1816 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania elected its members October 8, 1816.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[a][1] | |
| Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats |
John Sergeant | Federalist | 1815 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Adam Seybert (Democratic-Republican) 13.9% √ William Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 13.8% √ John Sergeant (Federalist) 12.5% √ Joseph Hopkinson (Federalist) 12.3% William Milnor (Federalist) 12.2% Samuel Edwards (Federalist) 12.1% Jacob Summer (Democratic-Republican) 8.8% John Conard (Democratic-Republican) 8.1% William J. Duane (Democratic-Republican) 6.3% |
| Joseph Hopkinson | Federalist | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| William Milnor | Federalist | 1806 1810 (Lost) 1814 |
Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. | ||
| Thomas Smith | Federalist | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. | ||
| Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Darlington | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. |
√ Levi Pawling (Federalist) 25.5% √ Isaac Darlington (Federalist) 25.1% William Darlington (Democratic-Republican) 25.1% John Hahn 24.3% |
| John Hahn | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. | ||
| Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats |
John Whiteside | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Whiteside (Democratic-Republican) 39.4% √ James M. Wallace (Democratic-Republican) 39.0% Amos Slaymaker (Federalist) 21.6% |
| James M. Wallace | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Pennsylvania 4 | Hugh Glasgow | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Jacob Spangler (Democratic-Republican) 67.1% Jacob Hay (Federalist) 32.9% |
| Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Maclay | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 31.0% √ Andrew Boden (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% James McSherry (Federalist) 19.8% John McClelland (Federalist) 18.1% William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 3.3% |
| William Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats |
Samuel D. Ingham | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ John Ross (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% √ Samuel D. Ingham (Democratic-Republican) 49.2% |
| John Ross | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Pennsylvania 7 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | 1798 1804 (Retired) 1814 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 85.0% Charles Shoemaker (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% Daniel Udree (Democratic-Republican) 6.4% |
| Pennsylvania 8 | William Piper | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Alexander Ogle (Democratic-Republican) 99.7% |
| Pennsylvania 9 | Thomas Burnside | Democratic-Republican | 1815 (Special) | Incumbent resigned in April 1816 to accept judicial appointment. New member elected October 8, 1816. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected, the same day, to finish the term. |
√ William P. Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 75.7% James A. Banks (Federalist) 24.3% |
| Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats |
William Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 32.5% √ David Scott (Democratic-Republican) 31.5% William Buyers (Federalist) 14.8 George Kremer (Democratic-Republican) 8.8% Roswell Wells (Federalist) 8.8% Charles Maus 3.5% |
| Jared Irwin | Democratic-Republican | 1812 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor resigned before Congress started, leading to a special election. | ||
| Pennsylvania 11 | William Findley | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ David Marchand (Democratic-Republican) 52.8% George Armstrong (Federalist) 47.2% |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Aaron Lyle | Democratic-Republican | 1808 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 87.2% John Hughes (Federalist) 12.8% |
| Pennsylvania 13 | Isaac Griffin | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Christian Tarr (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% Presley C. Lane (Democratic-Republican) 19.7% Henry Heaton (Democratic-Republican) 14.2% Thomas McKibben (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Thomas Hersey (Democratic-Republican) 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania 14 | John Woods | Federalist | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ Henry Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) 61.6% Walter Lowrie (Democratic-Republican) 38.4% |
| Pennsylvania 15 | Thomas Wilson | Democratic-Republican | 1813 (Special) | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Robert Moore (Democratic-Republican) 51.1% William Clark (Federalist) 48.9% |
See also
[edit]- 1816 Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district special election
- 1817 Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district special election
- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
- List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
References
[edit]- ^ Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). "Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006". The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
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