1815 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election
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On May 16, 1815, Representative-Elect Jonathan Williams (DR) who'd been elected for Pennsylvania's 1st district, died before the start of the 14th Congress. A special election was held on October 10 of that year to fill the vacancy left by his death.
Election results[]
Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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John Sergeant | Federalist | 6,364 | 60.2% |
John Conard | Democratic-Republican | 4,204 | 39.8% |
Williams had been the sole Democratic-Republican elected to Pennsylvania's 1st district (a plural district with 4 seats), and so with Sergeant's win, all four of the 1st district's seats were held by Federalists. Sergeant took his seat in the Congress on December 6, 1815[2]
See also[]
- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
References[]
- ^ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201814.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
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Categories:
- Special elections to the 14th United States Congress
- United States House of Representatives special elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
- 1815 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1815 Pennsylvania elections
- Pennsylvania special elections