1813 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on December 13, 1813^[1] to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of William W. Bibb (DR) on November 6, 1813, after being elected to the Senate.^[2]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[3]	Percent
	Alfred Cuthbert		Democratic-Republican	2,251	36.0%
Benjamin Skrine	^[4]	1,512	24.2%
	William Terrell		Democratic-Republican	1,263	20.2%
John Dooly		1,233	19.7%

Cuthbert took his seat on February 7, 1814^[2]

See also

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

References

1. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)
2. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/13.pdf 13th Congress membership roster
3. Web site: A New Nation Votes . 2012-12-18 . https://archive.today/20130106112711/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special.1813 . 2013-01-06 . dead .
4. Party affiliation not given in source