South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Edgefield District

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

Label:: South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Edgefield District
Date:: 1820
State:: South Carolina
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Sampson Butler, John Speed Jeter, Catlet Conner, George Butler, Daniel Bird, Charles Bussey, John Middleton, William A. Masse

Candidates:	Sampson Butler [1]	John Speed Jeter [2]	Catlet Conner [3]	George Butler [4]	Daniel Bird [5]	Charles Bussey [6]	John Middleton	William A. Masse
Affiliation:
Final Result: [7][8][9][10]	1405	1335	1222	1154	1053	963	953	744
District of Edgefield	1405	1335	1222	1154	1053	963	953	744
Benjamin Hightower[11]	74	52	50	41	38	104	51	57
Collier[12]	147	130	66	119	82	125	129	48
Eliu Williams[13]	27	38	31	30	8	15	11	21
James Caldwell[14]	130	145	163	135	88	89	99	84
Jesse Simkins[15]	94	86	87	80	41	25	87	70
John Hirkseys[16]	134	132	139	93	128	107	98	27
John Williams[17]	31	19	29	19	16	40	8	38
Josiah Hornes[18]	93	96	94	71	81	87	27	36
Langmins[19]	116	116	89	98	106	71	108	10
Pine House[20]	165	158	122	156	105	79	122	81
Richard Colemans[21]	130	125	131	140	117	36	40	90
Richard Parks[22]	124	109	80	45	126	127	135	80
William Willing[23]	140	129	137	127	117	58	38	102

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected

[3]Catlet Conner Elected.

[4]Elected

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected

[7]1662 total votes were cast at this election; six members to be elected.

[8]The Committee on Privileges and Elections found discrepancies in the number of votes taken at three polling places for this election: at one polling place, six more votes were given than there were voters; at another polling place, two more votes were given than there were voters; and at another polling place, there were seven bad votes given. The bad votes votes were enough to swing the eclection, and a new election was ordered in which John Middleton was elected, and qualified on November 26, 1821.

[9]Simpson Wilson would be elected to replace John S. Jeter in a subsequent election, and qualified on November 26, 1821.

[10]John Key would be elected to replace George Butler in a subsequent election, and qualified on November 27, 1821.

[11]135 votes were cast at Benjamin Hightower.

[12]171 votes were cast at Collier.

[13]38 votes were cast at Eliu Williams.

[14]167 votes were cast at James Caldwell.

[15]98 votes were cast at Jesse Simkins.

[16]153 votes were cast at John Hirkseys.

[17]41 votes were cast at John Williams.

[18]100 votes were cast at Josiah Hornes.

[19]124 votes were cast at Langmins.

[20]172 votes were cast at Pine House.

[21]154 votes were cast at Richard Colemans.

[22]162 votes were cast at Richard Parks.

[23]147 votes were cast at William Willing.

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. 301-302.

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