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
Two 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
|
Percent
|
Thomson 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
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