1821 Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district special election
On July 20, 1821, William Cox Ellis (F) from Pennsylvania's 10th district resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 9, 1821.
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Election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Murray, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 6,038 | 50.3% |
| William Cox Ellis | Federalist | 5,961 | 49.7% |
Murray took his seat on December 12, 1821.[2]
References
- Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF). Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012. footnote 49
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