1822 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election explained

On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, William Milnor (F) of resigned.^[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 1, 1822, a week before the general elections for the 18th Congress.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
	Thomas Forrest		Federalist	5,977	50.0%
	Daniel H. Miller		Democratic-Republican	5,976	50.0%

Forrest took his seat December 2, 1822^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 . 2012-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf . 2012-12-13 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . footnote 50
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 17th Congress 18211823 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 14, 2007.
3. Web site: Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823 . 2012-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213144812/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/17.pdf . 2012-12-13 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . footnote 51