1815_Virginia's_15th_congressional_district_special_election

1815 Virginia's 15th congressional district special election

1815 Virginia's 15th congressional district special election

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On May 27, 1815, Representative Matthew Clay (DR) of Virginia's 15th district died in office before the start of the 1st session of the 14th Congress. A special election was held in October of that year to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Kerr had been defeated for re-election in the regular 1815 elections and took his seat December 5, 1815,[3] at the start of the 1st session.

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  1. [1]
    http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=va.uscongress.15.special.1815%5B%5D
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    Source did not give full name
  3. [3]
    http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine footnote 69
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