1804 United States House of Representatives election in Georgia


Initially, Cowles Mead was declared the winner of the 4th seat. The votes from Camden, Liberty and Tatnal counties were not received in time and were originally not counted. When it was later decided to count them as valid, it resulted in Thomas Spalding overtaking Cowles Mead for the fourth and final seat by 39 votes. Spalding was then given the seat in place of Mead.
DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected		ResultCandidates

Peter EarlyDemocratic-Republican1802Incumbent re-elected.√ Peter Early 24.2%
√ David Meriwether 22.9%
√ Joseph Bryan 21.3%
√ Cowles Mead 10.9%
Thomas Spalding 10.5%
Thomas Carr 6.7%
Obadiah Jones 2.4%
Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2%

David MeriwetherDemocratic-Republican1802Incumbent re-elected.√ Peter Early 24.2%
√ David Meriwether 22.9%
√ Joseph Bryan 21.3%
√ Cowles Mead 10.9%
Thomas Spalding 10.5%
Thomas Carr 6.7%
Obadiah Jones 2.4%
Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2%

Joseph BryanDemocratic-Republican1802Incumbent re-elected.√ Peter Early 24.2%
√ David Meriwether 22.9%
√ Joseph Bryan 21.3%
√ Cowles Mead 10.9%
Thomas Spalding 10.5%
Thomas Carr 6.7%
Obadiah Jones 2.4%
Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2%

Samuel HammondDemocratic-Republican1802Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Election was later contested and a new successor named, see above.		√ Peter Early 24.2%
√ David Meriwether 22.9%
√ Joseph Bryan 21.3%
√ Cowles Mead 10.9%
Thomas Spalding 10.5%
Thomas Carr 6.7%
Obadiah Jones 2.4%
Thomas U.P. Charlton 1.2%