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1796 Massachusetts's 10th congressional district special election

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Aspecial election was held inMassachusetts's 10th congressional district on August 1, 1796, and September 12, 1796, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation ofBenjamin Goodhue (F) in June, 1796. Goodhue had resigned upon being elected to theSenate.^[1]

Election results

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Two elections were held due to a majority not being achieved on the first vote.

Candidate	Party	First ballot^[2]		Second ballot^[3]
Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent	Votes	Percent
Samuel Sewall	Federalist	183	31.9%	417	61.7%
Loammi Baldwin	Federalist			259	38.3%
Jonathan Ingersoll	Unknown	129	22.5%
John Morris	Unknown	121	21.2%
John Cabot	Unknown	60	10.5%
Samuel Holten	Federalist	39	6.8%
Elias H. Dooly	Unknown	23	4.0%
Scattering		18	3.1%

Sewall took his seat on December 7, 1796^[1]

References

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^^a ^b4th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at theWayback Machine
^Election details from Ourcampaigns.com
^Election details from Ourcampaigns.com

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