1816 New York's 20th congressional district special election

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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

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Daniel Avery Democratic-Republican1,91552.8%
Charles Kellogg Democratic-Republican1,64145.2%
Others732.0%

Avery assumed his seat December 3 [3]

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  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