1795 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election
A special election was held in South Carolina's 2nd congressional district January 19-20, 1795 to fill a vacancy left by Representative-election John Barnwell (F) declining to serve the term for which he'd been elected.
Election results[]
Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Wade Hampton | Democratic-Republican | 198 | 29.3% |
William Thompson | [2] | 176 | 26.0% |
John Rutledge, Jr. | Federalist | 160 | 23.7% |
William Elliot | [2] | 140 | 20.7% |
Andrew Hartley | [2] | 2 | 0.3% |
References[]
Categories:
- Special elections to the 4th United States Congress
- United States House of Representatives special elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
- 1795 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1795 South Carolina elections
- South Carolina special elections