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1815 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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On May 16, 1815, Representative-Elect Jonathan Williams (DR) who'd been elected for , died before the start of the 14th Congress. A special election was held on October 10 of that year to fill the vacancy left by his death.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
	John Sergeant		Federalist	6,364	60.2%
	John Conard		Democratic-Republican	4,204	39.8%

Williams had been the sole Democratic-Republican elected to Pennsylvania's 1st district (a plural district with 4 seats), and so with Sergeant's win, all four of the 1st district's seats were held by Federalists. Sergeant took his seat in the Congress on December 6, 1815

References

(January 13, 2007). "14th Congress 1815{{endash}}1817".
"Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives.

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