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1820 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election

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A special election was held in **** on October 23, 1820, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Jonathan Mason (F) on May 15, 1820. As a majority was not achieved on the first ballot, a second ballot was held November 6, 1820

Election results

Candidate	Party	First ballot	Second ballot	Votes	Percent
Benjamin Gorham	Democratic-Republican	1,635	48.3%	2,262	58.0%
Henry Orne	Democratic-Republican	882	26.1%
Samuel Wells	Independent	866	25.6%	1,565	40.1%
Jesse Putnam	Unknown		55	1.4%
Scattering		20	0.5%

Gorham took his seat on November 27, 1820.

Notes

References

[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf 16th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive. link. (2013-03-09)
[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729307 1st district special election, 1820 first ballot]
[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=729308 1st district special election, 1820 second ballot]

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