1826 Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election
On January 12, 1826, Patrick Farrelly (J) of Pennsylvania's 18th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy
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Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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| Thomas H. Sill | Anti-Jacksonian | 1,812 | 39.8% |
| Stephen Barlow | Jacksonian | 1,045 | 22.9% |
| Samuel Hayes | [2] | 937 | 20.6% |
| Jacob Herrington | [2] | 760 | 16.7% |
Sill took his seat April 3, 1826, during the First Session.[3]
References
- http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201824.pdf
- Party affiliation not given in source
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-03-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 46
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