1821 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 In April, 1821, prior to the first meeting of the 17th Congress,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 December 14, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf December 13, 2012 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 46 Representative-elect James Duncan (DR) from PA 5 Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 17th Congress 18211823 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 14, 2007 Percent John Findlay Democratic-Republican 4,981 53.6% Thomas G. McCullough Federalist 4,310 46.4% Findlay took his seat December 12, 1821http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 December 14, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf December 13, 2012 Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives footnote 47 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References Pennsylvania 1821 05 Pennsylvania 1821 05 1821 05 Pennsylvania 05 United States House of Representatives 05 United States House of Representatives 1821 05