1815 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election

On September 24, 1815, John Sevier (DR), representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy December 7–8, 1815.[1]

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
William G. Blount Democratic-Republican 1,583 48.4%
John Cocke Democratic-Republican 1,355 41.5%
George Dougherty 330 10.1%

Blount took office on January 8, 1816[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "View Election". elections.lib.tufts.edu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "View Election". Retrieved December 21, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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 65
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