1822 Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district special election
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
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Election result
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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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]
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References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 52
- http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footenote 53
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