South Carolina 1808 House of Representatives, Fairfield District

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: South Carolina 1808 House of Representatives, Fairfield District
Date:: 1808
State:: South Carolina
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Samuel Johnston, William Strother, Alexander Kincaid, Samuel Alston, scattering

Candidates:	Samuel Johnston [1]	William Strother [2]	Alexander Kincaid	Samuel Alston	scattering
Affiliation:
Final Result:	547	451	339	339	21
District of Fairfield	547	451	339	339	21
Sutton Old Place[3]	-	-	-	-	-
Winnsborough[4]	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Samuel Johnston is elected, but would be declared ineligible by the house on December 10, 1808 because he had not been a resident of the state for three years.

[2]Elected.

[3]216 voters at Sutton Old Place participated in this election.

[4]638 voters at Winnsborough participated in this election.

References:

Original Election Returns. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Vol. 1. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1974. 274.

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