1792 Georgia's 1st congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on July 9, 1792, to fill a vacancy caused by the House Committee on Elections finding on March 21, 1792, that electoral fraud had been involved in Anthony Wayne's election in 1791.^[1] His election was declared void and he was removed from the House.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	John Milledge		Anti-Administration	254	55.2%
	Matthew MacAllister		Pro-Administration	205	44.6%
John Glen	^[3]	1	0.4%

Milledge took his seat on November 22, 1792^[1]

See also

• 1792 and 1793 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from Georgia

Notes and References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/2.pdf 2nd Congress membership roster
2. https://archive.today/20121211095726/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special.1792 A New Nation Votes
3. No party affiliation listed in source