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1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election

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On September 16, 1816, Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he had been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy.

Special election

Party	Percent
James Tallmadge, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1,457	47.7%
Lemuel Clift	Federalist	1,176	38.5%
Abraham Adriance	Democratic-Republican	421	13.8%

Tallmadge took his seat on December 1, at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress.

References

[https://books.google.com/books?id=tC4IMtVzFnQC&dq=henry+bird+lee+1816&pg=PA226 ''History of Putnam County, New York'']
"View Election".
"FIFTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1817, TO MARCH 3, 1819".

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