1821 New Jersey's at-large congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on October 8, 1821, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of John Linn (DR) on January 5, 1821, prior to the start of the 17th Congress.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Lewis Condict	Democratic-Republican	9,900	46.5%
Robert W. Rutherford	Democratic-Republican	6,662	31.3%
James Parker	Federalist	4,737	22.2%

Condict took his seat with the rest of New Jersey's delegation at the start of the 1st session of the 17th Congress.

See also

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

References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf 16th Congress membership roster
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=724597 Election details from Ourcampaigns.com