1809 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
| Elections in Virginia |
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| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[a] | |
| Virginia 1 | John G. Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John G. Jackson (Democratic-Republican) 60.3% Noah Linsey (Federalist) 29.7% |
| Virginia 2 | John Morrow | Democratic-Republican | 1805 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ James Stephenson (Federalist) 57.6% John Morrow (Democratic-Republican) 42.4% |
| Virginia 3 | John Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Smith (Democratic-Republican) 87.0% Robert Page (Federalist) 13.0% |
| Virginia 4 | David Holmes | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ Jacob Swoope (Federalist) 53.7% Daniel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 46.3% |
| Virginia 5 | Alexander Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1804 (Special) | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ James Breckinridge (Federalist) 56.7% Alexander Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 43.3% |
| Virginia 6 | Abram Trigg | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ Daniel Sheffey (Federalist) 66.6% Francis Preston (Democratic-Republican) 33.4% |
| Virginia 7 | Joseph Lewis Jr. | Federalist | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) 62.0% William Tyler (Democratic-Republican) 38.0% |
| Virginia 8 | Walter Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Walter Jones (Democratic-Republican)[b] John Hungerford (Democratic-Republican) John Talavar (Democratic-Republican) Richard Barnes (Federalist) |
| Virginia 9 | John Love | Democratic-Republican | 1807 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Love (Democratic-Republican)[c] |
| Virginia 10 | John Dawson | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Dawson (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| Virginia 11 | James M. Garnett | Democratic-Republican | 1805 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ John Roane (Democratic-Republican) 53.7% John T. Woodford (Federalist) 46.3% |
| Virginia 12 | Burwell Bassett | Democratic-Republican | 1805 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Burwell Bassett (Democratic-Republican) 57.4% John Eyre (Federalist) 42.6% |
| Virginia 13 | William A. Burwell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William A. Burwell (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| Virginia 14 | Matthew Clay | Democratic-Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Matthew Clay (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| Virginia 15 | John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Randolph (Democratic-Republican) 71.5% Jerman Baker (Democratic-Republican) 28.5% |
| Virginia 16 | John W. Eppes | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John W. Eppes (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| Virginia 17 | Thomas Gholson Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1808 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Gholson Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 94.9% Jarvis Northampton (Federalist) 5.1% |
| Virginia 18 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Peterson Goodwyn (Democratic-Republican) 70.5% John Pegram (Federalist?) 29.5% |
| Virginia 19 | Edwin Gray | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Edwin Gray (Democratic-Republican) 54.5% Richard Byrd 37.5% William Massenburg (Democratic-Republican) 8.0% |
| Virginia 20 | Thomas Newton Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1799 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Newton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 60.1% Robert B. Tayler (Federalist) 39.9% |
| Virginia 21 | Wilson C. Nicholas | Democratic-Republican | 1807 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Wilson C. Nicholas (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| Virginia 22 | John Clopton | Democratic-Republican | 1801 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Clopton 80.7% (Democratic-Republican) Charles Dabney (Quid) 19.3% |
See also
[edit]- Virginia's 17th congressional district special election, 1808
- Virginia's 21st congressional district special election, 1809
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1808 and 1809
- List of United States representatives from Virginia
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
- ^ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).
- ^ Source does not have numbers of votes, but provides a citation stating that he was "elected without opposition in one county and by a great majority in the other,"[1] his opponent(s) in that county is not given.
References
[edit]- ^ "Virginia 1809 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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