1813_New_York's_2nd_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

On August 2, 1813, at the end of the 1st session of the 13th Congress,^[1] Egbert Benson (F) of New York's 2nd district resigned. A special election was held for his replacement December 28–30, 1813^[2]

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[3]	Percent
William Irving	Democratic-Republican	3,895	52.5%
Peter A. Jay	Federalist	3,518	47.5%

Irving took his seat on January 22, 1814^[4]

References edit

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 39
^ Date of election [source: United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)].
^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress2.1813^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 40

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 39

[2] Date of election [source: United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)].

[3] ttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress2.1813^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 40

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