1804 New York's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in NY 1 April 24–26, 1804 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of John Smith (DR) on February 22, 1804,8th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213145153/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/8.pdf 2012-12-13 after being elected to the Senate. The election was held at the same time as the elections for the 9th Congress and were combined into a single election, with the candidate receiving the most votes going to the 9th Congress and the candidate with the second most votes going to the 8th Congress. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttps://archive.today/20130106123607/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.uscongress1.1804 A New Nation Votes Percent Eliphalet Wickes Democratic-Republican 1,052 36.3% Samuel Riker Democratic-Republican 1,044 36.0% Joshua Smith Federalist 801 27.6% Others 3 0.1% Wickes won the seat for the 9th Congress and Riker for the remainder of the 8th Congress, taking his seat on November 5, 1804. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References New York 1804 1 New York 1804 1 1804 1 New York 1 United States House of Representatives 1 United States House of Representatives 1804 01