1822 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election

On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, Henry Baldwin (DR) of Pennsylvania's 14th district resigned from Congress.^[1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822, to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
Walter Forward	Democratic-Republican	2,676	58.2%
Ephraim Pentland	Independent	1,921	41.8%

Forward took his seat on December 2, 1822^[3]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives