1815 New York's 12th congressional district special election
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On October 6, 1814, prior to the beginning of the Fourteenth Congress, Representative-elect Benjamin Pond (DR), who'd been elected to New York's 12th district, died. A special election to fill this vacancy was held in April, 1815.
Election results
editCandidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Asa Adgate | Democratic-Republican | 4,247 | 50.8% |
Elisha I. Winter | Federalist | 4,051 | 48.5% |
Others | 62 | 0.7% |
Adgate took his seat at the beginning of the 14th Congress.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "New York 1815 U.S. House of Representatives, District 12, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 10, 2024.