1822 Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district special election

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On May 20, 1822, Samuel Moore (DR) of Pennsylvania's 6th district resigned.[1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822 to fill the resulting vacancy

Election result[]

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Samuel D. Ingham Democratic-Republican 6,131 60.5%
Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 4,002 39.5%

Ingham 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 52
  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) footenote 53
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