1802 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

none March 2025 February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1802 Pennsylvania legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1800 1800 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1804 1804 All 185 new seats gained in reapportionment Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives October 12, 1802 Democratic-Republican 10 18 8 Federalist Party (United States) 3 0 3 Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 12, 1802, for the 8th Congress. Background In the previous election, 13 Representatives (10 Democratic-Republicans and 3 Federalists) had been elected to the 7th Congress. Two (both Democratic-Republicans) had resigned and were replaced in special elections by others of the same party. Congressional districts Pennsylvania gained 5 seats in reapportionment following the 1800 census. In redistricting, the number of districts was reduced from 12 to 11, of which four were plural districts with 11 Representatives between them. Most of the new districts had borders that were very different from the previous districts. The new districts were as follows: 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, Lycoming, and Northumberland 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, 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 Numerous counties had been created between 1800 and 1802 split off from other counties, and several were still administratively attached to other counties. Note: Many of these counties covered much larger areas than they do today, having since been divided into smaller counties Election results Twelve incumbents (9 Democratic-Republicans and 3 Federalists) ran for re-election, many in new districts. William Jones (DR) of the PA 1 1st district did not run for re-election. Of those who ran for re-election, all 9 Democratic-Republicans were re-elected, and all 3 Federalists lost to Democratic-Republicans. The six open seats were all won by Democratic-Republicans, returning an all-Democratic-Republican delegation to the 8th Congress. +1802 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist PA 1 1st3 seats Joseph Clay 4,363 20.2% George Latimer 2,895 13.4% Jacob Richards 4,316 20.0% Peter Brown 2,875 13.3% Michael Leib (I) 3,980 18.4% Jonas Preston 2,847 13.2% Elisha Gordon 304 1.4% PA 2 2nd3 seats Robert Brown (I) 11,456 33.0% Samuel Sitgreaves 3,939 11.3% Isaac Van Horne (I) 10,697 30.8% Nathaniel Borleau 1,682 4.8% Frederick Conrad 6,205 17.9% Lord Butler 781 2.2% PA 3 3rd3 seats John Whitehill 9,396 22.1% Jacob Bower 4,932 11.6% Isaac Anderson 9,365 22.0% Joseph Hemphill (I) 4,853 11.4% Joseph Hiester (I) 9,236 21.7% Thomas Boude (I) 4,829 11.3% PA 4 4th2 seats John A. Hanna (I) 6,110 50.5% David Bard 5,970 49.3% David Mitchell 28 0.2% PA 5 5th Andrew Gregg (I) 4,258 100% PA 6 6th John Stewart (I) 2,285 56.7% John Edie 1,748 43.3% PA 7 7th John Rea 2,173 66.6% Henry Woods (I) 941 28.9% John McLene 147 4.5% PA 8 8th William Findley 1,531 53.9% Jacob Painter 1,312 46.1% PA 9 9th John Smilie (I) 2,718 100% PA 10 10th William Hoge (I) 2,300 100% PA 11 11th John Lucas 2,168 48.9% John Wilkins 1,624 36.7% Alexander Foster 638 14.4% Special election William Hoge (DR) of the PA 10 10th district resigned October 15, 1804. A special election was held November 2, 1804 to fill the resulting vacancy +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. References Electoral data are from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1802 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives