1806 Georgia's at-large congressional district special elections explained

There were two special elections in in 1806; one on September 15, 1806, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Bryan (DR) earlier that year,^[1] and the other sometime before December 6, 1806, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Spalding (DR) earlier that year.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Dennis Smelt	Democratic-Republican	1,929	47.1%
George Troup	Democratic-Republican	1,927	47.1%
Buckner Harris	Democratic-Republican	237	5.8%

Smelt took his seat on December 26, 1806^[1]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf Membership roster for the 9th Congress
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=282490 Georgia at-large special race 1806 from Ourcampaigns.com