1818 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election explained

On November 3, 1817, John C. Calhoun (DR) of resigned upon being appointed Secretary of War.^[1] A special election was held for his replacement

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Eldred Simkins		Democratic-Republican	1,563	40.8%
	William Butler		Democratic-Republican	1,165	30.4%
	Joseph Black		Democratic-Republican	1,102	28.8%

Simkins took office on February 9, 1818^[3]

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 ., footnote 46
2. Web site: South Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6, Special . January 24, 2019 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825.
3. 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 ., footnote 47