1845 Florida's at-large congressional district special election

A special election to the United States House of Representatives for Florida's at-large congressional district was held October 6, 1845.^[1]

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1845 Florida's at-large congressional district special election

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Nominee Edward Carrington Cabell William Henry Brockenbrough Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 2,523 2,472 Percentage 50.51% 49.49%

Representative-elect before election David Levy Yulee Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Edward Carrington Cabell Whig

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1845 Florida's at-large congressional district special election recount

January 24, 1846

Nominee William Henry Brockenbrough Edward Carrington Cabell Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 2,669 2,632 Percentage 50.35% 49.65%

County results Brockenbrough:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Cabell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      No Votes

Representative before election Edward Carrington Cabell Whig Elected Representative William Henry Brockenbrough Democratic

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The winning candidate would serve a less-than-two-year term in the United States House of Representatives to represent Florida in the 29th Congress from October 6, 1845, to March 4, 1847.

The election was initially called for the Whig candidate, Edward Carrington Cabell, and Cabell was seated in the House of Representatives. However, a recount found the winner to actually be the Democratic candidate, William Henry Brockenbrough. Brockenbrough was seated immediately on January 24, 1846.^[2][3]