United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 1812

Louisiana held its election for the 13th Congress September 28–30, 1812, at the same time as the election for the 12th Congress, with nearly-identical results.

Special election to finish the 12th Congress

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Louisiana at-large None New district, seat created.
New member elected September 28–30, 1812.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor elected the same day to the next term.		 √ Thomas B. Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 35.1%
Henry Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 22.8%
Stephen Hopkins 18.1%
Edward Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 12.0%
Elegis Fromentin 11.6%[1]

General election to the 13th Congress

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Louisiana at-large None New district, seat created.
New member elected September 28–30, 1812.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor elected the same day to finish the current term.		 √ Thomas B. Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 35.3%
Henry Johnson (Democratic-Republican) 22.5%
Stephen Hopkins 18.3%
Edward Livingston (Democratic-Republican) 12.7%
Elegis Fromentin 10.4%[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

References

  1. ↑ "Louisiana 1812 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Louisiana 1812 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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