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1818 Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district special election

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On April 20, 1818, Jacob Spangler (DR) resigned from Congress, where he'd represented Pennsylvania's 4th district. A special election was held that year to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Jacob Hostetter Democratic-Republican 771 49.7%
Samuel Bacon Democratic-Republican 693 44.7%
John Clark 88 5.7%

Hostetter took his seat on November 16 at the start of the Second Session.

See also

References

  1. "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 44
  2. The source used states that the election was held on March 17, but this would appear to be an error, as that's over a month before Spangler resigned.
  3. Cox, Harold E. (January 6, 2007). "15th Congress 1817–1819" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  4. "Pennsylvania 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  5. Source did not give party affiliation
  6. "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 45
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