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1804 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1804 |
| country | Pennsylvania |
| type | legislative |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1802 |
| previous_year | 1802 |
| next_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1806 |
| next_year | 1806 |
| seats_for_election | All 13 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| election_date | October 9, 1804 |
| party1 | Democratic-Republican |
| last_election1 | 18 |
| seats1 | 17 |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| party2 | Federalist Party (United States) |
| last_election2 | 0 |
| seats2 | 1 |
| seat_change2 | 1 |
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 9, 1804, for the 9th Congress.
Background
In the previous election, a delegation of all Democratic-Republicans had been elected to Congress. At this time, a moderate wing of the Democratic-Republican party, known as the Constitutional Republicans or tertium quids ("quids" for short) had broken off from the majority and ran candidates in several districts. The Quids were generally allied with the Federalists.
Congressional districts
Pennsylvania was divided into 11 districts, of which four were plural districts with 11 Representatives between them. Several new counties were created between the 1802 elections and the 1804 elections. The districts were:
- The (3 seats) consisted of Delaware and Philadelphia counties (including the City of Philadelphia)
- The (3 seats) consisted of Bucks, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, and Wayne Counties
- The (3 seats) consisted of Berks, Chester, and Lancaster Counties
- The (2 seats) consisted of Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, and Mifflin Counties
- The consisted of Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Northumberland, Potter, and Tioga Counties
- The consisted of Adams and York Counties
- The consisted of Bedford and Franklin Counties
- The consisted of Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Somerset, and Westmoreland Counties
- The consisted of Fayette and Greene Counties
- The consisted of Washington County
- The consisted of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, and Warren Counties
The borders between the 4th, 5th, and 8th districts were altered slightly in the erection of new counties from parts of several counties
Note: Many of these counties covered much larger areas than they do today, having since been divided into smaller counties
Election results
Fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, of whom 14 won. The incumbents Isaac Van Horne (DR) of the , Joseph Hiester (DR) of the and William Hoge (DR) of the did not run for re-election. One seat changed from Democratic-Republican to Federalist.
Returns are incomplete for the , , and districts
| District | Democratic-Republican | Quid | Federalist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | Joseph Clay (I) | 7,427 | 33.6% | |||
| Jacob Richards (I) | 7,021 | 31.7% | ||||
| Michael Leib (I) | 3,992 | 18.0% | ||||
| William Penrose | 3,685 | 16.7% | ||||
| 3 seats | John Pugh | 6,701 | 32.2% | |||
| Frederick Conrad (I) | 6,596 | 21.8% | Samuel Preston | |||
| Robert Brown (I) | 4,532 | 21.8% | ||||
| 3 seats | Christian Lower | 9,079 | 33.1% | |||
| John Whitehill (I) | 6,309 | 23.0% | Isaac Wayne | |||
| Isaac Anderson (I) | 6,287 | 22.9% | ||||
| 2 seats | David Bard (I) | 3,245 | 34.6% | |||
| John A. Hanna (I) | 2,931 | 31.2% | ||||
| Oliver Pollock | 1,700 | 18.1% | ||||
| Robert Mitchell | 1,514 | 16.1% | ||||
| Andrew Gregg (I) | 3,318 | 100% | ||||
| John Stewart (I) | 1,211 | 41.5% | ||||
| John Rea (I) | 1,494 | 100% | ||||
| William Findley (I) | 1,332 | 64.7% | ||||
| John Smilie (I) | 100% | |||||
| John Hamilton | 1,068 | |||||
| John Lucas (I) | 2,526 | 64.8% |
Special elections
Special election to the 8th Congress
William Hoge (DR) of the resigned October 15, 1804. A special election was held November 2, 1804 to fill his seat for the remainder of the 8th Congress
| District | Democratic-Republican | Federalist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hoge | 477 | |||
| Aaron Lyle | 439 | 47.9% |
John Hoge was William's brother.
Special elections to the 9th Congress
Two special elections were held on October 8, 1805. In the , John A. Hanna (DR) died on July 23, 1805, while in the , John Lucas (DR) resigned prior to the first meeting of the 9th Congress.
| District | Democratic-Republican | Constitutional Republicans (Quid) | Federalist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Whitehill | 6,457 | 70.7% | ||||
| James Duncan | 2,674 | 29.3% | ||||
| Samuel Smith | 3,275 | 52.7% |
Michael Leib (DR) of the resigned February 14, 1806. A special election was held November 27, 1806
| District | Democratic-Republican | Federalist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Porter | 2,396 | |||
| Jonas Preston | 53 |
References
- Electoral data are from The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project
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