Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district special election, 1815

On March 12, 1815, a few days after the legal start of the 14th Congress, but long before the first meeting of that Congress, David Bard (DR), who'd been re-elected to the 9th district, died. A special election was held on October 10 to fill the vacancy left by his death.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Thomas Burnside Democratic-Republican 2,757 76.1%
John Bratton Federalist 865 24.9%

The 9th district did not change parties with this election. On December 11, Burnside took his seat in the 14th Congress. He would subsequently resign, in April, 1816,[2] to accept a judicial position, resulting in a second special election. He thus served for only a few months as Representative.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201814.pdf
  2. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 51
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