1837 Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On June 29, 1837, a special election was held in PA 3 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Francis J. Harper (D) on March 18, 1837.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf TwentyFifth Congress March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839 https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141112/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf December 13, 2012 dead March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 41 Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 25th Congress 18371839 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201836.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 13, 2007 Percent Charles Naylor Whig 5,072 51.2% Charles J. Ingersoll Democratic 4,841 48.8% Naylor had been narrowly defeated in the 1836 election for the 3rd district. He took his seat on September 4, 1837, at the start of the 1st session of the 25th Congress.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf TwentyFifth Congress March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839 https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141112/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf December 13, 2012 dead March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 42 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1837 03 Pennsylvania 1837 03 1837 03 Pennsylvania 03 United States House of Representatives 03 United States House of Representatives 1837 03