1821 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election

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In 1821, Representative-elect John S. Richards (DR), who'd been elected to represent South Carolina's 9th district , declined to serve. A special election was held to fill the resulting, the first of two special elections in the 9th district for the 17th Congress.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
James Blair Democratic-Republican1,11649.1%
Joseph Brevard Democratic-Republican99143.6%
James C. Postell1657.3%

Blair took his seat at the start of the 17th Congress. Blair himself subsequently resigned May 8, 1822, [2] resulting in a second special election.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 56
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