Tennessee 1805 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Tennessee 1805 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
Date:: 1805
State:: Tennessee
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: George W. Campbell

Candidates:	George W. Campbell [1]
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2]	5210
District of Two	5210
Anderson County[3]	1902
Blount County	768
Claiborne County[4]	1058
Cocke County[5]	887
Grainger County	-
Jefferson County	-
Knox County	-
Roane County	-
Sevier County	595

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The 1805 election for U.S. Congress was broken up into three districts. The counties voting in the 2nd or Hamilton District were: Anderson, Knox, and Roane together; Blount; Claiborne and Grainger together; Cocke and Jefferson together; and Sevier. These were the first set of electon returns transcribed and hand written by the Tennessee State Archives.

[3]Vote total is for Anderson, Knox, and Roane.

[4]Vote total is for Claiborne and Grainger.

[5]Vote total is for Cocke and Jefferson.

References:

Original Election Returns. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Journal of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1805.

Journal of the Tennessee State Senate, 1805.

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