1816 Ohio's 1st congressional district special election explained

In April, 1816, John McLean (DR) of resigned. A special election was called to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
	William Henry Harrison[2]		Democratic-Republican	3,370	58.6%
	Thomas R. Ross		Democratic-Republican	1,783	31.0%
	William C. Schenck		Federalist	351	6.1%
	William Corry		Federalist	112	1.9%
	Matthias Ross		Democratic-Republican	91	1.6%
	Ethan A. Brown		Democratic-Republican	40	0.7%

Harrison took his seat on December 2, 1816^[3]

See also

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

References

1. Web site: Ohio 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, Special . 2024-09-10 . elections.lib.tufts.edu.
2. Previously served as delegate from the Northwest Territory, later served as President
3. Web site: FOURTEENTH CONGRESS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . 2014-12-06 . 2024-09-10 . artandhistory.house.gov . Footnote 49: "Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John McLean, and took his seat December 2, 1816.".