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unusual facts about United States House of Representatives elections, 1808


New York's 12th congressional district special election, 1808

This election was held at the same time as the 1808 Congressional elections.


1802 in the United States

U.S. House of Representatives elections: 142 representatives are elected, 36 more than the 7th Congress, following reapportionment from the 1800 United States Census.

Alexandre Colonna-Walewski

He married Lady Catherine Caroline Montagu (1808–1833), daughter of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich, and Lady Louisa Mary Anne Julia Harriet Lowry-Corry, on 1 December 1831.

Balyan family

Krikor died in 1831 after serving the empire during the reigns of four sultans, Abdul Hamid I (1774–1787), Selim III (1789–1807), Mustafa IV (1807–1808)), and Mahmud II (1808–1839).

Barrie Leslie Konicov

Konicov's Libertarian political leanings eventually led him to a 1994 bid for Michigan district 3 seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Borghese Vase

On a reduced scale, the vases made admirable wine coolers in silver, or in silver-gilt, as Paul Storr delivered them to the Prince Regent in 1808 (Haskell and Penny 1981:315.) John Flaxman based a bas-relief on the frieze of the Borghese Vase.

Charles Hulbert

At the request of William Wilberforce and Henry Grey Bennet (who was then Shrewsbury's local Member of Parliament) in 1808 he drew up a report on the management of factories, as an answer to a claim made in parliament that manufactories were hotbeds of vice.

Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

On 29 December 1808, he was taken prisoner in the action of Benavente by the British cavalry under Henry Paget (later Lord Uxbridge, and subsequently Marquess of Anglesey).

Chernihiv

The area in general was ruled by the Governor-General appointed from Saint Petersburg, the imperial capital, and Chernihiv was the capital of local namestnichestvo (province) (from 1782), Malorosiyskaya or Little Russian (from 1797) and Chernigov Governorate (from 1808).

Christian Friedrich Hornschuch

In 1808 he started his career as an apprentice at a pharmacy in Hildburghausen.

District of Columbia's at-large congressional district

The seat was re-created almost a century later, shortly before the 1970 elections; Walter E. Fauntroy (D) won the 1971 special election the following March.

Edward John Gambier

Gambier, third son of Samuel Gambier, first commissioner of the navy (1752–1813), by Jane, youngest daughter of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, Essex, and nephew of Admiral James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was born in 1794 and entered at Eton in 1808.

Ezra Darby

Darby was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1808.

Fort Oglethorpe

Fort James Jackson, fort built during 1808–1812 that protected Savannah, Georgia and was also known as Fort Oglethorpe

Francisco Ballesteros

Following the French invasion of 1808, Ballasteros took command of a regiment from the Junta General del Principado de Asturias and attached himself to the Army of Galicia under Blake and Castaños.

Gene Jeffress

Jeffress ran in the 2012 elections for the United States House of Representatives, representing Arkansas' 4th congressional district.

Glauberite

It was first described in 1808 for material from the El Castellar Mine, Villarrubia de Santiago, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

James Carson

James Harvey Carson (1808–1884), Virginia politician and militia general (Confederate)

James Pollard Espy

After leaving the University in 1808 he taught an academy at Cumberland, Maryland.

Karl von Seinsheim

He held similar posts in the government councils of Trento in 1808, Straubing in 1809, Salzburg in 1810, and Munich in 1817.

Ludvig Stoud Platou

From 1807 to 1809 he was a part-time teacher at the Norwegian Military Academy, and from 1808 to 1814 he edited the government's magazine Budstikken.

Malhiot

François Malhiot (1733–1808), businessman and political figure in Lower Canada

Mariano Álvarez de Castro

On the accession of Joseph Bonaparte to the throne of Spain in 1808, Álvarez was commander of the castle of Montjuïc in Barcelona.

Oselce

Prince-Bishop, Prince Abbot Heinrich von Bibra’s nephew, Philipp Anton von Bibra (1751-1826 ) purchased it in 1808 from Prof. Antonin Zürchauer who himself purchase it a year earlier from František Dominik Janovský.

Ottoman ship Mahmudiye

She was constructed by the naval architect Mehmet Kalfa and the naval engineer Mehmet Efendi on the order of Mahmud II (reigned between 1808–1839) at Tersane-i Amire, the Imperial Shipyard, on the Golden Horn in Constantinople.

Portuguese Legion

Loyal Lusitanian Legion, 1808, a unit of the British Army, composed of Portuguese volunteers.

Powell v. McCormack

While the suit was making its way through the court system, Powell was re-elected in the 1968 election, and was ultimately re-seated in the 91st Congress.

Pownal, Maine

The town was set off and incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court on March 3, 1808, named in honor of former Governor Thomas Pownall, who had died three years before.

Raja Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara

Pratapsinha was the eldest son of Shahu II (born 1763 and died on 4 May 1808), whom he succeeded.

Schwelm

Friedrich Christoph Müller (1751 in Allendorf (Lumba) - 1808): theologian and cartographer (in Schwelm between 1785 and 1808)

Sean Eldridge

In early 2013, he filed paperwork to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014, challenging incumbent Chris Gibson in New York's 19th congressional district.

Siege of Roses

Siege of Roses (1808), the French took the port from the Spanish in the Peninsular War

St Marylebone School

In 1808, with the support of local philanthropist and social reformer Sir Thomas Bernard the school moved to 82 Marylebone High Street, which is now the boutique store Rachel Riley.

Thomas Hogg

Thomas Hogg (MR&LE) (1808–1881), English-born chief mechanical engineer for the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, the first railroad in Ohio

Tom A. Yon

Yon was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1926 election, and was twice reelected, serving from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1933, in the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Congresses.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1924

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1924 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1924.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1974 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1974.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1984 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 6, 1984.

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2002

Incumbent Republican Congressman Nathan Deal was initially elected to Congress in 1992 as a Democrat, but switched to his current affiliation as a Republican in 1995 and has been re-elected without substantive opposition ever since.

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2004

These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2000

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2000, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2004

These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Hawaii), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 1790

Elections for the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd Congress were held in Massachusetts on October 4, 1790, with subsequent elections held in four districts due to a majority not being achieved on the first ballot.

United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 1998

The United States House of Representative elections of 1998 in North Carolina were held on 3 November 1998 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives.

United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2004

These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Oklahoma), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1964

During the Concurrent House elections of 1964 in Georgia, Republicans picked up a seat from the Democrats, that being the Third district House seat won by Howard Callaway who became the first Republican to be elected to the House of Representatives from Georgia since Reconstruction.

United States v. More

Jefferson's party also took control of Congress in the House and Senate elections.

Whitehall Farm

Land at the site of the present Whitehall Farm was purchased in 1808 by Martin Baum, one of Cincinnati's leading early citizens.

William Henry Harvey

Ronald Campbell Gunn (1808–1881) Harvey specimens in the Ulster Museum are from George Town.


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