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1816 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election

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In December 1816, a special election was held in Georgia's to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Alfred Cuthbert (DR) on November 9. Cuthbert himself had been elected in a special election in 1813.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	Zadock Cook		Democratic-Republican	1,167	39.5%
Thomas U.P. Charlton		1,130	38.3%
Moore		372	12.6%
Walker		285	9.6%

Cook took his seat in Congress on January 23, 1817.

References

"View Election".
Party affiliation not given in source, presumably Democratic-Republican given the near-non-existence of the Federalist Party in Georgia in this time period
Full name not given in source
"Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.

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