1822 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district special election

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On October 17, 1822, Ludwig Worman (F) of Pennsylvania's 7th district died in office. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on December 10, 1822

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Daniel Udree Democratic-Republican1,57451.8%
William WitmanIndependent Republican1,46548.2%

Udree took his seat on December 23, 1822. [3]

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 54
  2. http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf
  3. "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 4, 2019 via History.house.gov.