1826 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election
On May 1, 1826, Alexander Thomson (J) of Pennsylvania's 13th district resigned. 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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Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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| Chauncey Forward | Jacksonian | 2,597 | 65.3% |
| William Piper | [2] | 1,378 | 34.7% |
Forward took his seat on December 4, 1826, at the start of the Second Session of Congress.[3]
References
- http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201824.pdf
- Source did not give party affiliation
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-03-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 50
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