Louisiana held its first United States House of Representatives elections following its April 1812 admission to the Union on September 28–30, 1812. A special election for a seat in the 12th Congress (that convened in 1811) and a general election for a seat in the 13th Congress (to convene in 1813) were held at the same time, and had nearly-identical results.
Special election to the 12th Congress
edit| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[a] | |
| 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
edit| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[a] | |
| 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] | ||
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edit- ^ "Louisiana 1812 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
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