1809 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

None February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in PA 1 on October 10, 1809, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Representative Benjamin Say (DR) in June of that year. Say, who had been elected in a special election the previous year, spent a little under a year in Congress, serving in the second session of the 10th Congress10th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20130306182505/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/10.pdf 2013-03-06 and the first session of the 11th Congress.11th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141131/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/11.pdf 2012-12-13 Election results Candidate Party Votes11th Congress election results in Pennsylvania Percent Adam Seybert Democratic-Republican 5,936 59.5% Richard R. Smith American-Republican 4,043 40.5% Seybert took his seat November 27, 1809, at the start of the second session of the 11th Congress See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References collapsed Pennsylvania 1809 01 Pennsylvania 1809 01 1809 01 Pennsylvania 01 United States House of Representatives 01 United States House of Representatives 1809 01