Virginia 1800 House of Delegates, Wood County

Office:
House of Delegates (State)
Title:
Delegate
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Virginia 1800 House of Delegates, Wood County
Date:
1800
State:
Virginia
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Delegates/Delegate
Candidates:
Hugh Phelps, John G. Henderson, Abner Lord, Joseph Spencer
Candidates: Hugh PhelpsJohn G. HendersonAbner LordJoseph Spencer
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1]58555048
Wood County[2][3]58555048

Notes:

[1]"Hugh Phelps and John G. Henderson represented Wood County through Dec. 10. Abner Lord and Joseph Spencer were then declared elected and served in office two days. The House finally accepted Phelps and Henderson as delegates." Leonard, Cynthia Miller, ed. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619 - January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. 221.
[2]This election was contested because a separate poll sheet was found, but not included in the original totals. The votes from the separate poll gave Abner Lord 11 additional votes, Joseph Spencer 11 additional votes, Hugh Phelps 39 additional votes and John G. Henderson 39 additional votes. If the two polls had both been counted the totals would have been Abner Lord = 69, Joseph Spencer = 66, Hugh Phelps = 89 and John G. Henderson = 87, thereby changing the result of the election.
[3]"That on a separate List of persons who Refused to Sware that they were freeholders, your Petitioners had Each 11 Votes and Hugh Pehlps and John G. Henderson had Each 39 Votes as will Appear from an Attested Copy of the Poll Book. The Election being Closed the Sheriff who conducted the same Declared Abner Lord and Joseph Spencer to be duly Elected to represent the county of Wood in the next General Assembly. Your petitioners further state that by Virtue of an Act entitled an Act concerning the Election of Members to the General Assembly Passed by the Legislature of Virginia the." 1800 Contested Election Documents for Wood County, Virginia State Library

References:

Wood County Poll List. Library of Virginia, Richmond.
1800 Contested Election Documents for Wood County. Library of Virginia, Richmond.
Leonard, Cynthia Miller, ed. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619 - January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.

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