1811 Massachusetts's 4th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Massachusetts's 4th congressional district on September 23, 1811 and November 4, 1811 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) upon being elected to the Senate on June 29, 1811^[1]

Election results

Two elections were required, due to a majority not being achieved on the first election

Candidate	Party	First election		Second election
Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent	Votes^[3]	Percent
William M. Richardson	Democratic-Republican			1,754	52.1%
John Tuttle	Democratic-Republican	1,361	44.5%
Loammi Baldwin	Federalist	1,142	37.4%	1,169	34.7%
Edmund Foster	Democratic-Republican	382	12.5%	277	8.2%
Marshall Spring	Democratic-Republican	173	5.7%	168	5.0%

Richardson took his seat January 22, 1812^[1]

References

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