1811 Massachusetts's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in MA 4 on September 23, 1811, and November 4, 1811, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) upon being elected to the Senate on June 29, 181112th Congress Membership Roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141136/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/12.pdf 2012-12-13 Election results Two elections were required, due to a majority not being achieved on the first election Candidate Party First election Second election VotesElection details from Ourcampaigns.com Percent VotesElection details from Ourcampaigns.com Percent William M. Richardson Democratic-Republican 1,754 52.1% John Tuttle Democratic-Republican 1,361 44.5% Loammi Baldwin Federalist 1,142 37.4% 1,169 34.7% Edmund Foster Democratic-Republican 382 12.5% 277 8.2% Marshall Spring Democratic-Republican 173 5.7% 168 5.0% Richardson took his seat January 22, 1812 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Massachusetts 1811 04 Massachusetts 1811 04 1811 04 Massachusetts 04 United States House of Representatives 04