Georgia's at-large congressional district special election, 1816

In December 1816, a special election was held in Georgia's at-large district to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Alfred Cuthbert (DR) on November 9. Cuthbert himself had been elected in a special election in 1813.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Zadock Cook Democratic-Republican 1,167 39.5%
Thomas U.P. Charlton [2] 1,130 38.3%
Moore[3] [2] 372 12.6%
Walker[3] [2] 285 9.6%

Cook took his seat in Congress on January 23, 1817.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.specialuscongress.1816
  2. 1 2 3 Party affiliation not given in source, presumably Democratic-Republican given the near-non-existence of the Federalist Party in Georgia in this time period
  3. 1 2 Full name not given in source
  4. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 7
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