1821 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election
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In April, 1821, prior to the first meeting of the 17th Congress,[1] Representative-elect James Duncan (DR) from Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821.
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
John Findlay | Democratic-Republican | 4,981 | 53.6% |
Thomas G. McCullough | Federalist | 4,310 | 46.4% |
Findlay took his seat December 12, 1821[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 46
- ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- ^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 47
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