1796 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election
A special election was held in Massachusetts's 1st congressional district on September 5, 1796 and November 21, 1796 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore Sedgwick (F) upon his election to the Senate[1]
Election results
Two elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.
Candidate | Party | First ballot[2] | Second ballot[3] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | Percent | Votes | Percent | ||
Thomson J. Skinner | Democratic-Republican | 1,325 | 48.0% | 746 | 62.7% |
Ephraim Williams | Federalist | 1,379 | 49.9% | 380 | 32.0% |
Scattering | 59 | 2.1% | 63 | 5.3% |
Skinner took office on January 27, 1797[1]
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