1817 New York's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On September 16, 1816,History of Putnam County, New York Representative-elect Henry B. Lee (DR) of NY 4 New York's 4th district died before the start of the 15th Congress, to which he had been elected. A special election was held prior to the beginning of the first session of Congress to fill the resulting vacancy. Special election Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress.1817 View Election https://archive.today/20130106115548/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ny.specialelectioncongress.1817 6 January 2013 dead Percent James Tallmadge, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1,457 47.7% Lemuel Clift Federalist 1,176 38.5% Abraham Adriance Democratic-Republican 421 13.8% Tallmadge took his seat on December 1,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf FIFTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1817, TO MARCH 3, 1819 2012-12-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf 2012-12-13 footnote 30 at the start of the First Session of the 15th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References New York 04 1817 New York 1817 04 New York 04 United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives 1817 04