1831 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district special election
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On November 22, 1831, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William Ramsey (D) on September 29, 1831. [1]
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes [2] | Percent |
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Robert McCoy | Democratic | 2,459 | 44.4% |
John D. Mahon | Independent | 1,931 | 34.8% |
James McSherry | Anti-Masonic | 1,154 | 20.8% |
McCoy took his seat December 5, 1831, at the start of the 1st session of the 22nd Congress [3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Twenty–Second Congress March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833" (PDF) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2012 . Retrieved March 13, 2022 . footnote 28
- ↑ Cox, Harold E. (January 13, 2007). "22nd Congress 1831–1833" (PDF) . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project .
- ↑ "Twenty–Second Congress March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833" (PDF) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2012 . Retrieved March 13, 2022 . footnote 29