1815 Tennessee's 2nd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On September 24, 1815, John Sevier (DR), representative for TN 2 Tennessee's 2nd district, died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy December 7–8, 1815.http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=tn.special.congress.2.1815#note_2 View Election elections.lib.tufts.edu https://archive.today/20130106120456/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=tn.special.congress.2.1815#note_2 January 6, 2013 Election results Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=tn.special.congress.2.1815 View Election December 21, 2012 dead https://archive.today/20130106120456/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=tn.special.congress.2.1815 January 6, 2013 Percent William G. Blount Democratic-Republican 1,583 48.4% John Cocke Democratic-Republican 1,355 41.5% George Dougherty 330 10.1% Blount took office on January 8, 1816http://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 February 19, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf December 6, 2014 footnote 65 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Tennessee 02 1815 Tennessee 1815 02 Category:1815 Tennessee elections Tennessee 02 United States House of Representatives 1815 02