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1820 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

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On May 15, 1820, David Fullerton (DR) of Pennsylvania's 5th district resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives.[1] A special election was held on October 10, 1820 to fill the resulting vacancy. This election was held on the same day as the election for the 17th Congress.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
Thomas G. McCullough Federalist 6,511 51.4%
Matthew S. Clarke Democratic-Republican 5,487 43.3%
Robert K. Lowry Independent 679 5.4%

McCullough took his seat November 13, 1820[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 47
  2. ^ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201818.pdf
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 48