1838 Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On March 8, 1838, a special election was held in PA 9 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) on February 9, 1838. 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 George M. Keim Democratic 2,599 96.8% Scattering 85 3.2% Keim took his seat on March 17, 1838http://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 44 during the 2nd session of the 25th Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1838 09 Pennsylvania 1838 09 1838 09 Pennsylvania 09 United States House of Representatives 09 United States House of Representatives 1838 09