1812 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in GA AL on October 5, 181212th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141136/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/12.pdf 2012-12-13 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Howell Cobb (DR) to accept a commission as an army captain in the War of 1812 earlier that year. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttps://archive.today/20130106115912/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ga.uscongress.special.1812 A New Nation Votes Percent William Barnett Democratic-Republican 5,428 39.0% John Forsyth Democratic-Republican 5,344 38.2% Thomas Telfair Democratic-Republican 2,606 18.6% Thomas Carr Party affiliation not listed in source 595 4.3% George Dent Federalist? 3 .02% Barnett took his seat November 27, 1812 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Georgia 1812 At-large Georgia 1812 At-large 1812 At-large Georgia At-large Category:1812 Georgia (U.S. state) elections United States House of Representatives 1812 at-large