1822 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election
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On May 8, 1822, James Blair (DR) of South Carolina's 9th district resigned.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Blair himself had been elected in a special election earlier in the same Congress.
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
John Carter | Democratic-Republican | 1,132 | 36.4% |
James G. Spann | 1,114 | 35.8% | |
John Waties | 864 | 27.8% |
Carter took his seat December 11, 1822.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 56 - ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 57
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