Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Virginia 1810 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special
Date:
1810
State:
Virginia
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
William MacKinley, Thomas Wilson, Benjamin Reeder
Candidates: William MacKinley[1]Thomas WilsonBenjamin Reeder
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2][3][4][5][6]---
District of One---
Brooke County---
Harrison County408345-
Monongalia County64234-
Ohio County---
Randolph County---
Wood County[7]---

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Thomas Wilson, of Morgantown and Benjamin Reeder, of Harrison are candidates to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of John G. Jackson." City Gazette and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). November 15, 1810. No votes can be located for Mr. Reeder; he may have declined prior to the election.
[3]"William McKinley was elected to replace Jackson in the first Virginia congressional district following the latter's resignation after his inability to recover fully from the wounds he had received in his duel with Joseph Pearson." The Papers of James Madison, 19.
[4]"...the votes were on the 4th day at night in this County (Harrison) McKinley 404, Wilson 249, 155 majority. The Polls were kept open in Monongalia where both Candidates attended four days also and on the evening of the secod day Wilson led 160 votes. I have heard from Wood where McKinley go a Majority of 40 so that from the best calculation he will succeed by a Majority of 80 or 100 in the district of six Counties. This will be a triumph indeed as it was believed by the opposition and given up by our friends hitherto that I alone could succeed in the district. I personated McKinley here and by unprecedented exertions prevented W from obtaining a Majority over him. It was affirmed that McKinley was engaged in the Western insurrection and excepted by proclamation of Genl. Washington (then President) from a general pardon." The Papers of James Madison, 18-19.
[5]"Wm. M'Kinley, Esq. a republican, is elected to the 11th Congress, as a succesor to J. G. Jackson Esq. by a majority of 95 votes over T. Wilson, Esq. a Federlist." The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six (Washington, DC), December 14, 1810.
[6]"William McKinley, Esq. a republican, is chosen to Congress, from Virginia, as a sucessor to J. G. Jackson, Esq. by a majority of 95 votes over T. Wilson, Esq. a Federalist." The Palladium (Frankfort, KY). January 12, 1811.
[7]"We understand the majority in Wood county for Mr. M'Kinley is 40, but we have no correct return of the number of votes given." Western Spectator (Marietta). November 27, 1810.

References:

City Gazette and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). November 15, 1810.
Western Spectator (Marietta, OH). November 27, 1810.
The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six (Washington, DC). December 14, 1810.
The Palladium (Frankfort, KY). January 12, 1811.
Mattern, David B., J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue, ed. The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series. Vol. 3. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1996. 18, 19.

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