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
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