1816_Pennsylvania's_9th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

On October 8, 1816, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 9th district, the second special election in that district in the 14th Congress. The reason for the special election was Thomas Burnside (DR)'s resignation to accept a judicial appointment in April of that year. Burnside himself had been elected to the seat in the previous special election.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
William P. Maclay	Democratic-Republican	2,169	68.5%
James Banks	Democratic-Republican	999	31.%

Maclay took his seat December 3, 1816, at the start of the 2nd session of the 14th Congress^[2]

References edit

^ "Results" (PDF). staffweb.wilkes.edu.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 52

[1] "Results" (PDF). staffweb.wilkes.edu.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 52

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