1820 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Thomas L. Moore	Democratic-Republican	563	41.0%
Zephaniah Turner	^[a]	377	27.5%
John Love	Democratic-Republican	370	27.0%
Mark A. Chilton	^[a]	62	4.5%

Moore took his seat on November 13, 1820.^[3]

↑ "SIXTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Footnote 65: Resigned February 10, 1820.
↑ "Virginia 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 10, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
↑ "SIXTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Footnote 66: Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George F. Strother, and took his seat November 13, 1820.