1824 Virginia's 13th Congressional District Special Election
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On February 29, 1824, Representative William Lee Ball (DR) of died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.


Election results

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John Taliaferro John Taliaferro (1768 – August 12, 1852) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia, serving several non-consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives , U.S. House of Representatives in the earl ...
, , Democratic-Republican , 455 , 55.8% , - , , John P. Hungerford , {{Party shading/Federalist , Federalist , 359 , 44.0% , - , William Hungerford , , 1 , 0.1%


See also

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List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives Below is a list of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Such elections are called by state governors to fill vacancies that occur when a member of the House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial genera ...


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