1801 Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on January 15, 1801, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Thomas Hartley (F) on December 21, 1800^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	John Stewart		Democratic-Republican	476	87.8%
Scattering		66	11.2%

Stewart took his seat February 3, 1801.^[1] Stewart had also won the general elections in 1800.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sixth Congress March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206141016/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/6.pdf . December 6, 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 6th Congress 17991801 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 6, 2007.