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NY District 15 - Special Election

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> United States > New York > NY - District 15

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

Election Overturned

Filing Deadline

00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

April 27, 1813 - 07:00am Central

Polls Close

April 29, 1813 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

April 30, 1813 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 24, 1814 - 12:00pm

Contributor

RBH

Last Modified

RBH June 23, 2011 11:31pm

Data Sources

United States Congressional elections, 1788-1997 : the official results of the elections of the 1st through 105th Congresses

Description

Williams, Jr. argued that the votes for "Isaac Williams" were votes for him, some of the Williams votes were ruled to be votes for Williams, Jr., leading to Williams, Jr. being seated

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Federalist	Won	12/17/1812
	Name	Joel Thompson	Votes	4,478 (26.72%)
	Term	03/04/1813 - 03/04/1813	Margin	532 (+3.17%)
	Party	Federalist	Won	12/17/1812
	Name	William Dowse	Votes	4,417 (26.36%)
	Term	03/04/1813 - 03/04/1813	Margin	471 (+2.81%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic-Republican	Won	04/29/1813
	Name	Isaac Williams, Jr.	Votes	4,451 (50.29%)
	Term	01/24/1814 - 03/04/1815	Margin	164 (+1.85%)
	Party	Federalist	Won	04/29/1813
	Name	Joel Thompson	Votes	0 (0.00%)
	Term	01/24/1814 - 03/04/1815	Margin	-4,287 (-48.44%)