1827 Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 In the 1826 elections in Pennsylvania, a tie vote occurred in the PA 2 2nd district. As a result, no candidate won in that district and a special election was held on October 9, 1827. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 20th Congress 1827-1829 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201826.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 14, 2007 Percent John Sergeant Anti-Jacksonian 2,702 51.4% Joseph Hemphill Jacksonian 2,557 48.6% Sergeant took his seat at the start of the First Session of the 20th Congress. His election was unsuccessfully contested.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/20.pdf Twentieth Congress March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829 April 16, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130304014004/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/20.pdf March 4, 2013 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 48 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References collapsed Pennsylvania 1827 02 Pennsylvania 1827 02 1827 02 Pennsylvania 02 United States House of Representatives 02 United States House of Representatives 1827 02