A special election was held in on September 23, 1811, and November 4, 1811, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) upon being elected to the Senate on June 29, 1811[1]
Two elections were required, due to a majority not being achieved on the first election
| Candidate | Party | First election | Second election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes[2] | Percent | Votes[3] | Percent | |||||
| William M. Richardson | Democratic-Republican | 1,754 | 52.1% | |||||
| John Tuttle | Democratic-Republican | 1,361 | 44.5% | |||||
| Loammi Baldwin | Federalist | 1,142 | 37.4% | 1,169 | 34.7% | |||
| Edmund Foster | Democratic-Republican | 382 | 12.5% | 277 | 8.2% | |||
| Marshall Spring | Democratic-Republican | 173 | 5.7% | 168 | 5.0% | |||
Richardson took his seat January 22, 1812[1]