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1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

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A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1805 to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of James A. Bayard, a Federalist, upon election to the Senate. Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th, 6th, and 7th Congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney, whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804.

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Broom took his seat with the rest of the 9th Congress on December 2, 1805.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	James M. Broom	3,011	52.65
	Democratic-Republican	David Hall	2,682	46.90
	Democratic-Republican	Isaac Starr	24	0.42
	Unknown	Hugh W. Richie	2	0.04
Majority			329	5.75
Total votes			5,719	100.00
	Federalist hold

County	Broom#	Broom%	Hall#	Hall%	Starr#	Starr%	Richie#	Richie%	Total
Kent	966	61.06%	593	37.48%	23	1.45%			1,582
New Castle	683	32.63%	1,407	67.22%	1	0.05%	2	0.10%	2,093
Sussex	1,362	66.63%	682	33.37%					2,044

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election