1801 Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district special election

Special Election Held in Pennsylvania February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in PA 8 on January 15, 1801, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Thomas Hartley (F) on December 21, 1800http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/6.pdf Sixth Congress March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141016/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/6.pdf December 6, 2014 dead Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 6th Congress 17991801 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201798.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 6, 2007 Percent John Stewart Democratic-Republican 476 87.8% Scattering 66 11.2% Stewart took his seat February 3, 1801. Stewart had also won the general elections in 1800. References collapsed Pennsylvania 1801 08 Pennsylvania 1801 08 1801 08 Pennsylvania 08 United States House of Representatives 08 United States House of Representatives 1801 08