1815 New York's 12th congressional district special election

On October 6, 1814, prior to the beginning of the Fourteenth Congress, Representative-elect Benjamin Pond (DR), who'd been elected to New York's 12th district, died. A special election to fill this vacancy was held in April, 1815.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
Asa Adgate	Democratic-Republican	4,247	50.8%
Elisha I. Winter	Federalist	4,051	48.5%
Others		62	0.7%

Adgate took his seat at the beginning of the 14th Congress.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. "New York 1815 U.S. House of Representatives, District 12, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 10, 2024.