1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election

On October 13, 1821, before the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Wingfield Bullock (DR) of Kentucky's 8th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election result

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
James D. Breckinridge	Democratic-Republican	1,685	56.3%
George B. Knight	^[2]	1,173	39.2%
Norborne B. Beall	^[2]	133	4.4%

Breckinridge took his seat on January 2, 1822,^[3] a month into the 1st Session of the 17th Congress.

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^ ^a ^b Source did not provide party affiliation
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