A special election was held in Massachusetts's 1st congressional district on July 23, 1827 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Webster (A) on May 30, 1827 [1] after being elected to the Senate.
Candidate | Party | Votes [2] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Gorham | Anti-Jacksonian | 1,659 | 58.9% |
George Blake | Anti-Jacksonian | 698 | 24.8% |
David Henshaw | Jacksonian | 459 | 16.3% |
Gorham took his seat on December 3, 1827. [1]
The 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3, 1826, and August 30, 1827. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 20th United States Congress convened on December 3, 1827. They occurred during John Quincy Adams's presidency. Elections were held for all 213 seats, representing 24 states.
The 1827 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 6, 1827, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.
The 1826–27 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1826 and 1827, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1826.
Massachusetts elected its members November 6, 1826. It required a majority for election, which was not met on the first vote in 3 districts requiring additional elections held March 5 and May 14, 1827.
On August 26, 1825, before the first session of the 19th Congress began, James Allison, Jr. (J) of Pennsylvania's 16th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
On January 12, 1826, Patrick Farrelly (J) of Pennsylvania's 18th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy
On May 1, 1826, Alexander Thomson (J) of Pennsylvania's 13th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826, the same day as the general elections to the 20th Congress.
At some point in 1826, Joseph Hemphill (J) of Pennsylvania's 2nd district resigned from Congress. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
On August 14, 1826, Henry Wilson (J) of Pennsylvania's 7th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826.
In the 1826 elections in Pennsylvania, a tie vote occurred in the 2nd district. As a result, no candidate won in that district and a special election was held on October 9, 1827.
Georgia elected its members October 2, 1826. Georgia switched to using districts for this election. Two incumbents, James Meriwether and George Cary, did not run for re-election.
Maine elected its members September 8, 1826. It required a majority for election, which was not met in the 7th district, requiring additional elections December 18, 1826, April 2, and September 27, 1827.
Ohio elected its members October 10, 1826.
Kentucky elected its members August 6, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
North Carolina elected its members August 9, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.
A special election was held October 2, 1827 in Delaware's at-large congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Louis McLane (J) before the start of Congress, after being elected to the Senate
Two special elections were held in Kentucky's 11th congressional district in 1827 to fill a single vacancy.
A special election was held in Maine's 1st congressional district on September 27, 1827 to fill a vacancy left by the death of William Burleigh (A) on July 2, 1827
Virginia elected its members April 30, 1827, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.