1823 Maryland's 5th congressional district special elections

none February 2026 September 2023 Special elections were held in MD 5 on January 1, 1823, to fill vacancies in the 17th and 18th Congresses caused by the resignation of Samuel Smith (DR) after being elected to the Senate. Smith had been re-elected to the House in October. His resignation therefore created vacancies both in the remainder of the 17th Congress and in the 18th Congress. Election to the 17th Congress Candidate Party VotesMaryland 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/w95052009 2024-09-11 elections.lib.tufts.edu Percent Isaac McKim Jacksonian Republican 2,656 37.7% William H. Winder Source does not give party affiliation 2,577 36.6% John Barney Democratic-Republican 1,809 25.7% McKim took his seat on January 8, 1823https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40207 Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 February 4, 2019 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov December 23, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181223011353/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40207 dead Election to the 18th Congress Candidate Party VotesMaryland 1823 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/47429990w 2024-09-11 elections.lib.tufts.edu Percent Isaac McKim Jacksonian Republican 2,625 37.5% William H. Winder 2,563 36.6% John Barney Democratic-Republican 1,805 25.8% See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Maryland 1823 05 Maryland 1823 05 1823 05 Maryland 05 United States House of Representatives 05 Maryland 05 Category:January 1823 United States House of Representatives 1823 05