1818 Massachusetts's 20th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in (in the District of Maine) on March 16, 1818, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Albion K. Parris (DR) on February 3, 1818^[1] after being named a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

Electoral results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Enoch Lincoln		Democratic-Republican	1,294	57.0%
Judah Dana		584	25.7%
	Samuel A. Bradley		Federalist	392	17.3%

Lincoln took his seat on November 16, 1818^[1] and would continue to serve in the 16th, 17th (for after the separation of Maine), the 18th and part of the 19th Congress (the later two Congresses for after redistricting)

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov .
2. Web site: Massachusetts 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, Eastern District #7, Special . January 24, 2019 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825.