1816 Maryland's 3rd congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in in 1816 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Alexander C. Hanson (F) upon being elected to the United States Senate.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	George Peter		Federalist	1,849	45.5%
	Charles Kilgour		Federalist	1,255	30.9%
	Nicholas Snethen		Democratic-Republican	954	23.5%

George Peter was seated on December 2, 1816.^[2]

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=md.uscongress3.specialelection.1816 A New Nation Votes results for Maryland's 3rd district special election, 1816
2. Web site: Membership roster for the 14th Congress . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . December 6, 2014.