1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election explained

On October 13, 1821, before the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Wingfield Bullock (DR) of died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election result

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	James D. Breckinridge		Democratic-Republican	1,685	56.3%
George B. Knight	^[2]	1,173	39.2%
Norborne B. Beall		133	4.4%

Breckinridge took his seat on January 2, 1822,^[3] a month into the 1st Session of the 17th Congress.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20130106114654/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.uscongress8.1821 View Election
2. Source did not provide party affiliation
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf . 2012-12-13 . footnote 15