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On January 14, 1822, Solomon Van Rensselaer (DR) of New York's 9th district resigned to accept a position as Postmaster of Albany. A special election was held February 25–27, 1822.
Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Van Rensselaer | Federalist | 2,266 | 80.7% |
Solomon Southwick | Democratic-Republican ("Bucktail" faction) | 499 | 17.8% |
Others | 43 | 1.5% |
Rensselaer took his seat on March 12, 1822.[2]
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