1837 Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district special election explained

On June 29, 1837, a special election was held in to fill a vacancy left by the death of Francis J. Harper (D) on March 18, 1837.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Charles Naylor		Whig	5,072	51.2%
	Charles J. Ingersoll		Democratic	4,841	48.8%

Naylor had been narrowly defeated in the 1836 election for the 3rd district. He took his seat on September 4, 1837, at the start of the 1st session of the 25th Congress.^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: TwentyFifth Congress March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141112/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf . December 13, 2012 . dead . March 13, 2022 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. footnote 41
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 25th Congress 18371839 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 13, 2007.
3. Web site: TwentyFifth Congress March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141112/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/25.pdf . December 13, 2012 . dead . March 13, 2022 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. footnote 42