1810 New Jersey's at-large congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on October 30, 1810, to fill a vacancy left in the 11th Congress by the death of James Cox (DR) on September 12, 1810.^[1]

Election returns

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	John A. Scudder		Democratic-Republican	2,345	76.7%
	John Linn		Democratic-Republican	329	10.8%
	Jacob S. Thompson		Democratic-Republican	311	10.2%
	Isaac Mickle		Democratic-Republican	71	2.3%

Scudder took his seat on December 3, 1810^[1]

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://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=724596 Election details from Ourcampaigns.com