1818 Louisiana's at-large congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On April 20, 1818, Thomas B. Robertson (DR) of LA AL Louisiana's at-large district resigned.https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 dead November 5, 2018 Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 November 2, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov footnote 18 A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Election results Candidate Party VotesLouisiana 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/7m01bn23k March 2, 2025 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 Percent Thomas Butler Democratic-Republican 1,866 45.1% Edward Livingston Democratic-Republican 1,384 33.4% Joseph Johnston Party affiliation not given in source 810 19.6% Fulwar Skipwith 62 1.5% In addition, Robertson himself received 16 votes, presumably unsolicited. Butler took office on November 16https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 dead November 5, 2018 Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 November 2, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov footnote 19 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Louisiana 1818 at-large 1818 at-large Louisiana 1818 at-large Category:1818 Louisiana elections Louisiana at-large United States House of Representatives 1818 at-large Category:April 1818