1808 Rhode Island's at-large congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on August 30, 1808, to fill a vacancy resulting from the death of Nehemiah Knight (DR) on June 13, 1808.^[1] This election was held at the same time as the 1808 elections.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Richard Jackson, Jr.	Federalist	3,262	63.4%
Jonathan Russell	Democratic-Republican	1,887	36.6%

Jackson took his seat on November 11, 1808.^[1] Jackson also won election to the 11th Congress at the same time.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Notes and References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/10.pdf Membership roster for the 10th Congress
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=507095 Rhode Island at-large special election race from Ourcampaigns.com