1820 Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district special election

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On August 9, 1820, William Woodbridge, the first delegate for Michigan Territory , resigned, after having served since March 2, 1820. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Election results

CandidateVotes [2] Percent
Solomon Sibley 21341.4%
Augustus B. Woodward 20640.0%
James MacCloskey8917.3%
Jonathan R. Williams71.4%

Sibley took his seat on November 20, 1820. [3]

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  2. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 72