On September 7, 1821, Representative-elect Selah Tuthill (DR) of New York's 6th district died before the first meeting of the 17th Congress.[1] A special election was held November 6–8, 1821 to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Charles Borland, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1,277 53.7%
John Duer Democratic-Republican 1,097 46.1%

Borland took his seat December 3, 1821, at the start of the First Session o the 17th Congress[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 33
  2. ↑ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 34
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