1816 New York's 20th congressional district special election
On June 4, 1816,[1] after being defeated for re-election, Enos T. Throop (DR) of New York's 20th district resigned his seat. A special election was held in September of that year to fill the vacancy left for the remainder of the 14th Congress
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Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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Daniel Avery | Democratic-Republican | 1,915 | 52.8% |
Charles Kellogg | Democratic-Republican | 1,641 | 45.2% |
Others | 73 | 2.0% |
Avery assumed his seat December 3[3]
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References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 29
- http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress20.1816%5B%5D
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 30
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