1816 Maryland's 5th congressional district special elections

None February 2026 September 2023 February 2015 The 1816 special elections for Maryland's 5th congressional district were to fill two separate vacancies. The 5th district was a plural district, with two seats. Both seats were vacated, the first by Representative Nicholas R. Moore (DR) in 1815, before the 14th Congress even met,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf Fourteenth Congress : 1815-7 Artandhistory.house.gov 19 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf 6 December 2014 and the second by Rep. William Pinkney (DR) on April 18, 1816, after being named Minister to Russia. Election results January election The first special election was held on January 27, 1816, to replace Moore.http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection1.1816#note_1 View Election 2012-12-21 https://archive.today/20130106120321/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection1.1816#note_1#note_1 2013-01-06 dead Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection1.1816 View Election elections.lib.tufts.edu 26 January 2022 https://archive.today/20130106120321/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection1.1816 6 January 2013 dead Percent Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican 2,515 70.1% Peter Little Democratic-Republican 1,069 29.8% Smith took his seat in the 14th Congress on February 4, 1816. September election The second election was held on September 3 to fill the vacancy left by Pickney's resignation.http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection2.1816#note_1 View Election 2012-12-21 https://archive.today/20130106154505/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection2.1816#note_1#note_1 2013-01-06 dead Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection2.1816 View Election elections.lib.tufts.edu 26 January 2022 https://archive.today/20130106154505/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=md.uscongress5.specialelection2.1816 6 January 2013 dead Percent Peter Little Democratic-Republican 3,367 54.4% Tobias Stansbury Democratic-Republican 2,816 45.6% Little took his seat on December 2, 1816, at the start of the Second Session. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections References Maryland 1816 05 Maryland 1816 05 1816 05 Maryland 05 United States House of Representatives 05 United States House of Representatives 1816 05