1808 Vermont's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in VT 1 on September 6, 1808, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of James Witherell (DR) on May 1 of the same year,http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40196 10th Congress March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809 September 24, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20180921151640/http://historycms.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40196 September 21, 2018 dead to accept a position as judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory. Election results Candidate Party VotesElection returns from Ourcampaigns.com Percent Samuel Shaw Democratic-Republican 3,202 56.7% Nathan Robinson Federalist 1,169 20.7% Chauncey Langdon Federalist 1,073 19.0% Jonas Galusha Democratic-Republican 136 2.4%Others 63 1.1% Shaw took his seat on November 8, 1808 See also United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont, 1808 United States House of Representatives elections, 1808 and 1809 List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References collapsed Vermont 01 Vermont 1808 01 1808 01 Special Vermont 01 Special United States House of Representatives 01 United States House of Representatives 1808 01