Virginia 1798 State Senate, Class 1, District 5, Special

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Virginia 1798 State Senate, Class 1, District 5, Special
Date:
1798
State:
Virginia
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Archibald Stuart, John Steel
Candidates: Archibald Stuart[1]John Steel
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3][4][5]945271
District of Five--
Augusta County--
Bath County13-
Pendleton County9959
Rockbridge County--
Rockingham County20019
Shenandoah County--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Archibald Stuart elected to replace John Oliver.
[3]The election appears to have been spread out among the counties, between the last week of December of 1797 and the first week of January of 1798.
[4]"In the counties of Rockbridge, Augusta, Rockingham and Shenandoah, the votes for Senator were - for Archibald Stuard, Esq. 873, Col. John Steele 212. The returns from Bath and Pendleton are not come to hand, but we hear Mr. Stuart has a majority of the whole of upwards of six hundred." The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). January 26, 1798.
[5]The "vote totals" were arrived at by adding the totals as reported in The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) with the totals given in the Bath County and Pendleton County Poll Books.

References:

Bath County Poll Book. 64. Library of Virginia, Richmond.
Pendleton County Poll Book. Library of Virginia, Richmond.
The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA). January 5, 1798.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). January 26, 1798.

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handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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