1810 Maryland's 7th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of John Brown (DR) to accept a position as clerk of the county court of Queen Anne's County.^[1] Brown had earlier been re-elected to the 12th Congress, thus, his resignation created vacancies in both the 11th and 12th Congresses. Unusually, a single ballot was used for both vacancies. This was the first of at least three examples of this sort of dual-vacancy being filled with one ballot.^[2]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[3]	Percent
	Robert Wright		Democratic-Republican	650	51.7%
Daniel C. Hopper	^[4]	566	45.0%
James Brown		39	3.1%

Robert Wright took his seat December 3, 1810^[1] at the start of the Third Session of the 11th Congress.

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/11.pdf 11th Congress membership roster
2. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress7.special.1810#note_1 A New Nation Votes: District 7 special election, footnote
3. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress7.special.1810 A New Nation Votes
4. Party affiliation not given in source