South Carolina 1813 House of Representatives, Abbeville District, Special

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

Label:: South Carolina 1813 House of Representatives, Abbeville District, Special
Date:: 1813
State:: South Carolina
Type:: Special
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Joseph Black

Candidates:	Joseph Black [1]
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3][4]	-
District of Abbeville	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Joseph Black received a majority of 17 votes.

[3]A voter sheet gives the following returns: 86 votes for Peter Gilbert; 2 votes for Joseph Black; 1 vote for Patrick Noble; 1 vote for George Bowl; and 1 vote for J. idam. This could be one of the returns for the above election, or the single return (out of five) of a previous special election which was declared void as it was the only district to be returned.

[4]Joseph Black was elected a Director of the Bank of South Carolina on December 19, 1812, which the house deemed to be a disqualfiying office on September 16, 1813. Peter Gilbert was elected in a subsequent special election, but was denied his seat because only one of the five polls was opened for the election. Therefore, a new election was ordered due to a state of partial returns.

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. 283.

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