1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election explained

On September 16, 1816,^[1] Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he'd been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy.

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	James Tallmadge, Jr.		Democratic-Republican	1,457	47.7%
	Lemuel Clift		Federalist	1,176	38.5%
	Abraham Adriance		Democratic-Republican	421	13.8%

Tallmadge took his seat on December 1,^[3] at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress.

See also

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

References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=tC4IMtVzFnQC&dq=henry+bird+lee+1816&pg=PA226 History of Putnam County, New York
2. Web site: View Election . https://archive.today/20130106115548/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress.1817 . 6 January 2013 . dead.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf . 2012-12-13 . footnote 30