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1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1798
country	Pennsylvania
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1796
previous_year	1796
next_election	United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1800
next_year	1800
seats_for_election	All 13 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date	October 9, 1798
party1	Democratic-Republican
last_election1	7
seats1	8
seat_change1	1
party2	Federalist Party (United States)
last_election2	6
seats2	5
seat_change2	1
map_size	250px
map_caption	District Results (Philadelphia County inset):

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 9, 1798, for the 6th Congress.

Background

Thirteen Representatives (7 Democratic-Republicans and 6 Federalists) had been elected in 1796. One seat had changed from Federalist to Democratic-Republican in a special election in 1797. Two more seats, one held by a Democratic-Republican and one by a Federalist, had become vacant in August, 1798, and were still vacant at the time of the 1798 elections

Congressional districts

Pennsylvania was divided into 12 districts, one of which (the ) was a plural district, with 2 Representatives. These districts remained in use until redistricting after the census of 1800.

The consisted of the City of Philadelphia
The consisted of Philadelphia County
The consisted of Chester and Delaware Counties
The (2 seats) consisted of Montgomery, Bucks and Northampton Counties
The consisted of Berks and Luzerne County
The consisted of Northumberland and Dauphin Counties
The consisted of Lancaster County
The consisted of York County
The consisted of Mifflin and Cumberland County
The consisted of Bedford, Huntingdon and Franklin Counties
The consisted of Westmoreland and Fayette Counties
The consisted of Allegheny and Washington Counties

The counties that made up the 5th district did not border each other. That district was therefore made up of two separate pieces rather than being a single contiguous entity

Note: Many of these counties covered much larger areas than they do today, having since been divided into numerous counties. The boundaries of the districts are based on the counties' 1790 borders.

Election results

There were two vacancies and 11 incumbents at the time of the 1798 elections. The two vacancies were filled by special elections held at the same time as the general election. Blair McClenachan (DR) of the and William Findley (DR) of the did not run for re-election. The remaining 9 incumbents (5 Democratic-Republicans and 4 Federalists) ran for re-election. 8 Democratic-Republicans and 5 Federalists were elected, a net increase of 1 seat for the Democratic-Republicans over the 1796 elections.

District	Democratic-Republican	Federalist
	Samuel Miles	371
		Michael Leib		1,129
	John Pearson	1,514

2 seats		Robert Brown		5,372
	Peter Muhlenberg		4,935		28.6%
	Anthony Morris	78
		Joseph Hiester (I)		3,361
		John A. Hanna (I)		3,052
	William Barton	407
			Thomas Hartley (I)
Henry Slagle	659	14.6%
		Andrew Gregg (I)		2,618
	David Bard (I)	935
	Thomas Johnson	1,117
		John Smilie		1,782
	James Guthrie	826
		Albert Gallatin (I)		3,926
(special)	Samuel Miles	380
(special)		Robert Brown		5,109

Special election

Thomas Hartley (F) of the 8th district died on December 21, 1800. A special election was held January 15, 1801 to fill the vacancy.

District	Democratic-Republican	Other
		John Stewart		476

Stewart had already been elected in the 1800 elections

References

Electoral data are from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project

References

Also won special election in 5th Congress

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