1798 Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in PA 4 was held on October 9, 1798, to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Samuel Sitgreaves (F), who'd been appointed commissioner to Great Britain under the Jay Treaty. The election was held on the same day as elections to the 6th Congress. Election results Candidate Party VotesCox Harold E. 5th Congress 17971798 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201796.pdf Wilkes University Election Statistics Project January 13, 2007 Percent Robert Brown Democratic-Republican 5,109 62.1% Jacob Everly Federalist 3,120 37.9% See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives elections, 1798 and 1799 References Pennsylvania 1798 04 Pennsylvania 1798 04 1798 04 Pennsylvania 04 United States House of Representatives 04 United States House of Representatives 1798 04