The 1796 United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee was held on October 15 1796 to determine the first

The 1796 United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee was held on October 15, 1796, to determine the first Congressman of Tennessee. Tennessee was admitted to the United States on June 1, 1796. Democratic-Republican candidate, Andrew Jackson defend his Nonpartisan opponent, James Roby, with 98.9% of the vote.

1796 United States House of Representatives election in Tennessee

October 15, 1796 (1796-10-15)

1797 →


Nominee	Andrew Jackson	James Rody
Party	Democratic-Republican	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	1,113	12
Percentage	98.9%	1.1%

Results by electoral district
Jackson: 96.3% 100%
Indian Territory:

U.S. Representative before election

District established

Elected U.S. Representative

Andrew Jackson
Democratic-Republican

Andrew Jackson was seated in Congress on December 5, 1796.

General election

1796 **Tennessee's at-large congressional district** election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic-Republican	Andrew Jackson	1,113	98.93%
	Nonpartisan	James Rody	12	1.07%
Total votes			1,125	100.00%
	Democratic-Republican win (new seat)

References

"Tennessee 1796 U.S. House of Representatives". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
Date cited is the election date, but the winner in some cases "took" the seat on a later date. See Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0786402830.
Date cited is the election date, but the winner in some cases "took" the seat on a later date. See Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0786402830.

[1] "Tennessee 1796 U.S. House of Representatives". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[Dubin2-2] Date cited is the election date, but the winner in some cases "took" the seat on a later date. See Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0786402830.

[Dubin-3] Date cited is the election date, but the winner in some cases "took" the seat on a later date. See Dubin, Michael J. (1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0786402830.

General election

See also

References