1816 Ohio's 1st Congressional District Special Election
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In April, 1816,
John McLean John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for t ...
(DR) of resigned. A special election was called to fill the resulting vacancy.


Election results

Harrison took his seat on December 2, 1816{{cite web , url=http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf , title=Archived copy , access-date=2015-02-19 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf , archive-date=2014-12-06 footnote 49


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