1802 South Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in SC 4 on April 12–13, 1802 to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of Thomas Sumter (DR) on December 15, 1801, upon being elected to the Senate.Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 42) https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141022/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf 2014-12-06 Election results Candidate Party VotesSouth Carolina district 4 special election, 1802 from Ourcampaigns.com Percent Richard Winn Democratic-RepublicanHad run as a Federalist in the preceding election 312 98.7% John Kershaw None 4 1.3% Winn took his seat January 24, 1803Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 43) https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141022/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf 2014-12-06 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References South Carolina 1802 04 South Carolina 1802 04 1802 04 South Carolina 04 United States House of Representatives 04 United States House of Representatives 1802 04