1796 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on October 11, 1796, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester (DR) on July 1, 1796^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	George Ege		Federalist	2,039	56.8%
	Joseph Hiester		Democratic-Republican	1,553	43.2%

George Ege also won the 5th district in the general election.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fourth Congress March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213104926/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/4.pdf . December 13, 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: Cox . Harold E. . 4th Congress 17951797 . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . January 13, 2007.