1822 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, William Milnor (F) of PA 1 Pennsylvania's 1st district resigned.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 2012-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 50 A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 1, 1822, a week before the general elections for the 18th Congress. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 17th Congress 18211823 https://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 14, 2007 Percent Thomas Forrest Federalist 5,977 50.0% Daniel H. Miller Democratic-Republican 5,976 50.0% Forrest took his seat December 2, 1822http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 2012-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf 2012-12-13 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 51 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1822 01 Pennsylvania 1822 01 1822 01 Pennsylvania 01 United States House of Representatives 01 United States House of Representatives 1822 01