1808 Vermont's 1st congressional district special election
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A special election was held in {{ushr|VT|1}} on September 6, 1808, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of James Witherell (DR) on May 1 of the same year,{{cite web | url=http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40196 | title=10th Congress March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809 | access-date=September 24, 2018 | publisher=Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921151640/http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40196 | archive-date=September 21, 2018 | url-status=dead }} to accept a position as judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory.
Election results
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! Candidate ! Party ! Votes[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=308297 Election returns from Ourcampaigns.com] ! Percent |
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Samuel Shaw
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | 3,202 | 56.7% |
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Nathan Robinson
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist | 1,169 | 20.7% |
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Chauncey Langdon
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist | 1,073 | 19.0% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Jonas Galusha
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | 136 | 2.4% |
| colspan=2|Others
| 63 | 1.1% |
See also
References
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