1821 Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district special election

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On July 20, 1821, William Cox Ellis (F) from Pennsylvania's 10th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821.

Election results[]

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Thomas Murray, Jr. Democratic-Republican 6,038 50.3%
William Cox Ellis Federalist 5,961 49.7%

Murray took his seat on December 12, 1821.[2]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 49
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