1802 South Carolina's 4th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on April 12–13, 1802 to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of Thomas Sumter (DR) on December 15, 1801, upon being elected to the Senate.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Richard Winn	Democratic-Republican^[3]	312	98.7%
John Kershaw	None	4	1.3%

Winn took his seat January 24, 1803^[4]

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/7.pdf Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 42)
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=273677 South Carolina district 4 special election, 1802 from Ourcampaigns.com
3. Had run as a Federalist in the preceding election
4. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 43)