South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election, 1818

On November 3, 1817, John C. Calhoun (DR) of South Carolina's 6th district resigned upon being appointed Secretary of War.[1] A special election was held for his replacement

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Eldred Simkins Democratic-Republican 1,563 40.8%
William Butler Democratic-Republican 1,165 30.4%
Joseph Black Democratic-Republican 1,102 28.8%

Simkins took office on February 9, 1818[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-24. footnote 46
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.charleston.1818
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-24. footnote 47
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