New York's 28th congressional district special election, 1823

On April 21, 1823, William B. Rochester (DR) of New York's 28th district was appointed judge of the Eighth Circuit Court and resigned his seat in the House. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
William Woods Democratic-Republican 834 51.4%
Daniel Cruger Democratic-Republican 789 48.6%

Woods took his seat on December 1, 1823,[2] at the start of the 1st Session of the 18th Congress.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.congress.1823
  2. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/18.pdf footnote 24
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