1801 Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district on January 15, 1801, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Thomas Hartley (F) on December 21, 1800[1]

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
John Stewart Democratic-Republican 476 87.8%
Scattering 66 11.2%

Stewart took his seat February 3, 1801.[1] Stewart had also won the general elections in 1800.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sixth Congress March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 6, 2007). "6th Congress 1799–1801" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.