1821 New Jersey's at-large congressional district special election

Summary

A special election was held in New Jersey's at-large congressional district on October 8, 1821, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of John Linn (DR) on January 5, 1821, prior to the start of the 17th Congress.[1]

Election results edit

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Lewis Condict Democratic-Republican 9,900 46.5%
Robert W. Rutherford Democratic-Republican 6,662 31.3%
James Parker Federalist 4,737 22.2%

Condict took his seat with the rest of New Jersey's delegation at the start of the 1st session of the 17th Congress.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 16th Congress membership roster Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com