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1821 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election

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In 1821, Representative-elect John S. Richards (DR), who'd been elected to represent , declined to serve. A special election was held to fill the resulting, the first of two special elections in the 9th district for the 17th Congress.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	James Blair		Democratic-Republican	1,116	49.1%
	Joseph Brevard		Democratic-Republican	991	43.6%
James C. Postell		165	7.3%

Blair took his seat at the start of the 17th Congress. Blair himself subsequently resigned May 8, 1822, resulting in a second special election.

References

[https://archive.today/20130217102047/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.kershaw.specialelection.1821]
"Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.

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