1806 Georgia's at-large congressional district special elections

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There were two special elections in Georgia's at-large congressional district in 1806; one on September 15, 1806, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Bryan (DR) earlier that year, [1] and the other sometime before December 6, 1806, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Spalding (DR) earlier that year.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Dennis Smelt Democratic-Republican1,92947.1%
George Troup Democratic-Republican1,92747.1%
Buckner HarrisDemocratic-Republican2375.8%

Smelt took his seat on December 26, 1806 [1]

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