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A '''[[special election]]''' was held in '''{{ushr|PA|1}}''' on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of [[Michael Leib]] (DR) on February 14, 1806.<ref name="roster">[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf 9th Congress membership roster]</ref>
A '''[[special election]]''' was held in '''{{ushr|PA|1}}''' on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of [[Michael Leib]] (DR) on February 14, 1806.<ref name="roster">[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf 9th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213104441/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf |date=2012-12-13 }}</ref>


==Election results==
==Election results==

Revision as of 03:34, 18 March 2018

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Michael Leib (DR) on February 14, 1806.[1]

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
John Porter Democratic-Republican 2,396 73.1%
Richard Falwell Federalist 829 25.3%
Jonas Preston Federalist 53 1.6%

Porter took his seat December 8, 1806[1]

See also

References