1812_Massachusetts's_17th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Massachusetts's 17th congressional district on April 6, 1812 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Barzillai Gannett (DR) who resigned sometime in 1812 without having served.^[1]

Election returns edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Francis Carr	Democratic-Republican	4,598	57.5%
Pitt Dillingham	Federalist	3,396	42.5%

Carr took his seat June 3, 1812^[1]

^ ^a ^b "12th Congress March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com