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1831 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district special election
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Special election in the District of Pennsylvania, 1831
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On November 22, 1831, a special election was held in PA 11 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William Ramsey (D) on September 29, 1831.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/22.pdf TwentySecond Congress March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833 March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20121212192557/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/22.pdf December 12, 2012 dead footnote 28
Election results
Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 22nd Congress 18311833 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201830.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 13, 2007 Percent Robert McCoy Democratic 2,459 44.4% John D. Mahon Independent 1,931 34.8% James McSherry Anti-Masonic 1,154 20.8%
McCoy took his seat December 5, 1831, at the start of the 1st session of the 22nd Congresshttp://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/22.pdf TwentySecond Congress March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833 March 13, 2022 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20121212192557/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/22.pdf December 12, 2012 dead footnote 29
See also
List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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