district incumbent party first
elected result candidates
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
first second first_number
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virginia 1 thomas newton, jr adams-clay republican 1820 (special) re-elected thomas newton, jr
tell me the number of people first elected in 1817 .
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select count ( c2 ) from w where c4_first_number = 1817