1833 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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 this October 8, 1833 special election which was called to fill the vacancy caused by his original resignation, and won that election.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	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

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives