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1822 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election

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On May 8, 1822, James Blair (DR) of South Carolina's 9th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Blair himself had been elected in a special election earlier in the same Congress.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
John Carter Democratic-Republican 1,132 36.4%
James G. Spann 1,114 35.8%
John Waties 864 27.8%

Carter took his seat December 11, 1822.

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 56
  2. "View Election". Archived from the original on February 17, 2013.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 57
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