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1812 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

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Louisiana held its election for the 13th Congress September 28–30, 1812, at the same time as the election for the 12th Congress, with nearly-identical results.

Special election to finish the 12th Congress

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates[a]
Louisiana at-large None New district, seat created.
New member elected September 28–30, 1812.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor elected the same day to the next term.
Thomas B. Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 35.1%
Henry Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 22.8%
Stephen Hopkins 18.1%
Edward Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 12.0%
Elegis Fromentin 11.6%[1]

General election to the 13th Congress

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates[a]
Louisiana at-large None New district, seat created.
New member elected September 28–30, 1812.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor elected the same day to finish the current term.
Thomas B. Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 35.3%
Henry Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 22.5%
Stephen Hopkins 18.3%
Edward Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 12.7%
Elegis Fromentin 10.4%[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

References

  1. ^ "Louisiana 1812 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Louisiana 1812 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved October 12, 2018.