1826 Kentucky's 5th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Kentucky's 5th congressional district on November 6, 1826, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of James Johnson (Jacksonian) on August 14, 1826.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
Robert L. McHatton	Jacksonian	1,479	34.3%
Alfred Sanford	Anti-Jacksonian	1,167	27.1%
Nicholas D. Coleman	Jacksonian	987	22.9%
William Brown	Anti-Jacksonian	677	15.7%

Details

Candidates:	Robert MacHatton[1]	Alfred Sandford	Nicholas D. Coleman	William Brown
Affiliation:	Democrat
Final Result:	1479	1167	987	677
District of Five	1479	1167	987	677
Boone County	78	391	337	21
Campbell County	161	422	125	39
Grant County	221	53	29	44
Harrison County	337	20	313	384
Pendelton County	63	21	74	89
Scott County	619	260	109	100

Result

McHatton took his seat on December 7, 1826.^[2]

See also

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