On September 24, 1815, John Sevier (DR), representative for , died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy December 7–8, 1815.
Election results Candidate Party Votes Percent William G. Blount Democratic-Republican 1,583 48.4% John Cocke Democratic-Republican 1,355 41.5% George Dougherty 330 10.1%
Blount took office on January 8, 1816 footnote 65
See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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