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1820 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On February 10, 1820, George F. Strother (DR), Representative for Virginia's 10th district, resigned,[1] having been appointed as receiver of public money in St. Louis, Missouri. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy
Election results[edit]
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes[2]
|
Percent
|
Thomas L. Moore
|
Democratic-Republican
|
563
|
41.0%
|
Zephaniah Turner
|
[3]
|
377
|
27.5%
|
John Love
|
Democratic-Republican
|
370
|
27.0%
|
Mark A. Chilton
|
[3]
|
62 |
4.5%
|
Moore took his seat on November 13, 1820[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.special.uscongress.10.1820[permanent dead link]
^ a b Source does not give party affiliation
^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine footnote 66
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