1808 Rhode Island's at-large congressional district special election

A special election was held in Rhode Island's at-large congressional district on August 30, 1808, to fill a vacancy resulting from the death of Nehemiah Knight (DR) on June 13, 1808.^[1] This election was held at the same time as the 1808 elections.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
Richard Jackson, Jr.	Federalist	3,262	63.4%
Jonathan Russell	Democratic-Republican	1,887	36.6%

Jackson took his seat on November 11, 1808.^[1] Jackson also won election to the 11th Congress at the same time.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. Membership roster for the 10th Congress Archived 2013-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
2. Rhode Island at-large special election race from Ourcampaigns.com