Georgia's at-large congressional district special election, 1819 was called to fill a vacancy created when the former congressman was elected to theUnited States Senate.
Aspecial election was held inGeorgia's at-large congressional district on January 4, 1819, to fill vacancies left in both the15th and16th Congresses by the resignation ofJohn Forsyth (DR) upon being elected to the Senate, after having been re-electedthe previous year to the House. At the time, Congressional terms began March 4, his resignation thus created a vacancy in the remainder of the 15th Congress as well as in the upcoming 16th Congress.
Election results reported at the time appear to indicate that a single election was held for both vacancies in most counties of Georgia. One newspaper reports two sets of returns forRichmond County, suggesting that that county may have been the only one that held separate ballots for both vacancies[1]
| Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert R. Reid | Democratic-Republican | 5,543 | 66.7% |
| Homer Virgil Milton | [3] | 2,772 | 33.3% |
Reid took his seat on February 18, 1819, near the end of the Second Session of the 15th Congress.[4]
