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1815 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election

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On September 24, 1815, John Sevier (DR), representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy December 7–8, 1815.[1]

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
William G. Blount Democratic-Republican 1,583 48.4%
John Cocke Democratic-Republican 1,355 41.5%
George Dougherty 330 10.1%

Blount took office on January 8, 1816[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "View Election". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 65