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1840 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election

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On November 20, 1840, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William S. Ramsey on October 17 of the same year.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Charles McClure Democratic 3,452 94.7%
Scattering 195 5.3%

McClure took office on December 7, 1840, at the start of the 2nd session of the 26th Congress.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "26th Congress 1839–1841" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  2. "Twenty–Sixth Congress March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2022. footnote 44


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