1820 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election

On February 10, 1820, George F. Strother (DR), Representative for Virginia's 10th district, resigned,^[1] having been appointed as receiver of public money in St. Louis, Missouri. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Thomas L. Moore	Democratic-Republican	563	41.0%
Zephaniah Turner	^[a]	377	27.5%
John Love	Democratic-Republican	370	27.0%
Mark A. Chilton	^[a]	62	4.5%

Election results