1816 Kentucky's 1st congressional district special election explained

In April 1816, James Clark (DR), of, resigned his seat to accept a position as circuit court judge. A special election was held for his replacement.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	Thomas Fletcher		Democratic-Republican	3,416	58.9%
	Chilton Allan		Democratic-Republican	2,380	41.1%

Fletcher took his seat on December 2,^[2] at the start of the second session of the 14th Congress.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.specialuscongress1.1816{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-02-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . 2014-12-06 . footnote 15