1800 Massachusetts's 4th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Massachusetts's 4th congressional district on August 25, 1800, and October 20, 1800, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dwight Foster (F) after his election to the Senate,^[1] the second election required because the first did not result in a majority.

Election results

Candidate	Party	First trial^[2]		Second trial^[3]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Levi Lincoln Sr.	Democratic-Republican	1,038	47.1%	1,079	49.8%
Jabez Upham	Federalist	572	25.9%	843	38.9%
Seth Hastings	Federalist	302	13.7%	129	6.0%
Salem Towne	Federalist	256	11.6%	103	4.7%
Scattering		37	1.7%	14	0.7%

Lincoln took his seat on February 6, 1801.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Sixth Congress membership roster Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ MA - 4th Western - Special Election - 1st Trial. ourcampaigns.com
^ MA - 4th Western - Special Election - 2nd Trial. ourcampaigns.com

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[roster-1] Sixth Congress membership roster Archived December 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[2] MA - 4th Western - Special Election - 1st Trial. ourcampaigns.com

[3] MA - 4th Western - Special Election - 2nd Trial. ourcampaigns.com

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