Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district special election, 1822

On May 20, 1822, Samuel Moore (DR) of Pennsylvania's 6th district resigned.[1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822 to fill the resulting vacancy

Election result

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Samuel D. Ingham Democratic-Republican 6,131 60.5%
Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 4,002 39.5%

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf footnote 52
  2. ↑ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201820.pdf
  3. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf footenote 53
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