1818 South Carolina's 6th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On November 3, 1817, John C. Calhoun (DR) of SC 6 South Carolina's 6th district resigned upon being appointed Secretary of War.https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 dead November 5, 2018 Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 November 2, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov , footnote 46 A special election was held for his replacement Election results Candidate Party VotesSouth Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/b5644s921 January 24, 2019 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 Percent Eldred Simkins Democratic-Republican 1,563 40.8% William Butler Democratic-Republican 1,165 30.4% Joseph Black Democratic-Republican 1,102 28.8% Simkins took office on February 9, 1818https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202744/https://historycms2.house.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=40205 dead November 5, 2018 Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 November 2, 2018 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives History.house.gov , footnote 47 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References South Carolina 1818 06 South Carolina 1818 06 1818 06 South Carolina 06 United States House of Representatives 06 Category:November 1818 United States House of Representatives 1818 06