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1824 Indiana's 1st congressional district special election

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On September 8, 1824, William Prince (DR-Jackson), of Indiana's 1st district died. A special election was held to fill the vacancy left in Indiana's congressional representation by his death

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Jacob Call Jacksonian 2,155 50.4%
Thomas H. Blake Anti-Jacksonian 2,087 48.8%
Ratliff Boon[2] Jacksonian 36 0.8%

Call took his seat on December 23, 1824,[3] serving until the end of the 18th Congress on March 13, 1825.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Elected to the 19th Congress
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)