1801 Massachusetts's 4th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Massachusetts's 4th congressional district August 24, 1801 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR) on March 5, 1801, before the first session of Congress, upon being appointed U.S. Attorney General.[1]

Election results

Massachusetts electoral law required a majority for election, which was not met on the June 22, 1801 first ballot, requiring a second election held on August 24.[2]

Candidate[3] Party First ballot
(June 22, 1801)		 Second ballot
(August 24, 1801)
Votes[4] Percent Votes[2] Percent
Seth Hastings Federalist 572 29.9% 1,583 54.2%
John Whiting Democratic-Republican 869 45.4% 1,335 45.8%
Jabez Upham Federalist 473 24.7%

Hastings took his seat on January 11, 1802.[5]

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See also

References
  1. House official membership roster for the 7th Congress Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (footnote 17)
  2. "MA - 4th Western - Special Election - 2nd Trial". April 15, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2018 – via Our Campaigns.
  3. Listed in order on final ballot
  4. Massachusetts 4th Western special election first trial from Ourcampaigns.com
  5. House official membership roster for the 7th Congress Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (footnote 18)


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