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1807 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election

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A special election was held in **** June 1–2, 1807 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Levi Casey (DR) on February 3, 1807.

Casey had been elected for a third term to the 10th United States Congress in the 1806 elections. His death left a vacancy for the remainder of the 9th Congress, which remained unfilled, as well as for the 10th Congress.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	Joseph Calhoun		Democratic-Republican	1,088	51.0%
William Burnsides		439	20.6%
Ferdinand Nance		355	16.6%
	John A. Elmore		Federalist	253	11.9%

Calhoun took his seat October 26, 1807, at the start of the 1st session of the 10th Congress.

References

''United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results'', by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998)
[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf 9th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive. link. (2012-12-13)
[https://archive.today/20130106114351/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.newberry.specialelection.1807 A New Nation Votes]
Party affiliation not given in source
[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/10.pdf 10th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive. link. (2013-03-06)

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