page_title: 1802 and 1803 United States Senate elections
section_title: Virginia (Special)
hierarchical_section_title: 1802 and 1803 United States Senate elections / Virginia / Virginia (Special)
caption_attribution_description: English: From the en:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
context_page_description: The United States Senate elections of 1802 and 1803 were elections for the United States Senate which had the Democratic-Republican Party assume an overwhelming control thereof.
  As these election were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures.
context_section_description: Mason died May 10, 1803, having just begun the new term. Democratic-Republican John Taylor was appointed but chose not to run to finish the term. Democratic-Republican Abraham B. Venable was elected December 7, 1803 as the unanimous choice of the Virginia General Assembly. No vote totals were recorded.
caption: Senator Abraham B. Venable
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