1821 New York's 6th congressional district special election

On September 7, 1821, Representative-elect Selah Tuthill (DR) of New York's 6th district died before the first meeting of the 17th Congress.^[1] A special election was held November 6–8, 1821 to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
Charles Borland, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1,277	53.7%
John Duer	Democratic-Republican	1,097	46.1%

Borland took his seat December 3, 1821, at the start of the First Session o the 17th Congress^[3]

See also

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

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 33
2. "View Election". Archived from the original on January 6, 2013.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 34