1823 New York's 28th congressional district special election explained

On April 21, 1823, William B. Rochester (DR) of was appointed judge of the Eighth Circuit Court and resigned his seat in the House. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	William Woods		Democratic-Republican	834	51.4%
	Daniel Cruger		Democratic-Republican	789	48.6%

Woods took his seat on December 1, 1823,^[2] at the start of the 1st Session of the 18th Congress.

See also

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

References

1. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.congress.1823{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103947/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/18.pdf . 2016-03-04 . footnote 24