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> United States > Pennsylvania > PA - District 02

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

September 10, 1841 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

October 12, 1841 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

October 12, 1841 - 11:00am Central

Term Start

December 06, 1841 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1843 - 12:00pm

# Winners

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler May 03, 2009 01:48pm

Data Sources

Michael J. Dubin, U.S. Congressional Elections 1788-1997, p. 130.

Description

Special election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rep. Sergeant. Rep. Toland continued in office.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Whig	Won	10/13/1840
	Name	John Sergeant	Votes	7,136 (30.38%)
	Term	03/04/1841 - 09/25/1841	Margin	2,505 (+10.66%)
	Party	Whig	Won	10/13/1840
	Name	George W. Toland	Votes	7,133 (30.37%)
	Term	03/04/1841 - 09/25/1841	Margin	2,502 (+10.65%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Whig	Won	10/10/1843
	Name	Joseph R. Ingersoll	Votes	5,414 (63.20%)
	Term	12/04/1843 - 03/04/1845	Margin	2,261 (+26.39%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

CANDIDATES (2 Winners)

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Rep. Joseph R. Ingersoll

(I) Rep. George W. Toland

Thomas Petit

Samuel Webb

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Whig

Democratic

Liberty

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Certified Votes

5,822 (55.35%)

Holdover

4,596 (43.69%)

101 (0.96%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

n/a

-1,226 (-11.66%)

-5,721 (-54.39%)

Predict Avg.

0.00%

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$--

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