1814 Ohio's 6th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on June 7, 1814, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Reasin Beall (DR)^[1] to accept an appointment to the Federal Land Office in Wooster, Ohio.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	David Clendenin		Democratic-Republican	1,244	63.6%
	Lewis Kinney		Democratic-Republican	342	17.5%
	John G. Young		Democratic-Republican	238	12.2%
	Thomas G. Jones		Democratic-Republican	119	6.1%

Clendenin took office on December 22^[1]

See also

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

References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/13.pdf 13th Congress membership roster
2. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=oh.uscongress6.special.1814{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}