1804 Massachusetts's 12th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on September 17, 1804, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Thomson J. Skinner (DR) on August 10, 1804^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Simon Larned	Democratic-Republican	1,241	61.9%
Daniel Dewey	Federalist	765	38.1%

Larned took his seat on November 5, 1804, at the start of the 2nd session^[3]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
• United States House of Representatives elections, 1804 and 1805

Notes and References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/8.pdf Membership roster for the 8th Congress from the House website (footnote 14)
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729898 MA District 12 (Berkshire) special election race from Ourcampaigns.com
3. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/8.pdf Membership roster for the 8th Congress from the House website (footnote 15)