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1822 Indiana's at-large congressional district special election

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On July 25, 1822, William Hendricks (DR) of Indiana's at-large district resigned to run for Governor of Indiana. Hendricks had represented the state since it was first admitted to the Union.

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Jonathan Jennings Jacksonian Republican 13,351 69.3%
Davis Floyd Democratic-Republican 5,971 30.6%

Jennings had previously served as delegate for Indiana Territory in the 11th through 14th Congresses. Jennings took his seat December 2[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ View Election
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 13