1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election
← 1804 October 1, 1805 1806 →
U.S. representative before election; James A. Bayard; Federalist	Elected U.S. representative ; James M. Broom; Federalist

A special election was held in Delaware's at-large congressional district on October 1, 1805, to fill a vacancy resulting from the resignation of James A. Bayard, a Federalist, upon election to the Senate. Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th, 6th, and 7th congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney, whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804.

Broom took his seat with the rest of the 9th Congress on December 2, 1805.

Election returns

1805 Delaware's at-large congressional district special election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	James M. Broom	3,011	52.65
	Democratic-Republican	David Hall	2,682	46.90
	Democratic-Republican	Isaac Starr	24	0.42
	Unknown	Hugh W. Richie	2	0.04
Majority			329	5.75
Total votes			5,719	100.00
	Federalist hold

County	Broom#	Broom%	Hall#	Hall%	Starr#	Starr%	Richie#	Richie%	Total
Kent	966	61.06%	593	37.48%	23	1.45%			1,582
New Castle	683	32.63%	1,407	67.22%	1	0.05%	2	0.10%	2,093
Sussex	1,362	66.63%	682	33.37%					2,044