1816 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election
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In December 1816, a special election was held in Georgia's at-large district to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Alfred Cuthbert (DR) on November 9. Cuthbert himself had been elected in a special election in 1813.
Election results[]
Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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Zadock Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1,167 | 39.5% |
Thomas U.P. Charlton | [2] | 1,130 | 38.3% |
Moore[3] | [2] | 372 | 12.6% |
Walker[3] | [2] | 285 | 9.6% |
Cook took his seat in Congress on January 23, 1817.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c Party affiliation not given in source, presumably Democratic-Republican given the near-non-existence of the Federalist Party in Georgia in this time period
- ^ a b Full name not given in source
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 7
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- United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (U.S. state)
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- Georgia (U.S. state) special elections