1841 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election

On May 4, 1841, a special election was held in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district to fill a vacancy caused by the death of William S. Ramsey (D) on October 17, 1840, shortly after his re-election, and before the 26th Congress had ended.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
Amos Gustine	Democratic	1,820	93.9%
Scattering		119	6.1%

Gustine took his seat on May 31,[2] at the start of the 1st session of the 27th Congress.

See also

List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives elections, 1840

References

http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201840.pdf
http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/27.pdf Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine footnote 46

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