1822 South Carolina's 9th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On May 8, 1822, James Blair (DR) of SC 9 South Carolina's 9th district resigned.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives 2012-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 footnote 56 A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Blair himself had been elected in a special election earlier in the same Congress. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.kershaw.specialelection.1822 View Election https://archive.today/20130217113735/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=sc.uscongress.kershaw.specialelection.1822 17 February 2013 dead Percent John Carter Democratic-Republican 1,132 36.4% James G. Spann 1,114 35.8% John Waties 864 27.8% Carter took his seat December 11, 1822.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives 2012-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 footnote 57 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References United States House of Representatives 1795 02 South Carolina 1822 09 South Carolina 1822 09 1822 09 South Carolina 09 United States House of Representatives 09