1817 Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district special election
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In the 1816 elections in Pennsylvania, David Scott (DR) won one of the two seats in the 10th district, but resigned before the 15th Congress began, having been appointed judge of the court of common pleas.[1] A special election was held on October 14, 1817 to fill the resulting vacancy.
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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John Murray | Democratic-Republican | 8,333 | 71.0% |
Abram Light | Federalist | 3,411 | 29.0% |
Murray took his seat on December 1, 1817, at the start of the 1st session of the 15th Congress[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012. footnote 42
- ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 6, 2007). "15th Congress 1817–1819" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012. footnote 43
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