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On April 20, 1818,[1] Jacob Spangler (DR) resigned from Congress, where he'd represented Pennsylvania's 4th district. A special election was held that year to fill the resulting vacancy.[2]

Election results[edit]

Candidate Party Votes[3][4] Percent
Jacob Hostetter Democratic-Republican 771 49.7%
Samuel Bacon Democratic-Republican 693 44.7%
John Clark [5] 88 5.7%

Hostetter took his seat on November 16[6] at the start of the Second Session.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 44
  • ^ The source used states that the election was held on March 17, but this would appear to be an error, as that's over a month before Spangler resigned.
  • ^ Cox, Harold E. (January 6, 2007). "15th Congress 1817–1819" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  • ^ "Pennsylvania 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  • ^ Source did not give party affiliation
  • ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 45

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