1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election

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On October 13, 1821, before the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Wingfield Bullock (DR) of Kentucky's 8th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Election result

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
James D. Breckinridge Democratic-Republican1,68556.3%
George B. Knight [2] 1,17339.2%
Norborne B. Beall [2] 1334.4%

Breckinridge took his seat on January 2, 1822, [3] a month into the 1st Session of the 17th Congress.

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  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 15