A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district on January 15, 1801, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Thomas Hartley (F) on December 21, 1800
Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
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John Stewart | Democratic-Republican | 476 | 87.8% |
Scattering | 66 | 11.2% |
Stewart took his seat February 3, 1801. Stewart had also won the general elections in 1800.
References
- ^ "Sixth Congress March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014.
- Cox, Harold E. (January 6, 2007). "6th Congress 1799–1801" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
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