Georgia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives

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

Label:: Georgia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:: 1820
State:: Georgia
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: Robert R. Reid, Alfred Cuthbert, Joel Abbot, George R. Gilmer, Edward F. Tatnall, Wiley Thompson, Thomas W. Cobb, George Walton, Zadock Cook, Gibson Clark, James Blair

Candidates:	Robert R. Reid [1]	Alfred Cuthbert [2]	Joel Abbot [3]	George R. Gilmer [4]	Edward F. Tatnall [5]	Wiley Thompson [6]	Thomas W. Cobb	George Walton	Zadock Cook	Gibson Clark	James Blair
Affiliation:
Final Result: [7]	10486	8851	8750	7893	7889	7560	7533	5088	2997	2061	1886
Appling County	55	56	48	50	58	-	-	54	8	4	1
Baldwin County	327	323	225	164	250	234	252	174	29	21	43
Bryan County[8]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulloch County	100	133	69	78	137	75	-	36	6	14	8
Burke County	363	172	176	145	177	18	112	124	2	19	22
Camden County[9]	94	36	81	78	153	99	3	81	-	10	9
Chatham County[10]	81	251	22	57	196	48	17	29	6	4	3
Clarke County	307	160	310	308	175	243	212	195	290	110	34
Columbia County	327	181	287	177	277	190	102	235	40	139	3
Effingham County	8	82	6	5	23	6	7	3	-	1	6
Elbert County	330	220	345	301	309	486	470	42	30	29	62
Emanuel County	99	32	-	-	72	61	-	2	84	-	98
Franklin County	269	83	251	176	75	289	420	262	80	257	391
Glynn County	63	62	59	-	30	44	41	60	16	-	1
Greene County	264	212	294	313	203	213	361	142	24	10	5
Gwinnett County	178	102	110	147	72	309	102	247	202	197	170
Habersham County	19	16	40	19	11	14	13	8	10	2	271
Hall County	82	148	47	207	31	194	237	83	62	46	142
Hancock County	416	351	194	342	272	324	403	166	33	10	9
Irwin County[11]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jackson County	332	275	391	159	257	353	200	109	117	58	6
Jasper County	420	427	378	297	290	212	298	258	299	113	12
Jefferson County[12]	275	209	149	106	246	18	179	192	31	23	10
Jones County	606	556	582	417	482	445	248	275	186	109	52
Laurens County	200	133	102	184	219	138	385	5	13	8	10
Liberty County	78	94	73	72	55	46	61	7	1	-	10
Lincoln County	361	295	342	301	261	258	164	24	48	8	10
Madison County	214	149	154	255	126	167	202	98	147	18	69
McIntosh County	101	46	61	65	124	74	91	41	38	13	4
Montgomery County	90	75	60	73	81	84	31	35	6	4	8
Morgan County	575	588	471	551	487	515	415	299	214	53	63
Oglethorpe County	438	423	378	539	395	349	401	238	232	156	11
Pulaski County	165	137	137	108	168	110	92	81	3	15	52
Putnam County	767	882	786	652	497	561	644	242	80	16	13
Rabun County[13]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richmond County	285	122	192	65	286	135	94	271	7	112	15
Screven County[14]	165	142	129	74	146	11	65	125	25	59	11
Tattnall County	114	73	101	61	113	93	1	20	50	25	22
Telfair County	102	94	69	95	92	33	65	14	-	25	10
Twiggs County	307	305	288	206	214	139	305	14	89	37	67
Walton County	60	64	84	28	66	147	54	181	251	86	32
Warren County[15]	325	307	287	279	123	224	283	18	28	1	10
Washington County	257	217	77	177	159	121	129	239	59	2	18
Wayne County	39	39	-	39	39	7	32	-	39	-	-
Wilkes County	550	495	630	375	367	355	213	320	58	116	7
Wilkinson County	304	274	271	184	212	145	141	24	58	97	51

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Some sources spell Joel Abbot's surname as Abbott and Edward F. Tatnall's surname as Tattnall. The Savannah Republican refers to George R. Gilmer as George R. Gilmore.

[8]“The counties of Rabun, Tatnall, Bryan and Irwin, remain to be heard from. In the last two counties, we have understood, that no election was held for members of Congress. – Mil. Journal.” Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA). October 28, 1820.

[9]The Savannah Republican lists James Blair with 8 votes.

[10]The votes from Chatham County were not listed and not counted toward the vote totals in the Executive Minutes. The Chatham County returns are given in The Daily Georgian (Savannah, GA) of October 3, 1820; and in The Savannah Republican of October 3, 1820.

[11]“The counties of Rabun, Tatnall, Bryan and Irwin, remain to be heard from. In the last two counties, we have understood, that no election was held for members of Congress. – Mil. Journal.” Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA). October 28, 1820.

[12]The Savannah Republican lists Gibson Clark with 25 votes.

[13]The returns from Rabun County are not included in the official Executive Minutes.

[14]The Savannah Republican lists Robert R. Reid with 146 votes and Thomas W. Cobb with 62 votes.

[15]The Savannah Republican lists Robert R. Reid with an indeterminate number of votes, Alfred Cuthbert with 309 votes, and Joel Abbott with 279 votes.

References:

Georgia Executive Minutes, 1820.

Savannah Republican (Savannah, GA). October 3, 1820.

Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA). October 5, 1820.

Savannah Republican (Savannah, GA). October 5, 1820.

Savannah Republican (Savannah, GA). October 7, 1820.

Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA). October 10, 1820.

Savannah Republican (Savannah, GA). October 10, 1820.

Savannah Republican (Savannah, GA). October 14, 1820.

Georgia Journal (Milledgeville, GA). October 17, 1820.

Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA). October 28, 1820.

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