1822 New York's 9th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On January 14, 1822, Solomon Van Rensselaer (DR) of NY 9 New York's 9th district resigned to accept a position as Postmaster of Albany. A special election was held February 25–27, 1822. Election results Candidate Party VotesNew York 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 9, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/pg15bf189 2024-09-12 elections.lib.tufts.edu Percent Stephen Van Rensselaer Federalist 2,266 80.7% Solomon Southwick Democratic-Republican ("Bucktail" faction) 499 17.8% Others 43 1.5% Rensselaer took his seat on March 12, 1822.SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 artandhistory.house.gov Footnote 38: Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Solomon Van Rensselaer, and took his seat March 12, 1822. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References New York 09 1822 New York 1822 09 Category:1822 New York (state) elections United States House of Representatives 1822 09 New York 09