1813 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

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On April 8, 1813, Representative Robert Whitehill (DR) of Pennsylvania's 5th district died in office. A special election was held on May 11, 1813 [1] to fill the vacancy left by his death.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
John Rea Democratic-Republican2,53455.7%
Edward CrawfordFederalist2,01144.3%

Rea took his seat on May 28, 1813. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cox, Harold E. (January 13, 2007). "13th Congress 1813–1815" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  2. "Thirteenth Congress March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012. footnote 63