1816 Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On October 8, 1816, a special election was held in PA 9 Pennsylvania's 9th district, the second special election in that district in the 14th Congress. The reason for the special election was Thomas Burnside (DR)'s resignation to accept a judicial appointment in April of that year. Burnside himself had been elected to the seat in the previous special election. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttp://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201814.pdf Results staffweb.wilkes.edu Percent William P. Maclay Democratic-Republican 2,169 68.5% James Banks Democratic-Republican 999 31.% Maclay took his seat December 3, 1816, at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congresshttp://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives 2015-02-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf 2014-12-06 footnote 52 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1816 09 Pennsylvania 1816 09 1816 09 Pennsylvania 09 United States House of Representatives 09 United States House of Representatives 1816 09