On August 14, 1826, Henry Wilson (J) of Pennsylvania's 7th district died.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Jacob Krebs Jacksonian 5,063 63.4%
George Kerk Federalist 2,929 36.6%

Krebs took his seat at the start of the Second Session of the 19th Congress.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2022. footnote 51
  2. Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "19th Congress 1825–1827" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  3. "Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2022. footnote 52
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