1815 Virginia's 15th congressional district special election
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On May 27, 1815, Representative Matthew Clay (DR) of Virginia's 15th district died in office before the start of the 1st session of the 14th Congress. A special election was held in October of that year to fill the resulting vacancy.
Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
John Kerr
|
Democratic-Republican | 560 | 44.0% |
| William Rice | Federalist | 339 | 26.6% |
| Thomas Wooding | Democratic-Republican | 250 | 19.6% |
| Isaac Medley | Democratic-Republican | 94 | 7.4% |
| White[2] | Federalist | 31 | 2.4% |
Kerr had been defeated for re-election in the
regular 1815 elections and took his seat December 5, 1815,[3]
at the start of the 1st session.
See also
References
- ^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.uscongress.15.special.1815[permanent dead link]
- ^ Source did not give full name
- ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine footnote 69