1805_Pennsylvania's_4th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district on October 8, 1805 to fill a vacancy left by the death of John A. Hanna (DR) on July 23, 1805,^[1] before the first session of the 9th Congress.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Robert Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	6,457	70.7%
James Duncan	Independent Republican	2,674	29.3%

Whitehall took his seat December 2, 1805^[1]

^ ^a ^b 9th Congress membership roster Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pennsylvania election results for the 9th Congress