Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Virginia 1811 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
Date:
1811
State:
Virginia
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
William MacCoy, Samuel Blackburn
Candidates: William MacCoy[1]Samuel Blackburn
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]--
District of Four--
Augusta County[5][6]286499
Bath County[7][8]100175
Hardy County[9][10]65280
Pendleton County[11][12][13]27672
Rockingham County--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Mr. Swoope declined a re-election, and General Samuel Blackburn, then of Bath, was announced as the Federalist candidate. William McCoy, of Pendleton, came forward as the Republican candidate. The election was held on April court day, 1811. At that time, and for long afterwards, elections were not held as now, on the same day, throughout the State, or even district, but the people of each county voted at their April court. Augusta, Bath and Hardy, gave majorities for Blackburn, but Pendleton and Rockingham, the other two counties of the district, carried the day for McCoy, who was elected by a majority of one hundred and thirty-five votes.....The whole vote cast in Augusta at the election was seven hundred and eighty-five, the right of suffrage being restricted to freeholders." Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, From 1726 to 1871. Jos. A. Waddell.
[3]"Major William M'Coy, a democrat, is elected a representative to Congress for the Augusta district by a majority of 130 votes over Gen. S. Blackburn, Fed." The Virginia Patriot (Richmond, VA). May 3, 1811.
[4]"William McCoy, Esq. a Republican, is elected to Congress from Virginia by a majority of 130 votes over Gen. Blackburn, a federalist." National Intelligencer (Washington, DC)
[5]"Staunton, April 26...At the close of the poll on Monday evening last in this place for Augusta county, the votes stood thus:" Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial and Political (Alexandria, VA), May 2, 1811; and, Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD), May 3, 1811.
[6]Total votes in county 785; Congress vote for Samuel Blackburn should be 499 despite figure of 579 listed in two newspapers.
[7]Votes listed are from the Bath County Poll Book; other sources list William MacCoy with 99 votes and Samuel Blackburn with 176 votes.
[8]Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 173 votes for Samuel Blackburn.
[9]"From the Winchester Gazette (Winchester, VA), April 20...The election commenced on the 9th and closed on the 11th and resulted as follows:" The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). May 4, 1811.
[10]Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) lists 227 votes for Samuel Blackburn and 63 votes for William MacCoy.
[11]"....in Pendleton...Mr. M'Coys majority in 1811, was 199; in Bath...in 1811, Mr. Swoope (the federal candidate) obtained only a majority of 19." Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA). April 28, 1813.
[12]The Virginia Patriot (Richmond, VA) and Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) lists 269 votes for William MacCoy and 71 votes for Samuel Blackburn.
[13]The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA) lists 71 votes for Samuel Blackburn.

References:

Bath County Poll Book. 139-142. Library of Virginia, Richmond.
The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA). April 18, 1811.
The Enquirer (Richmond, VA). April 19, 1811.
Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA). April 19, 1811.
The Virginia Patriot (Richmond, VA). April 19, 1811.
National Intelligencer (Washington, DC). April 23, 1811.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 25, 1811.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). April 25, 1811.
The Enquirer (Richmond, VA). April 26, 1811.
Frederick-Town Herald (Fredericktown, MD). April 27, 1811.
Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial and Political (Alexandria, VA). May 2, 1811.
Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD). May 3, 1811.
The Virginia Patriot (Richmond, VA). May 3, 1811.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). May 4, 1811.
National Intelligencer (Washington, DC). May 7, 1811.
Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger (Norfolk, VA). April 28, 1813.
Waddell, Joseph A. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. 379.

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