On May 1, 1826, Alexander Thomson (J) of Pennsylvania's 13th district resigned. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826, the same day as the general elections to the 20th Congress.
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On May 1, 1826, Alexander Thomson (J) of Pennsylvania's 13th district resigned. [1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826, the same day as the general elections to the 20th Congress.
| Candidate | Party | Votes [2] | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chauncey Forward | Jacksonian | 2,597 | 65.3% |
| William Piper | [3] | 1,378 | 34.7% |
Forward took his seat on December 4, 1826, at the start of the Second Session of Congress. [4]
The 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 3, 1826, and August 30, 1827. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 20th United States Congress convened on December 3, 1827. They occurred during John Quincy Adams's presidency. Elections were held for all 213 seats, representing 24 states.
In the 1816 elections in Pennsylvania, David Scott (DR) won one of the two seats in the 10th district, but resigned before the 15th Congress began, having been appointed judge of the court of common pleas. A special election was held on October 14, 1817, to fill the resulting vacancy.
During the 15th Congress, there were two special elections in the 6th district of Pennsylvania, both held in the year 1818. The 6th district at that time was a plural district with two seats, both of which became vacant at different times in 1818. The first vacancy was caused by John Ross (DR) resigning on February 24, 1818 and the second was caused by Samuel D. Ingham (DR) resigning July 6.
On April 20, 1818, Jacob Spangler (DR) resigned from Congress, where he had represented Pennsylvania's 4th district. A special election was held that year to fill the resulting vacancy.
On January 1, 1818, a special election was held in North Carolina's 7th district to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative-elect Alexander McMillan (F) before the 15th Congress had assembled.
On November 7, 1818, a special election was held in North Carolina's 11th district to fill a vacancy caused by Daniel M. Forney (DR)'s resignation earlier that year.
On May 15, 1820, David Fullerton (DR) of Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives. 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.
On November 3, 1817, John C. Calhoun (DR) of South Carolina's 6th district resigned upon being appointed Secretary of War. A special election was held for his replacement
In April, 1821, prior to the first meeting of the 17th Congress, Representative-elect James Duncan (DR) from Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821.
On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, William Milnor (F) of Pennsylvania's 1st district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 1, 1822, a week before the general elections for the 18th Congress.
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. A special election was held on October 1, 1822, to fill the resulting vacancy.
On August 26, 1825, before the first session of the 19th Congress began, James Allison, Jr. (J) of Pennsylvania's 16th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
On January 12, 1826, Patrick Farrelly (J) of Pennsylvania's 18th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy
At some point in 1826, Joseph Hemphill (J) of Pennsylvania's 2nd district resigned from Congress. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
On August 14, 1826, Henry Wilson (J) of Pennsylvania's 7th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826.
In the 1826 elections in Pennsylvania, a tie vote occurred in the 2nd district. As a result, no candidate won in that district and a special election was held on October 9, 1827.
On November 4, 1836, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district to fill a vacancy left by the October 30th, 1836 resignation of Jesse Miller (J).
On June 29, 1837, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district to fill a vacancy left by the death of Francis J. Harper (D) on March 18, 1837.
On November 20, 1839, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William W. Potter (D) on October 28 of that year, before the start of the first session of the 26th Congress.
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