1800 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania explained

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
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 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.

1800 United States House election results
District colspan="3" Democratic-Republican colspan="3" Federalist
William Jones1,69850.2%Francis Gurney1,68448.8%
Michael Leib (I)2,74477.8%John Lardner78322.2%
Joseph Shallcroft2,38946.7%Joseph Hemphill2,73253.3%

2 seats
Peter Muhlenberg (I)6,68334.4%Cadwallader C. Evans3,02815.6%
Robert Brown (I)6,68134.4%John Arndt3,01015.5%
Joseph Hiester (I)3,01883.2%Roswell Wells61116.8%
John A. Hanna (I)4,29574.6%Samuel Maclay1,46025.4%
John Whitehill1,92745.9%Thomas Boude2,27454.1%
John Stewart[1] 2,26354.8%John Eddie1,86645.2%
Andrew Gregg (I)2,38372.6%David Mitchell90127.4%
David Bard96746.4%Henry Woods (I)1,11853.6%
John Smilie (I)2,182100%
Albert Gallatin (I)4,27072.9%Presley Neville1,59027.1%

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

1801 Special election results
District colspan="3" Democratic-Republican colspan="3" Federalist Party
Isaac Van Horne4,687100%
William Hoge4,68782.6%Alexander Fowler83614.7%
Isaac Weaver1542.7%

References

  1. Also won special election to 6th Congress