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1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1808 |
| country | Pennsylvania |
| type | legislative |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1806 |
| previous_year | 1806 |
| next_election | United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1810 |
| next_year | 1810 |
| seats_for_election | All 18 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| election_date | October 11, 1808 |
| party1 | Democratic-Republican |
| last_election1 | 15 |
| seats1 | 16 |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| party2 | Federalist Party (United States) |
| last_election2 | 3 |
| seats2 | 2 |
| seat_change2 | 1 |
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 11, 1808, for the 11th Congress.
Background
Eighteen Representatives had been elected in the previous election, 15 Democratic-Republicans and 3 Federalists. All three Federalists and two of the Democratic-Republicans were quids, an alliance of moderate Democratic-Republicans and Federalists. One seat held by a Democratic-Republican had become vacant prior to this election and was filled in a special election held at the same time as this election.
Congressional districts
Pennsylvania was divided into 11 districts, of which four were plural districts with 11 Representatives between them, with the remaining 7 Representatives elected from single-member districts. 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
Luzerne County's western border was altered between the 1806 and 1808 elections, altering the boundary between the 2nd and 5th districts
Note: Many of these counties covered much larger areas than they do today, having since been divided into smaller counties
Election results
Thirteen incumbents (10 Democratic-Republicans and 3 Federalists) ran for re-election, of whom 11 won re-election. The incumbents Jacob Richards (DR) of the , John Hiester (DR) of the , Daniel Montgomery (DR) of the and William Hoge (DR) of the did not run for re-election. There was also a vacancy in the 1st district. One seat changed from Federalist to Democratic-Republican control.
| District | Democratic-Republican | Quid | Federalist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | Benjamin Say | 7,598 | 18.5% | |||
| John Porter (I) | 7,589 | 18.5% | Derick Peterson | |||
| William Anderson | 7,559 | 18.4% | Charles W. Hare | |||
| 3 seats | Robert Brown (I) | 9,218 | 16.9% | |||
| John Pugh (I) | 9,090 | 16.7% | William Milnor (I) | |||
| John Hahn | 9,026 | 16.6% | Roswell Wells | |||
| 3 seats | John Whitehill | 10,216 | 16.4% | |||
| Roger Davis | 10,161 | 16.3% | Daniel Hiester | |||
| William Witman | 10,121 | 16.2% | Robert Jenkins (I) | |||
| 2 seats | Robert Whitehill (I) | 8,807 | 36.7% | |||
| David Bard (I) | 8,774 | 36.6% | William Alexander | |||
| George Smith | 7,191 | 82.3% | ||||
| William Crawford | 3,506 | 52.4% | ||||
| John Rea (I) | 3,496 | 61.5% | ||||
| John Kirkpatrick | 1,732 | 29.1% | ||||
| Robert Philson | 1,502 | 25.2% | ||||
| John Smilie (I) | 3,183 | 67.3% | ||||
| Aaron Lyle (I) | 3,425 | 76.5% | ||||
| Samuel Smith (I) | 6,206 | 68.3% | ||||
| (special) | Benjamin Say | 7,598 | 55.7% |
Special election
Benjamin Say (DR) of the resigned in June, 1809, and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy
| District | Democratic-Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Seybert | ||
| Richard R. Smith | 4,043 |
References
- Electoral data and information on districts are from the Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project
References
- Won special election to 10th Congress
- Aligned with the Democratic-Republicans
- Aligned with the Federalists
- Ran as "American Republican"
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