1810_Maryland's_4th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Maryland's 4th congressional district on October 1, 1810^[1] to fill a vacancy in the 11th Congress left by the resignation, on May 14, 1810, of the previous incumbent, Roger Nelson (DR).^[2] This election was held at the same time as the general election for the 12th Congress.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[3]	Percent
Samuel Ringgold	Democratic-Republican	1,732	98.1%
Benjamin Galloway	Federalist	29	1.6%

Ringgold also won election to the 12th Congress. He took his seat in the 11th Congress on December 7, 1810^[2]

^ United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)
^ ^a ^b 11th Congress membership roster Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ A New Nation Votes Archived 2013-01-06 at archive.today