A special election was held in to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of John Brown (DR) to accept a position as clerk of the county court of Queen Anne's County.11th Congress membership roster Brown had earlier been re-elected to the 12th Congress, thus, his resignation created vacancies in both the 11th and 12th Congresses. Unusually, a single ballot was used for both vacancies. This was the first of at least three examples of this sort of dual-vacancy being filled with one ballot.A New Nation Votes: District 7 special election, footnote
Election results Candidate Party VotesA New Nation Votes Percent Robert Wright Democratic-Republican 650 51.7% Daniel C. Hopper Party affiliation not given in source 566 45.0% James Brown 39 3.1%
Robert Wright took his seat December 3, 1810 at the start of the Third Session of the 11th Congress.
See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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