1822 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election

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On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, Henry Baldwin (DR) of Pennsylvania's 14th district resigned from Congress. [1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822 to fill the resulting vacancy.

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Walter Forward Democratic-Republican2,67658.2%
Ephraim PentlandIndependent1,92141.8%

Forward took his seat on December 2, 1822 [3]

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References

  1. "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 44
  2. Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  3. "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 45