1815 Virginia's 15th congressional district special election

On May 27, 1815, Representative Matthew Clay (DR) of Virginia's 15th district died in office before the start of the 1st session of the 14th Congress. A special election was held in October of that year to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
John Kerr Democratic-Republican 560 44.0%
William Rice Federalist 339 26.6%
Thomas Wooding Democratic-Republican 250 19.6%
Isaac Medley Democratic-Republican 94 7.4%
White[2] Federalist 31 2.4%

Kerr had been defeated for re-election in the regular 1815 elections and took his seat December 5, 1815,[3] at the start of the 1st session.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Virginia 1815 U.S. House of Representatives, District 15, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Source did not give full name
  3. ^ "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Footnote 69: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Matthew Clay, and took his seat December 5, 1815.