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1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election

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On October 13, 1821, before the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Wingfield Bullock (DR) of died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	James D. Breckinridge		Democratic-Republican	1,685	56.3%
George B. Knight		1,173	39.2%
Norborne B. Beall		133	4.4%

Breckinridge took his seat on January 2, 1822, a month into the 1st Session of the 17th Congress.

References

[https://archive.today/20130106114654/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.uscongress8.1821 View Election]
Source did not provide party affiliation
"Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.

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