1822 South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election

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On May 8, 1822, William Lowndes (DR) of South Carolina's 2nd district resigned.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
James Hamilton, Jr. Democratic-Republican 740 56.7%
Richard B. Screvan 389 29.8%
William Elliott 175 13.4%

Hamilton took his seat on January 6, 1823[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf footnote 60
  2. ^ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.beaufort.specialelection.1822
  3. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf footnote 61
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