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.
Election results
editCandidate | 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2022. footnote 49
- ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "19th Congress 1825–1827" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- ^ Source did not give party affiliation
- ^ "Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013. footnote 50