1815 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election
| Elections in Tennessee |
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| Government |
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
- ^ "View Election". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
- ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "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