1822 Maine's 2nd congressional district special election

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The 1822 special election for Maine's 2nd congressional district was to select the successor for Representative Ezekiel Whitman (F), who resigned from his position on June 1, 1822. Mark Harris won the election, and took his seat on December 2, 1822. [1]

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Mark Harris Democratic-Republican1,38555.5%
George Bradbury Federalist1,04241.8%
Woodbury StorerDemocratic-Republican672.7%

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References

  1. "Seventeenth Congress" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 19
  2. "Maine 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2, Special". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.

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