1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

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1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election
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  1804 October 1, 1805 (1805-10-01) 1806  
 
Candidate James M. Broom David Hall
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote3,0112,682
Percentage52.65%46.90%

U.S. representative before election

James A. Bayard
Federalist

Elected U.S. representative

James M. Broom
Federalist

A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1805, to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of James A. Bayard, a Federalist, upon election to the Senate. Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th, 6th, and 7th congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney, whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804.

Contents

Broom took his seat with the rest of the 9th Congress on December 2, 1805.

Election returns

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Federalist James M. Broom 3,011 52.65
Democratic-Republican David Hall 2,68246.90
Democratic-Republican Isaac Starr240.42
UnknownHugh W. Richie20.04
Majority3295.75
Total votes5,719 100.00
Federalist hold

Results by county

CountyBroom#Broom%Hall#Hall%Starr#Starr%Richie#Richie%Total
Kent 96661.06%59337.48%231.45%1,582
New Castle 68332.63%1,40767.22%10.05%20.10%2,093
Sussex 1,36266.63%68233.37%2,044

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References

  1. Delaware at-large special election race from Ourcampaigns.com
  2. "Our Campaigns - DE District At Large - Special Election Race - Oct 01, 1805". Our Campaigns. January 15, 2011.