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. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Thomas Butler Democratic-Republican1,86645.1%
Edward Livingston Democratic-Republican1,38433.4%
Joseph Johnston [3] 81019.6%
Fulwar Skipwith [3] 621.5%

In addition, Robertson himself received 16 votes, presumably unsolicited. Butler took office on November 16 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. 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 March 2, 2025.
  3. 1 2 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. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018– via History.house.gov. footnote 19
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