Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election, 1815

On May 16, 1815, Representative-Elect Jonathan Williams (DR) who'd been elected for Pennsylvania's 1st district, died before the start of the 14th Congress. A special election was held on October 10 of that year to fill the vacancy left by his death.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
John Sergeant Federalist 6,364 60.2%
John Conard Democratic-Republican 4,204 39.8%

Williams had been the sole Democratic-Republican elected to Pennsylvania's 1st district (a plural district with 4 seats), and so with Sergeant's win, all four of the 1st district's seats were held by Federalists. Sergeant took his seat in the Congress on December 6, 1815[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201814.pdf
  2. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 56
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