1826 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district special election explained

On August 14, 1826, Henry Wilson (J) of died.^[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Jacob Krebs		Jacksonian	5,063	63.4%
	George Kerk		Federalist	2,929	36.6%

Krebs took his seat at the start of the Second Session of the 19th Congress.^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827 . March 13, 2022 . 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 51
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 19th Congress 18251827 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 14, 2007.
3. Web site: Nineteenth Congress March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827 . March 13, 2022 . 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 52