1816 Virginia's 18th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On July 4, 1816, Representative Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR) of VA 18 Virginia's 18th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 21–23, and 28, 1816 (each of the three districts within the 18th district held their election on a different dayVirginia 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 18, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/zw12z6715 2024-09-11 elections.lib.tufts.edu). Election results Candidate Party Votes Percent Thomas M. Nelson Democratic-Republican 625 55.0% James J. Harrison Federalist 512 45.0% Nelson took his seat on December 4, 1816,FOURTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf 2014-12-06 artandhistory.house.gov Footnote 74: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas Gholson, Jr., and took his seat December 4, 1816 at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Category:Special elections to the 14th United States Congress 1816 Virginia 1816 18 Category:1816 Virginia elections Virginia 18 United States House of Representatives 1816 18