1817 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election explained

A special election was held August 26, 1817 in to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Representative-elect James Lloyd (F) before the beginning of the 15th Congress.

Mason was seated December 2, 1816.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Jonathan Mason		Federalist	1,746	55.6%
	Andrew Ritchie		Federalist	1,393	44.4%

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817 . January 11, 2019 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov . October 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033542/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40204 . dead .
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729309 Election details from Ourcampaigns.com