1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election
On September 16, 1816,[1] Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of New York's 4th district died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he'd been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy.
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Special election
| Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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| James Tallmadge, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1,457 | 47.7% |
| Lemuel Clift | Federalist | 1,176 | 38.5% |
| Abraham Adriance | Democratic-Republican | 421 | 13.8% |
Tallmadge took his seat on December 1,[3] at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress.
References
- Henry Bird Lee at Find a Grave
- http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress.1817%5B%5D
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 30
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