1833 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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In the October 9, 1832 elections, Joel B. Sutherland (D) was re-elected to the 1st district , but resigned his seat to accept a judgeship. He then subsequently resigned that judgeship to run in this October 8, 1833 special election which was called to fill the vacancy caused by his original resignation, and won that election. [1]

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
Joel B. Sutherland Democratic2,84356.4%
John Sergeant National Republican2,14042.5%

There were also 57 votes for someone with the surname of Martin, first name and party affiliation unknown.

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References

  1. 1 2 Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "23rd Congress 1833–1835" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.