1797_Rhode_Island's_at-large_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Rhode Island's at-large congressional district on August 29, 1797 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Elisha R. Potter (F) shortly after the end of the 1st session of the 5th Congress.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
Thomas Tillinghast	Federalist^[2]	234	78.3%
James Burrill, Jr.	Federalist	54	18.1%
Clark^[3]	Democratic-Republican	11	3.7%

Tillinghast took office on November 13, 1797^[4]

^ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com
^ Note: Source mistakenly gives party as Democratic-Republican; Tillinghast did later become a Democratic-Republican, but in the 5th Congress, he was a Federalist
^ Source does not have full name
^ 5th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine