1820 United States House of Representatives election in Rhode Island

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Rhode Island elected its members August 29, 1820.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Rhode Island at-large
2 seats on a general ticket
Samuel Eddy Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Job Durfee (Democratic-Republican) 31.5%[1][a]
    Samuel Eddy (Democratic-Republican) 25.5%
  • Samuel Bridgham (Federalist) 24.5%
  • Nathaniel Hazard (Democratic-Republican) 17.9%
  • Others 0.6%
Nathaniel Hazard Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Incumbent died December 17, 1820 and seat remained vacant until the end of term.

See also[]

  • 1820 and 1821 United States House of Representatives elections
  • List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

Notes[]

  1. ^ Job Durfee received votes in many towns from Federalists.

References[]

  1. ^ "Rhode Island 1820 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
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