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1815 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election

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On September 24, 1815, John Sevier (DR), representative for , died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy December 7–8, 1815.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	William G. Blount		Democratic-Republican	1,583	48.4%
	John Cocke		Democratic-Republican	1,355	41.5%
George Dougherty		330	10.1%

Blount took office on January 8, 1816

References

"View Election".
"View Election".
"Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.

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