The winning candidate would serve a two-year term in the United States House of Representatives to represent Florida in the 29th Congress from December 1, 1845, to March 4, 1847.
The election was initially called for the Whig candidate, Edward Carrington Cabell, and Cabell was seated in the House of Representatives. However, a recount found the winner to actually be the Democratic candidate, William Henry Brockenbrough. Brockenbrough was seated immediately on January 24, 1846.[2][3]
In the 1845 congressional election, David Levy Yulee, a Democrat, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. However, Yulee was jointly elected by the Florida Legislature to the United States Senate, and so resigned from the House of Representatives before taking his seat in order to take his seat in the Senate.[4]
Candidates[]
Democratic[]
Nominee[]
William Henry Brockenbrough, former territorial senator
Whig[]
Nominee[]
Edward Carrington Cabell, lawyer
General election[]
Original results[]
1845 Florida's at-large congressional district special election[5]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Edward Carrington Cabell
2,523
50.51%
+1.23%
Democratic
William Henry Brockenbrough
2,472
49.49%
-1.23%
Majority
51
1.02%
-19.63%
Turnout
4,995
100.00%
Whiggain from Democratic
Recount results[]
1845 Florida's at-large congressional district special election recount[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Democratic
William Henry Brockenbrough
2,669
50.35%
+0.86%
Whig
Edward Carrington Cabell (incumbent)
2,632
49.65%
-0.86%
Majority
37
0.70%
-0.32%
Turnout
5,301
100.00%
Democraticgain from Whig
See also[]
United States House of Representatives elections, 1844
United States House of Representatives elections, 1846
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