1812 Massachusetts's 17th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on April 6, 1812, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Barzillai Gannett (DR) who resigned sometime in 1812 without having served.

Election returns

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	Francis Carr		Democratic-Republican	4,598	57.5%
	Pitt Dillingham		Federalist	3,396	42.5%

Carr took his seat June 3, 1812^[2]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729358 Election details from Ourcampaigns.com
2. Web site: 12th Congress March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813 . October 5, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20180922102128/http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40202 . September 22, 2018 . dead .