1816 Kentucky's 1st congressional district special election

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In April 1816, James Clark (DR), of Kentucky's 1st district , resigned his seat to accept a position as circuit court judge. A special election was held for his replacement.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
Thomas Fletcher Democratic-Republican3,41658.9%
Chilton Allan Democratic-Republican2,38041.1%

Fletcher took his seat on December 2, [2] at the start of the second session of the 14th Congress.

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References

  1. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.specialuscongress1.1816%5B%5D
  2. "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 15