Virginia 1797 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Virginia 1797 U.S. House of Representatives, District 19
Date:
1797
State:
Virginia
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Walter Jones, Burgess Ball
Candidates: Walter Jones[1]Burgess Ball
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2]--
District of Nineteen--
King George County[3]--
Lancaster County--
Northumberland County--
Richmond County--
Westmoreland County12770

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Walter Jones, Northumberland, in the room of John Heath." The Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer (Petersburg, VA). April 4, 1797.
[3]"Heath and Tayloe having declined a Poll Dr. Jones and Ball were the only Candidates. I have heard only from K. George where Jones had a near five for one. The presumption is he will be elected." The Papers of James Madison. 502-503.

References:

Westmoreland County Inventories.
The Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer (Petersburg, VA). April 4, 1797.
The North-Carolina Minerva, and Raleigh Advertiser (Raleigh, NC). April 8, 1797.
Mattern, David B., J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross and Susan Holbrook Perdue, ed. The Papers of James Madison, Congressional Series. Vol. 16. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1989. 502-503.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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