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1826 Kentucky's 5th congressional district special election

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A special election was held in **** on November 6, 1826, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of James Johnson (Jacksonian) on August 14, 1826.

Election results

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Robert L. McHatton	Jacksonian	1,479	34.3%
Alfred Sanford	Anti-Jacksonian	1,167	27.1%
Nicholas D. Coleman	Jacksonian	987	22.9%
William Brown	Anti-Jacksonian	677	15.7%

Details

Candidates:	Robert MacHatton[1]	Alfred Sandford	Nicholas D. Coleman
Democrat
1479	1167	987	677
1479	1167	987	677
78	391	337	21
161	422	125	39
221	53	29	44
337	20	313	384
63	21	74	89
619	260	109	100

Result

McHatton took his seat on December 7, 1826.

References

[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=630938 Election details from Ourcampaigns.com]
[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/19.pdf 19th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive. link. (March 9, 2013)

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