1839 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On November 20, 1839, a special election was held in PA 14 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William W. Potter (D) on October 28 of that year, before the start of the first session of the 26th Congress.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf TwentySixth Congress March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841 March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113616/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf April 2, 2015 dead footnote 45 Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 26th Congress 18391841 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201838.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 14, 2007 Percent George McCulloch Democratic 4,094 50.9% James Irvin Whig 3,956 49.1% McCulloch took his seat on December 2, 1839, at the start of the 1st session of the 26th Congress.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf TwentySixth Congress March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841 March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113616/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf April 2, 2015 dead footnote 46 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1839 14 Pennsylvania 1839 14 1839 14 Pennsylvania 14 United States House of Representatives 14 United States House of Representatives 1839 14