1796 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election

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A special election was held in Massachusetts's 1st congressional district on September 5, 1796, and November 21, 1796, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore Sedgwick (F) upon his election to the Senate ^[1]

Election results

Two elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

Candidate	Party	First ballot^[2]		Second ballot^[3]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Thomson J. Skinner	Democratic-Republican	1,325	48.0%	746	62.7%
Ephraim Williams	Federalist	1,379	49.9%	380	32.0%
Scattering		59	2.1%	63	5.3%

Skinner took office on January 27, 1797^[1]

References

1 2 4th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com
↑ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com

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[roster-1] 1 2 4th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Election details from Ourcampaigns.com

[3] Election details from Ourcampaigns.com

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1796 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election

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