1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election

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On September 16, 1816, [1] Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of New York's 4th district died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he had been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Special election

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
James Tallmadge, Jr. Democratic-Republican1,45747.7%
Lemuel CliftFederalist1,17638.5%
Abraham AdrianceDemocratic-Republican42113.8%

Tallmadge took his seat on December 1, [3] at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress.

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References

  1. ↑ History of Putnam County, New York
  2. ↑ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "FIFTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1817, TO MARCH 3, 1819" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012. footnote 30
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