1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1808 Pennsylvania legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1806 1806 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1810 1810 All 18 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives October 11, 1808 Democratic-Republican 15 16 1 Federalist Party (United States) 3 2 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 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 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 PA 1 1st district, John Hiester (DR) of the PA 3 3rd district, Daniel Montgomery (DR) of the PA 5 5th district and William Hoge (DR) of the PA 10 10th district did not run for re-election. There was also a vacancy in the 1st district. One seat changed from Federalist to Democratic-Republican control. +1808 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Quid Federalist PA 1 1st3 seats Benjamin SayWon special election to 10th Congress 7,598 18.5% Joseph Hemphill 6,123 14.9% John Porter (I) 7,589 18.5% Derick Peterson 6,098 14.9% William Anderson 7,559 18.4% Charles W. Hare 6,052 14.8% PA 2 2nd3 seats Robert Brown (I) 9,218 16.9% John RossAligned with the Democratic-Republicans 9,167 16.8% John Pugh (I) 9,090 16.7% William MilnorAligned with the Federalists (I) 9,095 16.7% John Hahn 9,026 16.6% Roswell Wells 8,941 16.4% PA 3 3rd3 seats John Whitehill 10,216 16.4% Matthias Richards (I) 10,652 17.1% Roger Davis 10,161 16.3% Daniel Hiester 10,652 17.1% William Witman 10,121 16.2% Robert Jenkins (I) 10,542 16.9% PA 4 4th2 seats Robert Whitehill (I) 8,807 36.7% John Gloninger 3,228 13.5% David Bard (I) 8,774 36.6% William Alexander 3,165 13.2% PA 5 5th George Smith 7,191 82.3% John Bull 1,549 17.7% PA 6 6th William Crawford 3,506 52.4% James Kelly (I) 3,188 47.6% PA 7 7th John Rea (I) 3,496 61.5% Andrew Dunlap 2,191 38.5% PA 8 8th John Kirkpatrick 1,732 29.1% William Findley (I) 2,718 45.7% Robert Philson 1,502 25.2% PA 9 9th John Smilie (I) 3,183 67.3% Thomas Meason 1,550 32.7% PA 10 10th Aaron Lyle (I) 3,425 76.5% John Hamilton 1,053 23.5% PA 11 11th Samuel Smith (I) 6,206 68.3% Alexander Foster 2,885 31.7% PA 1 1st (special) Benjamin Say 7,598 55.7% Charles W. Hare 6,046 44.3% Special election Benjamin Say (DR) of the PA 1 1st district resigned in June, 1809, and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy +1809 Special election results District Democratic-Republican PA 1 1st Adam Seybert 5,936 59.5% Richard R. SmithRan as "American Republican" 4,043 40.5% References Electoral data and information on districts are from the Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project 1808 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives