1796, massachusetts, congressional, district, special, election, special, election, held, massachusetts, congressional, district, september, 1796, november, 1796, fill, vacancy, caused, resignation, theodore, sedgwick, upon, election, senate, election, results. A special election was held in Massachusetts s 1st congressional district on September 5 1796 and November 21 1796 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore Sedgwick F upon his election to the Senate 1 Election results editTwo elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot Candidate Party First ballot 2 Second ballot 3 Votes Percent Votes PercentThomson J Skinner Democratic Republican 1 325 48 0 746 62 7 Ephraim Williams Federalist 1 379 49 9 380 32 0 Scattering 59 2 1 63 5 3 Skinner took office on January 27 1797 1 See also editList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesReferences edit a b 4th Congress membership roster Archived December 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Election details from Ourcampaigns com Election details from Ourcampaigns com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1796 Massachusetts 27s 1st congressional district special election amp oldid 1173554040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
