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
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 52
- ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- ^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footenote 53