1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

October 1, 1805 (1805-10-01)

Candidate James M. Broom David Hall Party Federalist Democratic-Republican Popular vote 3,011 2,682 Percentage 52.65% 46.90%

U.S. representative before election James A. Bayard Federalist Elected U.S. representative James M. Broom Federalist

A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1805, to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of James A. Bayard, a Federalist, upon election to the Senate. Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th, 6th, and 7th congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney, whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804.

Broom took his seat with the rest of the 9th Congress on December 2, 1805.

Election returns

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	James M. Broom	3,011	52.65
	Democratic-Republican	David Hall	2,682	46.90
	Democratic-Republican	Isaac Starr	24	0.42
	Unknown	Hugh W. Richie	2	0.04
Majority			329	5.75
Total votes			5,719	100.00
	Federalist hold

Results by county

County	Broom#	Broom%	Hall#	Hall%	Starr#	Starr%	Richie#	Richie%	Total
Kent	966	61.06%	593	37.48%	23	1.45%			1,582
New Castle	683	32.63%	1,407	67.22%	1	0.05%	2	0.10%	2,093
Sussex	1,362	66.63%	682	33.37%					2,044

See also

• 1804 and 1805 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives