1822 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election

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On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, Henry Baldwin (DR) of Pennsylvania's 14th district resigned from Congress.[1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822 to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results[]

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Walter Forward Democratic-Republican 2,676 58.2%
Ephraim Pentland Independent 1,921 41.8%

Forward took his seat on December 2, 1822[3]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "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 44
  2. ^ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf
  3. ^ "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 45
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