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1815 New York's 6th congressional district special election

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In March 1815, Jonathan Fisk (DR), who'd been re-elected to , resigned to accept an appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. A special election was held in April of that year to fill the vacancy left by his resignation.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	James W. Wilkin		Democratic-Republican	1,429	59.2%
	Samuel S. Seward		Federalist	981	40.6%

Wilkin took his seat at the start of the 14th Congress.

References

"New York 1815 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6, Special".

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