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 |
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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[]
- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 47
Categories:
- Special elections to the 17th United States Congress
- United States House of Representatives special elections
- United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
- 1821 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1821 Pennsylvania elections
- Pennsylvania special elections