1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election

On September 16, 1816,[1] Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of New York's 4th district died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he'd been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy.

Special election[edit]

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
James Tallmadge, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1,457 47.7%
Lemuel Clift Federalist 1,176 38.5%
Abraham Adriance Democratic-Republican 421 13.8%

Tallmadge took his seat on December 1,[3] at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ History of Putnam County, New York
  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 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 30