1821 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

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
John Findlay Democratic-Republican 4,981 53.6%
Thomas G. McCullough Federalist 4,310 46.4%

Findlay took his seat December 12, 1821[3]

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 46
  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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 47
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