South Carolina's 2nd congressional district special election, 1795

A special election was held in South Carolina's 2nd congressional district January 19-20, 1795 to fill a vacancy left by Representative-election John Barnwell (F) declining to serve the term for which he'd been elected.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Wade Hampton Democratic-Republican 198 29.3%
William Thompson [2] 176 26.0%
John Rutledge, Jr. Federalist 160 23.7%
William Elliot [2] 140 20.7%
Andrew Hartley [2] 2 0.3%

References

  1. ↑ A New Nation Votes
  2. 1 2 3 Party affiliation not given in source
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