1796 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district special election

A special election was held in Massachusetts's 1st congressional district on September 5, 1796 and November 21, 1796 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore Sedgwick (F) upon his election to the Senate[1]

Election results

Two elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

CandidatePartyFirst ballot[2]Second ballot[3]
VotesPercentVotesPercent
Thomson J. SkinnerDemocratic-Republican1,32548.0%74662.7%
Ephraim WilliamsFederalist1,37949.9%38032.0%
Scattering592.1%635.3%

Skinner took office on January 27, 1797[1]

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