South Carolina 1819 House of Representatives, Charleston City, Special
- Office:
- House of Representatives (State)
- Title:
- State Representative
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- South Carolina 1819 House of Representatives, Charleston City, Special
- Date:
- 1819
- State:
- South Carolina
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- House of Representatives/State Representative
- Candidates:
- John Gadsden, Samuel Prioleau, Arnold Remoussin, Thomas O. Elliot, Arthur H. O'Hara, John W. Mitchell
Candidates: | John Gadsden[1] | Samuel Prioleau[2] | Arnold Remoussin | Thomas O. Elliot | Arthur H. O'Hara | John W. Mitchell |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
Final Result: [3][4][5] | 520 | 464 | 329 | 244 | 229 | 110 |
City of Charleston | 520 | 464 | 329 | 244 | 229 | 110 |
Court House | 310 | 290 | 87 | 130 | 100 | 73 |
Market | 176 | 143 | 224 | 84 | 94 | 34 |
Tobacco Inspection | 34 | 31 | 18 | 30 | 35 | 3 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Charleston Courier lists 224 votes for Thomas O. Elliot.
[4]John Gadsden is elected to replace Simon Magwood, who had also been elected to the senate to replace John Geddes, but was ruled by the senate to hold a disqualifying office as a director of the Charleston branch of the Bank of the United States, and therefore never served.
[5]Samuel Prioleau is elected to replace Keating Lewis Simons, who had died on September 1, 1819.
References:
Southern Patriot, and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). October 27, 1819.
Charleston Courier (Charleston, SC). October 28, 1819.
City Gazette and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). October 28, 1819.
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Vol. 1. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1974. 298-299.
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