1839 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election explained

On November 20, 1839, a special election was held in to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William W. Potter (D) on October 28 of that year, before the start of the first session of the 26th Congress.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	George McCulloch		Democratic	4,094	50.9%
	James Irvin		Whig	3,956	49.1%

McCulloch took his seat on December 2, 1839, at the start of the 1st session of the 26th Congress.^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: TwentySixth Congress March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841 . March 13, 2022 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113616/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf . April 2, 2015 . dead. footnote 45
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 26th Congress 18391841 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 14, 2007.
3. Web site: TwentySixth Congress March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1841 . March 13, 2022 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113616/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/26.pdf . April 2, 2015 . dead. footnote 46