1840 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On November 20, 1840, a special election was held in PA 13 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William S. Ramsey on October 17 of the same year. 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 Charles McClure Democratic 3,452 94.7% Scattering 195 5.3% McClure took office on December 7, 1840, at the start of the 2nd 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 44 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1840 13 Pennsylvania 1840 13 1840 13 Pennsylvania 13 United States House of Representatives 13 United States House of Representatives 1840 13