On May 20, 1822, Samuel Moore (DR) of Pennsylvania's 6th district resigned.[1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822 to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election result

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Samuel D. Ingham Democratic-Republican 6,131 60.5%
Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 4,002 39.5%

Ingham took his seat on December 2, 1822.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 52
  2. ↑ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  3. ↑ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footenote 53
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