A special election was held in South Carolina's 2nd congressional district January 19–20, 1795 to fill a vacancy left by Representative-elect John Barnwell (F) declining to serve the term for which he'd been elected.
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Wade Hampton | Democratic-Republican | 198 | 29.3% |
William Thompson | 176 | 26.0% | |
John Rutledge, Jr. | Federalist | 160 | 23.7% |
William Elliot | 140 | 20.7% | |
Andrew Hartley | 2 | 0.3% |
References
- A New Nation Votes Archived 2013-01-06 at archive.today
- ^ Party affiliation not given in source