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1833 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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In the October 9, 1832 elections, Joel B. Sutherland (D) was re-elected to the 1st district, but resigned his seat to accept a judgeship. He then subsequently resigned that judgeship to run in the October 8, 1833 special election which was called to fill the vacancy caused by his original resignation, and won that election.[1]

Election results

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Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Joel B. Sutherland Democratic 2,843 56.4%
John Sergeant National Republican 2,140 42.5%

There were also 57 votes for someone with the surname of Martin, first name and party affiliation unknown.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "23rd Congress 1833–1835" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.