On June 4, 1816,[1] after being defeated for re-election, Enos T. Throop (DR) of New York's 20th district resigned his seat. A special election was held in September of that year to fill the vacancy left for the remainder of the 14th Congress

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Daniel Avery Democratic-Republican 1,915 52.8%
Charles Kellogg Democratic-Republican 1,641 45.2%
Others 73 2.0%

Avery assumed his seat December 3[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 29
  2. ↑ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 30
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