1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On February 21, 1818, Representative Peterson Goodwyn (DR) of VA 19 Virginia's 19th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Election results Candidate Party VotesVirginia 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/j098zb463 January 24, 2019 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 Percent John Pegram Democratic-Republican 706 53.9% James Jones Democratic-Republican 605 46.1% Pegram took his seat on November 16, at the start of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 November 2, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 November 5, 2018 , footnote 55 Pegram would only serve for that single session, as he would be defeated for re-election in 1819 against James Jones. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Category:Special elections to the 15th United States Congress 1818 Virginia 1818 19 Category:1818 Virginia elections Virginia 19 United States House of Representatives 1818 19