[Diary entry: 14 September 1769]

14. Went to Alexandria to the Election of Burgesses for Fairfax & was chosen together with Colo. West without a Poll, their being no opposition.

This election was called in consequence of Governor Botetourt’s dissolution of the last House of Burgesses in May 1769. When there was no opposition in a burgess election (which was seldom) the sheriff took the vote “by view,” although it is not clear whether GW was reelected by voice vote or by a show of hands.

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Title: [Diary entry: 14 September 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 14 September 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 14 September 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0024-0014. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, pp. 180–181.]