New York's 12th congressional district special election, 1815

On October 6, 1814, prior to the beginning of the Fourteenth Congress, Representative-elect Benjamin Pond (DR), who'd been elected to New York's 12th district, died. A special election to fill this vacancy was held in April, 1815.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Asa Adgate Democratic-Republican 4,247 50.8%
Elisha I. Winter Federalist 4,051 48.5%
Others 62 0.7%

Adgate took his seat at the beginning of the 14th Congress.

See also

References

  1. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress12.1815
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