1812, georgia, large, congressional, district, special, election, special, election, held, georgia, large, congressional, district, october, 1812, fill, vacancy, left, resignation, howell, cobb, accept, commission, army, captain, 1812, earlier, that, year, ele. A special election was held in Georgia s at large congressional district on October 5 1812 1 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Howell Cobb DR to accept a commission as an army captain in the War of 1812 earlier that year Election results editCandidate Party Votes 2 PercentWilliam Barnett Democratic Republican 5 428 39 0 John Forsyth Democratic Republican 5 344 38 2 Thomas Telfair Democratic Republican 2 606 18 6 Thomas Carr 3 595 4 3 George Dent Federalist 3 02 Barnett took his seat November 27 1812 1 See also editList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesReferences edit a b 12th Congress membership roster Archived 2012 12 13 at the Wayback Machine A New Nation Votes Party affiliation not listed in source nbsp nbsp This Georgia elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1812 Georgia 27s at large congressional district special election amp oldid 1173555247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
