1826 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district special election

On August 14, 1826, Henry Wilson (J) of died. footnote 51 A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy on October 10, 1826.

Election results Candidate Party Votes Percent Jacob Krebs Jacksonian 5,063 63.4% George Kerk Federalist 2,929 36.6%

Krebs took his seat at the start of the Second Session of the 19th Congress. footnote 52

See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

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