Rogers 24.7% Joseph Pickens 24.1% Queen Morton 16.0% |
Tennessee 4 | Bennett H. Henderson | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Samuel Hogg (Democratic-Republican) 63.5% Archibald Overton (Democratic-Republican) 36.5% |
Tennessee 5 | Newton Cannon | Democratic-Republican | 1814 (Special) | Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Thomas Claiborne (Democratic-Republican) 47.6% Newton Cannon (Democratic-Republican) 28.5% Robert Weakley (Democratic-Republican) 23.9% |
Tennessee 6 | James B. Reynolds | Democratic-Republican | 1815 | Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ George W. L. Marr (Democratic-Republican) 46.5% Peter R. Booker 26.8% Thomas Johnson 19.3% James B. Reynolds (Democratic-Republican) 4.2% Samuel Goodridge 3.1% |
See also
[edit]- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
- List of United States representatives from Tennessee
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.