1825 Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On August 26, 1825, before the first session of the 19th Congress began, James Allison, Jr. (J) of PA 16 Pennsylvania's 16th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 19th Congress 18251827 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201824.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 14, 2007 Percent Robert Orr, Jr. Jacksonian 5,157 56.7% Abner Lacock Independent 3,944 43.3% Orr took his seat on December 5, 1825, at the start of the First Session of the 19th Congress.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/19.pdf Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827 March 21, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015521/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/19.pdf March 9, 2013 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 44 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1825 16 Pennsylvania 1825 16 1825 16 Pennsylvania 16 United States House of Representatives 16 United States House of Representatives 1825 16