1820 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election explained

On May 15, 1820, David Fullerton (DR) of resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives.^[1] A special election was held on October 10, 1820, to fill the resulting vacancy. This election was held on the same day as the election for the 17th Congress.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Thomas G. McCullough		Federalist	6,511	51.4%
	Matthew S. Clarke		Democratic-Republican	5,487	43.3%
	Robert K. Lowry		Independent	679	5.4%

McCullough took his seat November 13, 1820^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 . February 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf . March 9, 2013 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . footnote 47
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 16th Congress 18191821 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 6, 2007.
3. Web site: Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821 . February 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf . March 9, 2013 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . footnote 48