1816 Georgia's at-large congressional district special election

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In December 1816, a special election was held in Georgia's at-large district to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Alfred Cuthbert (DR) on November 9. Cuthbert himself had been elected in a special election in 1813.

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Zadock Cook Democratic-Republican 1,167 39.5%
Thomas U.P. Charlton [2] 1,130 38.3%
Moore[3] [2] 372 12.6%
Walker[3] [2] 285 9.6%
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Cook took his seat in Congress on January 23, 1817.[4]

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