1816 New York's 20th congressional district special election


On June 4, 1816,[1] after being defeated for re-election, Enos T. Throop (DR) of New York's 20th district resigned his seat. A special election was held in September of that year to fill the vacancy left for the remainder of the 14th Congress

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Daniel Avery Democratic-Republican 1,915 52.8%
Charles Kellogg Democratic-Republican 1,641 45.2%
Others 73 2.0%

Avery assumed his seat December 3[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015. footnote 29
  2. ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015. footnote 30
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