1817 Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 In the 1816 elections in Pennsylvania, David Scott (DR) won one of the two seats in the PA 10 10th district, but resigned before the 15th Congress began, having been appointed judge of the court of common pleas.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 December 24, 2012 dead Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf December 13, 2012 footnote 42 A special election was held on October 14, 1817, to fill the resulting vacancy. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 15th Congress 18171819 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201816.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 6, 2007 Percent 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 Congresshttp://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 December 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213140713/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives December 13, 2012 footnote 43 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1817 10 Pennsylvania 1817 10 1817 10 Pennsylvania 10 United States House of Representatives 10 United States House of Representatives 1817 10