1819 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election, 1819 was called to fill a vacancy created when the former congressman was elected to the United States Senate. Vacancy A special election was held in GA AL on January 4, 1819, to fill vacancies left in both the 15th and 16th Congresses by the resignation of John Forsyth (DR) upon being elected to the Senate, after having been re-elected the previous year to the House. At the time, Congressional terms began March 4, his resignation thus created a vacancy in the remainder of the 15th Congress as well as in the upcoming 16th Congress. Election thumb|175px|Robert R. Reid Election results reported at the time appear to indicate that a single election was held for both vacancies in most counties of Georgia. One newspaper reports two sets of returns for Richmond County, suggesting that that county may have been the only one that held separate ballots for both vacancieshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819#note_1 A New Nation Votes: Georgia 1819, footnote 1 2012-12-24 https://archive.today/20130106143546/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819#note_1#note_1 2013-01-06 dead Election result Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819 A New Nation Votes 2012-12-24 https://archive.today/20130106143546/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special2.1819 2013-01-06 dead Percent Robert R. Reid Democratic-Republican 5,543 66.7% Homer Virgil Milton Source does not give party affiliation 2,772 33.3% Reid took his seat on February 18, 1819, near the end of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.15th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf 2012-12-13 See also Georgia (U.S. state) List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives Notes Georgia 1819 At-large Georgia 1819 At-large Georgia 1819 At-large 1819 At-large Georgia At-large Category:1819 Georgia (U.S. state) elections United States House of Representatives 1819 at-large