1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election
Candidate
James M. Broom
David Hall
Party
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Popular vote
3,011
2,682
Percentage
52.65%
46.90%
U.S. representative before election
James A. Bayard
Federalist
Elected U.S. representative
James M. Broom
Federalist
A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1805 to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of James A. Bayard , a Federalist, upon election to the Senate . Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th , 6th , and 7th Congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney , whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804 .
Broom took his seat with the rest of the 9th Congress on December 2, 1805.
Election returns [ ]
Results by county [ ]
County
Broom#
Broom%
Hall#
Hall%
Starr#
Starr%
Richie#
Richie%
Total
Kent
966
61.06%
593
37.48%
23
1.45%
1,582
New Castle
683
32.63%
1,407
67.22%
1
0.05%
2
0.10%
2,093
Sussex
1,362
66.63%
682
33.37%
2,044
See also [ ]
1804 and 1805 United States House of Representatives elections
List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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