1815_New_York's_6th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

In March 1815, Jonathan Fisk (DR), who'd been re-elected to New York's 6th district, resigned to accept an appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. A special election was held in April of that year to fill the vacancy left by his resignation.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
James W. Wilkin	Democratic-Republican	1,429	59.2%
Samuel S. Seward	Federalist	981	40.6%

Wilkin took his seat at the start of the 14th Congress.

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