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1822 New York's 9th congressional district special election

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On January 14, 1822, Solomon Van Rensselaer (DR) of New York's 9th district resigned to accept a position as Postmaster of Albany. A special election was held February 25–27, 1822.

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Stephen Van Rensselaer Federalist 2,266 80.7%
Solomon Southwick Democratic-Republican ("Bucktail" faction) 499 17.8%
Others 43 1.5%

Rensselaer took his seat on March 12, 1822.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New York 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Footnote 38: Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Solomon Van Rensselaer, and took his seat March 12, 1822.