1821 Kentucky's 8th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On October 13, 1821, before the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Wingfield Bullock (DR) of KY 8 Kentucky's 8th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Election result Candidate Party Voteshttps://archive.today/20130106114654/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ky.uscongress8.1821 View Election Percent James D. Breckinridge Democratic-Republican 1,685 56.3% George B. Knight Source did not provide party affiliation 1,173 39.2% Norborne B. Beall 133 4.4% Breckinridge took his seat on January 2, 1822,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives 2012-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 footnote 15 a month into the 1st Session of the 17th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References 8th congressional district special election Kentucky 08 1821 08 Kentucky 1821 08 Kentucky 1821 08 United States House of Representatives 1821 08