1825 Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district special election explained

On August 26, 1825, before the first session of the 19th Congress began, James Allison, Jr. (J) of resigned. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	Robert Orr, Jr.		Jacksonian	5,157	56.7%
	Abner Lacock		Independent	3,944	43.3%

Orr took his seat on December 5, 1825, at the start of the First Session of the 19th Congress.^[2]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 19th Congress 18251827 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 14, 2007.
2. Web site: Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827 . March 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015521/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/19.pdf . March 9, 2013 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . footnote 44