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The 1816 special elections for Maryland's 5th congressional district were to fill two separate vacancies. The 5th district was a plural district, with two seats. Both seats were vacated, the first by Representative Nicholas R. Moore (DR) in 1815, before the 14th Congress even met,[1] and the second by Rep. William Pinkney (DR) on April 18, 1816, after being named Minister to Russia.[1]
Election results
[edit]January election
[edit]The first special election was held on January 27, 1816, to replace Moore.[2]
Candidate | Party | Votes[3] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 2,515 | 70.1% |
Peter Little | Democratic-Republican | 1,069 | 29.8% |
Smith took his seat in the 14th Congress on February 4, 1816.[1]
September election
[edit]The second election was held on September 3 to fill the vacancy left by Pickney's resignation.[4]
Candidate | Party | Votes[5] | Percent |
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Peter Little | Democratic-Republican | 3,367 | 54.4% |
Tobias Stansbury | Democratic-Republican | 2,816 | 45.6% |
Little took his seat on December 2, 1816, at the start of the Second Session.[1]
See also
[edit]- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Fourteenth Congress : 1815-7" (PDF). Artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "View Election". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "View Election". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2022.