View source for 1802 South Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

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A '''[[special election]]''' was held in '''{{ushr|SC|4}}''' on April 12–13, 1802 to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of [[Thomas Sumter]] (DR) on December 15, 1801, upon being elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 42)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141022/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf |date=2014-12-06 }}</ref>
==Election results==
{| class=wikitable
! Candidate
! Party
! Votes<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=273677 South Carolina district 4 special election, 1802 from Ourcampaigns.com]</ref>
! Percent
|-{{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}}
| [[Richard Winn]]
| Democratic-Republican<ref>Had run as a Federalist in the preceding election</ref>
| 312
| 98.7%
|-{{Party shading/Independent}}
| [[John Kershaw (politician)|John Kershaw]]
| None
| 4
| 1.3%
|}
Winn took his seat January 24, 1803<ref>[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf Official membership roster for the 7th Congress (footnote 43)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141022/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/7.pdf |date=2014-12-06 }}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives]]
==References==
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{{South Carolina elections}}
{{1802 United States elections}}
[[Category:Special elections to the 7th United States Congress|South Carolina 1802 04]]
[[Category:United States House of Representatives special elections|South Carolina 1802 04]]
[[Category:United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina|1802 04]]
[[Category:1802 United States House of Representatives elections|South Carolina 04]]
[[Category:1802 South Carolina elections|United States House of Representatives 04]]
[[Category:South Carolina special elections|United States House of Representatives 1802 04]]
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