1816 Kentucky's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 In April 1816, James Clark (DR), of KY 1 Kentucky's 1st district, resigned his seat to accept a position as circuit court judge. A special election was held for his replacement. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttps://archive.today/20130106181018/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.specialuscongress1.1816 Percent Thomas Fletcher Democratic-Republican 3,416 58.9% Chilton Allan Democratic-Republican 2,380 41.1% Fletcher took his seat on December 2,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives 2015-02-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf 2014-12-06 footnote 15 at the start of the second session of the 14th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Kentucky 1816 01 1816 01 Kentucky 1816 01 Category:1816 Kentucky elections Kentucky 01 United States House of Representatives 1816 01