1815 Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district special election
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On July 2, 1815, Representative-elect Amos Ellmaker (DR) of {{ushr|PA|3|Pennsylvania's 3rd district}} resigned after being appointed and commissioned president judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill, and before the 14th Congress' first session began. A special election was held on October 10, 1815, to fill the vacancy left by his resignation.
Election results
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! Candidate ! Party ! Percent |
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James M. Wallace
| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican | 5,016 | 55.4% |
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Phillip Gloninger
| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist | 4,031 | 44.6% |
Wallace took his seat on December 4, 1815{{cite web |url=http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf |title=Fourteenth Congress March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf |publisher=Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives |archive-date=December 6, 2014 }} footnote 54 at the start of the 1st session of the 14th Congress.