Pennsylvania 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 14, Special

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Pennsylvania 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 14, Special
Date:
1822
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
Walter Forward, Ephraim Pentland
Candidates: Walter Forward[1]Ephraim Pentland
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]26761921
District of Fourteen26761921
Allegheny County20041364
Birmingham13057
Deer6729
Elizabeth165121
Fayette13064
Findlay5749
Indiana5024
McCully's10274
Mifflin115130
Moon3145
Ohio2979
Pine2650
Pitt12920
City of Pittsburgh550263
Ward East254122
Ward West296141
Plum10461
Robinson7572
Ross9682
Versailles6930
Wilkins80104
Butler County672557
Buffalo3131
Butler3018
Butler4031
Center3095
Clearfield5114
Connoquenessing7688
Cranberry1657
Donegal9617
Mercer832
Middlesex6912
Muddy Creek6420
Parker3944
Slippery Rock36114
Venango1114

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Walter Forward was elected on October 1, 1822 as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress to fill a vacancy in the 14th district caused by the resignation of Henry Baldwin. Part of the 14th district was then redistricted to the 16th district, which increased from one Congressional seat to two. Mr. Forward was then re-elected, as a representative of the 16th district, on October 8, 1822 to serve in the Eighteenth Congress from October 8, 1822 to March 3, 1825 alongside James Allison, Jr. The 16th district maintained two seats from 1823–1833, at which time it returned to having only one seat.
[3]"For the satisfaction of our distant readers, it may be proper to state, that Allegheny and Butler counties form the old congressional district - and that Mssrs. Forward and Pentland were the opposing candidates for the seat rendered vacant for one year, by the resignation of Mr. Baldwin." The Mercury (Pittsburgh, PA). October 16, 1822.
[4]"ELECTION...Congress for one year.-Forward, 2676-elected; Pentland 1921-majority 755." Pittsburg Recorder (Pittsburgh, PA). October 17, 1822.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
The Greensburgh Gazette (Greensburg, PA). October 11, 1822.
Butler Sentinel (Butler, PA). October 12, 1822.
The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1822.
The Mercury (Pittsburgh, PA). October 16, 1822.
Pittsburg Recorder (Pittsburgh, PA). October 17, 1822.
Butler Sentinel (Butler, PA). October 19, 1822.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1822.
The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1822.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1822.
The Westmoreland Republican (Greensburgh, PA). November 1, 1822.

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