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PA - District 15 - Special Election

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> United States > Pennsylvania > PA - District 11

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

Special Election

Filing Deadline

November 10, 1831 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 22, 1831 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 22, 1831 - 11:00am Central

Term Start

December 05, 1831 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1833 - 12:00pm

# Winners

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler December 30, 2008 01:46pm

Data Sources

Michael J. Dubin, U.S. Congressional Elections 1788-1997, p. 101.

Description

Special election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Rep. Ramsey. Rep. Crawford continued in office.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	10/12/1830
	Name	Thomas H. Crawford	Votes	4,944 (30.06%)
	Term	03/04/1831 - 09/29/1831	Margin	1,611 (+9.79%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	10/12/1830
	Name	William Ramsey	Votes	4,870 (29.61%)
	Term	03/04/1831 - 09/29/1831	Margin	1,537 (+9.34%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Whig	Won	10/09/1832
	Name	Charles A. Barnitz	Votes	2,448 (51.90%)
	Term	03/04/1833 - 03/04/1835	Margin	179 (+3.79%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

CANDIDATES (2 Winners)

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Robert McCoy

(I) Rep. Thomas H. Crawford

John D. Mahon

Rep. James McSherry

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Democratic

Independent

Anti-Masonic

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Certified Votes

2,459 (44.35%)

Holdover

1,931 (34.83%)

1,154 (20.82%)

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0 (0.00%)

n/a

-528 (-9.52%)

-1,305 (-23.54%)

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0.00%

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$--

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