1820 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On May 15, 1820, David Fullerton (DR) of PA 5 Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 February 8, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf March 9, 2013 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 47 A special election was held on October 10, 1820, to fill the resulting vacancy. This election was held on the same day as the election for the 17th Congress. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 16th Congress 18191821 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201818.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 6, 2007 Percent Thomas G. McCullough Federalist 6,511 51.4% Matthew S. Clarke Democratic-Republican 5,487 43.3% Robert K. Lowry Independent 679 5.4% McCullough took his seat November 13, 1820http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 February 8, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf March 9, 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 Pennsylvania 1820 05 Pennsylvania 1820 05 1820 05 Pennsylvania 05 United States House of Representatives 05 United States House of Representatives 1820 05