1804 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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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 PA 1 1st district (3 seats) consisted of Delaware and Philadelphia counties (including the City of Philadelphia) The PA 2 2nd district (3 seats) consisted of Bucks, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, and Wayne Counties The PA 3 3rd district (3 seats) consisted of Berks, Chester, and Lancaster Counties The PA 4 4th district (2 seats) consisted of Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, and Mifflin Counties The PA 5 5th district consisted of Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Northumberland, Potter, and Tioga Counties The PA 6 6th district consisted of Adams and York Counties The PA 7 7th district consisted of Bedford and Franklin Counties The PA 8 8th district consisted of Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Somerset, and Westmoreland Counties The PA 9 9th district consisted of Fayette and Greene Counties The PA 10 10th district consisted of Washington County The PA 11 11th district 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 PA 2 2nd district, Joseph Hiester (DR) of the PA 3 3rd district and William Hoge (DR) of the PA 10 10th district did not run for re-election. One seat changed from Democratic-Republican to Federalist. Returns are incomplete for the PA 8 8th, PA 9 9th, and PA 10 10th districts +1804 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Quid Federalist PA 1 1st3 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% PA 2 2nd3 seats John Pugh 6,701 32.2% John Ross 2,710 13.0% Frederick Conrad (I) 6,596 21.8% Samuel Preston 268 1.3% Robert Brown (I) 4,532 21.8% PA 3 3rd3 seats Christian Lower 9,079 33.1% Thomas Boude 2,929 10.7% John Whitehill (I) 6,309 23.0% Isaac Wayne 2,814 10.3% Isaac Anderson (I) 6,287 22.9% PA 4 4th2 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% PA 5 5th Andrew Gregg (I) 3,318 100% PA 6 6th John Stewart (I) 1,211 41.5% James Kelly 1,705 58.5% PA 7 7th John Rea (I) 1,494 100% PA 8 8th William Findley (I) 1,332 64.7% John Brandon 727 35.3% PA 9 9th John Smilie (I) 100% PA 10 10th John Hamilton 1,068 John Israel No returns PA 11 11th John Lucas (I) 2,526 64.8% James O'Hara 1,373 35.2% Special elections Special election to the 8th Congress William Hoge (DR) of the PA 10 10th district resigned October 15, 1804. A special election was held November 2, 1804 to fill his seat for the remainder of the 8th Congress +1804 Special election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist PA 10 10th John Hoge 477 52.1% 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 PA 4 4th district, John A. Hanna (DR) died on July 23, 1805, while in the PA 11 11th district, John Lucas (DR) resigned prior to the first meeting of the 9th Congress. +1805 Special election results District Democratic-Republican Constitutional Republicans (Quid) Federalist PA 4 4th Robert Whitehill 6,457 70.7% James Duncan 2,674 29.3% PA 11 11th Samuel Smith 3,275 52.7% Nathaniel Irish 681 11.0% James O'Hara 2,263 36.4% Michael Leib (DR) of the PA 1 1st district resigned February 14, 1806. A special election was held November 27, 1806 +1806 Special election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist PA 1 1st John Porter 2,396 73.1% Richard Falwell 829 25.3% Jonas Preston 53 1.6% References Electoral data are from The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1804 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives