A special election was held in on August 2, 1798, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Nathan Bryan (DR) on June 4, 1798[1]
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent | |||
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Richard Dobbs Spaight | Democratic-Republican | 987 | 51.2% | |||
Thomas Badger | Federalist | 940 | 48.8% |
Spaight took his seat December 10, 1798[1]