Bowers was declared the winner of the special election
Election challengeedit
Williams subsequently challenged Bowers' election on the ground that the votes for "Isaac Williams" were intended for himself. The House Committee on Elections investigated this election and found that there were three individuals in the 15th district with the name Isaac Williams, one of whom used the suffix "Jr.". Both contestants admitted that the only candidates in the election were Isaac Williams, Jr. and John M. Bowers. On July 2, The Committee ruled that Williams appeared to be entitled to the seat, but that further investigation was required, and postponed further discussion to the first Wednesday of the 2nd session.
On December 16, 1813, the Committee made a final report determining that in the towns of Exeter, Milford, and Westford, 322 votes which were, in fact, cast for Isaac Williams, Jr. were mistakenly reported as Isaac Williams. The Committee ruled that those 322 votes were thus to be added to Isaac Williams, Jr.'s votes, creating a final tally as follows:
Williams was thus ruled by the Committee to be the legitimate occupant of that seat. The House accepted their ruling unanimously, and Williams took his seat January 24, 1814[1]
Information of numbers of votes and on the challenge in the House are from Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive
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1813, york, 15th, congressional, district, special, election, special, election, held, york, 15th, congressional, district, fill, vacancy, left, death, representative, elect, william, dowse, february, 1813, before, beginning, 13th, congress, election, held, ap. A special election was held in New York s 15th congressional district to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative elect William Dowse F on February 18 1813 before the beginning of the 13th Congress The election was held April 27 29 1813 Contents 1 Election results 2 Election challenge 3 See also 4 ReferencesElection results editThe initial results were as follows Candidate Party Votes PercentJohn M Bowers Federalist 4 287 48 3 Isaac Williams Jr Democratic Republican 4 129 46 6 Isaac Williams 434 4 9 John M Boweys 1 0 01 Others 17 0 2 Bowers was declared the winner of the special electionElection challenge editWilliams subsequently challenged Bowers election on the ground that the votes for Isaac Williams were intended for himself The House Committee on Elections investigated this election and found that there were three individuals in the 15th district with the name Isaac Williams one of whom used the suffix Jr Both contestants admitted that the only candidates in the election were Isaac Williams Jr and John M Bowers On July 2 The Committee ruled that Williams appeared to be entitled to the seat but that further investigation was required and postponed further discussion to the first Wednesday of the 2nd session On December 16 1813 the Committee made a final report determining that in the towns of Exeter Milford and Westford 322 votes which were in fact cast for Isaac Williams Jr were mistakenly reported as Isaac Williams The Committee ruled that those 322 votes were thus to be added to Isaac Williams Jr s votes creating a final tally as follows Candidate Party Votes PercentIsaac Williams Jr Democratic Republican 4 451 50 2 John M Bowers Federalist 4 287 48 3 Isaac Williams 112 1 3 John M Boweys 1 0 01 Others 17 0 2 Williams was thus ruled by the Committee to be the legitimate occupant of that seat The House accepted their ruling unanimously and Williams took his seat January 24 1814 1 See also editList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesReferences editInformation of numbers of votes and on the challenge in the House are from Cases of Contested Elections in Congress From the Year 1789 to 1834 Inclusive Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on December 13 2012 Retrieved December 18 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link footnote 42 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1813 New York 27s 15th congressional district special election amp oldid 1144581211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
