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1800 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1800 |
| country | Pennsylvania |
| type | legislative |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1798 |
| previous_year | 1798 |
| election_date | October 14, 1800 |
| next_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1802 |
| next_year | 1802 |
| seats_for_election | All 13 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| party1 | Democratic-Republican |
| last_election1 | 8 |
| seats1 | 10 |
| seat_change1 | 2 |
| map_size | 250px |
| map_caption | **District Results (Philadelphia County inset):** |
| party2 | Federalist Party (United States) |
| last_election2 | 5 |
| seats2 | 3 |
| seat_change2 | 2 |
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 14, 1800, for the 7th Congress.
Background
Thirteen Representatives (8 Democratic-Republicans and 7 Federalists) had been elected in the previous election
Congressional districts
Pennsylvania was divided into 12 districts, one of which (the ) was a plural district, with 2 Representatives. This was the last election which used these districts.
- 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 smaller counties
Election results
Nine incumbents (8 Democratic-Republicans and 1 Federalist) ran for re-election, all of whom won re-election. The incumbents Robert Waln (F) of the , Richard Thomas (F) of the , John W. Kittera (F) of the and Thomas Hartley (F) of the did not run for re-election. Ten Democratic-Republicans and three Federalists were elected, a net gain of 2 seats for the Democratic-Republicans.
| District | Democratic-Republican | Federalist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **William Jones** | **1,698** | ||||
| **Michael Leib (I)** | **2,744** | ||||
| Joseph Shallcroft | 2,389 | ||||
| 2 seats | **Peter Muhlenberg (I)** | **6,683** | |||
| **Robert Brown (I)** | **6,681** | **34.4%** | |||
| **Joseph Hiester (I)** | **3,018** | ||||
| **John A. Hanna (I)** | **4,295** | ||||
| John Whitehill | 1,927 | ||||
| **John Stewart** | **2,263** | ||||
| **Andrew Gregg (I)** | **2,383** | ||||
| David Bard | 967 | ||||
| **John Smilie (I)** | **2,182** | ||||
| **Albert Gallatin (I)** | **4,270** |
Special elections
There were three special elections following the October elections, one of which was for the outgoing Congress.
In the , Peter Muhlenberg (DR) was elected to the Senate on November 27, 1800, while in the , Albert Gallatin (DR) was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in May, 1801. Neither served in the 7th Congress, and special elections were held in both districts on October 13, 1801
| District | Democratic-Republican | Federalist Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Isaac Van Horne** | **4,687** | |||
| **William Hoge** | **4,687** | |||
| Isaac Weaver | 154 | 2.7% |
References
- Electoral data are from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project
References
- Also won special election to 6th Congress
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