1822 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election

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On May 8, 1822, James Blair (DR) of South Carolina's 9th district resigned. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Blair himself had been elected in a special election earlier in the same Congress.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
John Carter Democratic-Republican1,13236.4%
James G. Spann1,11435.8%
John Waties86427.8%

Carter took his seat December 11, 1822. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ "View Election". Archived from the original on February 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "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 57
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