1808_Vermont's_1st_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Vermont's 1st congressional district on September 6, 1808 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of James Witherell (DR) on May 1 of the same year,^[1] to accept a position as judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Samuel Shaw	Democratic-Republican	3,202	56.7%
Nathan Robinson	Federalist	1,169	20.7%
Chauncey Langdon	Federalist	1,073	19.0%
Jonas Galusha	Democratic-Republican	136	2.4%
Others		63	1.1%

Shaw took his seat on November 8, 1808^[1]

^ ^a ^b "10th Congress March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
^ Election returns from Ourcampaigns.com