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A special election was held in North Carolina's 5th congressional district on August 8, 1805 [1] to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative James Gillespie (DR) on January 5, 1805, [2] before the 9th Congress began, but after the general elections had taken place for the 8th Congress.
| Candidate | Party | Votes [3] | Percent |
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| Thomas Kenan | Democratic-Republican | 2,320 | 65.3% |
| Benjamin Smith | Democratic-Republican [4] | 1,234 | 34.7% |
The first session of the 9th Congress began on December 2, 1805 [5] so that this vacancy was filled prior to the first meeting of Congress.
The 1804 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held from April 24 to 26, 1804, to elect 17 U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 9th United States Congress. At the same time, a vacancy was filled in the 8th United States Congress.
A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district on October 11, 1796 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester (DR) on July 1, 1796
A special election was held in New York's 1st congressional district April 24–26, 1804 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of John Smith (DR) on February 22, 1804, after being elected to the Senate. The election was held at the same time as the elections for the 9th Congress and were combined into a single election, with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes going to the 9th Congress and the candidate with the second largest number of votes going to the 8th Congress.
A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district on October 8, 1805 to fill a vacancy left by the death of John A. Hanna (DR) on July 23, 1805, before the first session of the 9th Congress.
A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district on October 8, 1805 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of John B. Lucas (DR) before the first session of the 9th Congress to take a position as district judge for the District of Louisiana.
A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Michael Leib (DR) on February 14, 1806.
A special election was held in Maryland's 7th congressional district on September 27 and October 4, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Joseph H. Nicholson (DR)
A special election was held in South Carolina's 6th congressional district June 1–2, 1807 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Levi Casey (DR) on February 3, 1807.
A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1822 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Caesar A. Rodney (DR) on January 24, 1822, having been elected to the Senate. This election was held on the same day as the general elections for Congress in Delaware.
A special election was held in Ohio's 6th congressional district on June 7, 1814, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Reasin Beall (DR) to accept an appointment to the Federal Land Office in Wooster, Ohio.
Georgia's at-large congressional district special election, 1819 was called to fill a vacancy created when the former congressman was elected to the United States Senate.
A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district on October 13, 1829 to fill two vacancies in Pennsylvania's congressional delegation before the first session of the 21st Congress. The vacancies had been caused by the resignations of Samuel D. Ingham (J) who was chosen as U.S. Treasury Secretary and George Wolf (J) who was elected Governor of Pennsylvania
On December 15, 1829, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Representative-elect William Wilkins (AM) on November 9, 1829, prior to the start of the 21st Congress.
A special election was held in North Carolina's 4th congressional district on August 4, 1795 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Alexander Mebane (DR) on July 5, 1795, before the start of the 1st session of the 4th Congress.
A special election was held in Rhode Island's at-large congressional district on November 15, 1796 to fill a vacancy left in both the 4th and 5th Congresses by the resignation of Benjamin Bourne (F).
A special election was held in North Carolina's 8th congressional district on August 6, 1801 to fill a vacancy created when David Stone (F) resigned upon being elected to the Senate before the 7th Congress began.
A special election was held in Massachusetts's 12th congressional district on September 17, 1804 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Thomson J. Skinner (DR) on August 10, 1804
There were two special elections in Georgia's at-large congressional district in 1806; one on September 15, 1806 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Bryan (DR) earlier that year, and the other sometime before December 6, 1806 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Spalding (DR) earlier that year.
A special election was held in North Carolina's 10th congressional district on August 2, 1798 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Nathan Bryan (DR) on June 4, 1798
A special election was held in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district on October 8, 1810 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Jabez Upham (F).
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