South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish

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

Label:: South Carolina 1814 House of Representatives, Saint George Dorchester Parish
Date:: 1814
State:: South Carolina
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John Carr, Charles B. Ladson

Candidates:	John Carr [1]	Charles B. Ladson
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3]	85	-
Saint George Dorchester Parish	85	-

Notes:

[1]John Carr is elected, although that result was contested by Charles B. Ladson.

[2]The committee report lists John Carr as "having in the whole eighty-four, or eighty-five votes." Committee Report on Contested Elections.

[3]The Committee on Privileges and Elections found that the poll at the lower place of election near Dorchester failed to open due to the death of poll manager, Joseph M. Waring's child. The other poll manager went to the upper place of election. The committee believed that John Carr should be able to retain his seat because he had 84 or 85 votes at the upper poll, and even if Charles Ladson had received all of the votes at the lower poll, John Carr still would have had a majority. However, the house disagreed and declared this election null and void on December 1, 1815.

References:

Committee Report on Contested Elections. November 30, 1815. 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. 290-291.

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