1815 Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 Although elected in the 1814–1815 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, Daniel A. White (Federalist) of the MA 3 C was offered, and accepted, the position of probate judge in Essex County before taking his seat in Congress. Special election A special election was held July 17, 1815, electing Jeremiah Nelson (Federalist) to fill the vacated seat.Beck Erik Finding a Lost Election https://commonplace.online/article/finding-a-lost-election/ September 4, 2020 Commonplace en-US and he was seated with the rest of the House at the beginning of the 14th United States Congress on December 4, 1815. White's "lost" election For unknown reasons, some records credit Nelson with White's votes as if Nelson were elected during the regular cycle without regard for White's election.Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817 https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40204 October 21, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov October 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033542/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40204 dead Dubin Michael J. https://books.google.com/books?id=9ElyQgAACAAJ&q=United+States+Congressional+Elections,+1788-1997:+The+Official+Results 1788–1997 United States Congressional Elections: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses March 1, 1998 McFarland and Company 978-0786402830 References Beck Erik Finding a Lost Election https://commonplace.online/article/finding-a-lost-election/ September 4, 2020 Commonplace en-US Massachusetts 1815 03 Category:Single-candidate elections in the United States Massachusetts 1815 03 1815 03 Massachusetts 03 United States House of Representatives 03