1828 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

none February 2026 September 2023 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1828 Pennsylvania legislative no United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1826 1826 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1830 1830 All 26 Pennsylvania seats to the United States House of Representatives October 14, 1828 Jacksonian Party (United States) 20 24 4 Anti-Jacksonian Party (United States) 6 1 5 Anti-Masonic Party 0 1 1 Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 14, 1828, for the 21st Congress. Members of three different parties were elected to the 21st Congress, the first time in US history that a third party won seats. The new Anti-Masonic Party won a total of 5 seats, 1 of which was in Pennsylvania. Background In the previous election, 20 Jacksonians and 5 Anti-Jacksonians had been elected with one vacancy, which was filled in a special election by an Anti-Jacksonian, for a total of 20 Jacksonians and 6 Anti-Jacksonians. Congressional districts Pennsylvania was divided into 18 districts, 6 of which were plural districts The PA 1 1st district consisted of southern Philadelphia County The PA 2 2nd district consisted of the City of Philadelphia The PA 3 3rd district consisted of northern Philadelphia County The PA 4 4th district (3 seats) consisted of Chester, Delaware and Lancaster Counties The PA 5 5th district consisted of Montgomery County The PA 6 6th district consisted of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties The PA 7 7th district (2 seats) consisted of Berks, Lehigh, and Schuylkill Counties The PA 8 8th district (2 seats) consisted of Bucks, Northampton, Pike, and Wayne Counties The PA 9 9th district (3 seats) consisted of Bradford, Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKeane, Northumberland, Potter, Susquehanna, and Tioga Counties The PA 10 10th district consisted of York County The PA 11 11th district (2 seats) consisted of Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and Perry Counties The PA 12 12th district consisted of Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin, and Union Counties The PA 13 13th district consisted of Bedford, Cambria, and Somerset Counties The PA 14 14th district consisted of Fayette and Greene Counties The PA 15 15th district consisted of Washington County The PA 16 16th district (2 seats) consisted of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, and Butler Counties The PA 17 17th district consisted of Indiana, Jefferson, and Westmoreland Counties The PA 18 18th district consisted of Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, and Warren Counties Note: Several of these counties covered larger areas than today, having since been divided into smaller counties Election results 20 incumbents (15 Jacksonians and 5 Anti-Jacksonians) ran for re-election, of whom 12 (all Jacksonians) were re-elected. The incumbents Charles Miner (AJ) of the PA 4 4th district, George Kremer (J), Espy Van Horne (J), and Samuel McKean (J) of the PA 9 9th district, John Mitchell (J) of the PA 12 12th district and Robert Orr, Jr. (J) of the PA 16 16th district did not run for re-election. A total of 8 seats changed parties. One seat changed from Jacksonian control to Anti-Masonic control, one changed from Jacksonian to Anti-Jacksonian, and six changed from Anti-Jacksonian to Jacksonian, for a net change of five seats lost by the Anti-Jacksonians, four gained by the Jacksonians, and one gained by the Anti-Masonics. +1828 United States House election results District Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Other PA 1 1st Joel B. Sutherland (I) 3,072 74.7% Peter A. Browne 1,038 25.3% PA 2 2nd Joseph Hemphill 3,569 54.2% John Sergeant (I) 3,012 45.8% PA 3 3rd Daniel H. Miller (I) 4,497 68.3% Samuel Harvey 2,090 31.7% PA 4 4th3 seats James Buchanan (I) 10,004 17.6% Samuel Anderson (I) 9,023 15.9% Joshua Evans, Jr. 9,932 17.5% Townsend Haines 9,006 15.9% George G. Leiper 9,538 17.4% William Hiester 8,957 15.8% PA 5 5th John B. Sterigere (I) 3,275 56.9% Joseph Royer 2,484 43.1% PA 6 6th Innis Green (I) 3,129 72.0% Valentine Hummel 1,214 28.0% PA 7 7th2 seats Joseph Fry, Jr. (I) 4,750 31.1% Henry King 3,118 20.4% Henry A. P. Muhlenberg 4,391 28.8% William AddamsChanged parties (I) 2,994 19.6% PA 8 8th2 seats George Wolf (I) 6,736 30.6% James M. Porter 4,387 20.0% Samuel D. Ingham 6,591 30.0% Thomas G. Kennedy 4,273 19.4% PA 9 9th3 seats Philander Stephens 9,331 26.9% John Murray 2,944 8.5% James Ford 9,244 26.6% Chauncey Alford 2,583 7.4% Alem Marr 8,999 25.9% George M. Hollenback 1,632 4.7% PA 10 10th Adam King (I) 2,514 63.2% William McIlvine 1,463 36.8% PA 11 11th Thomas H. Crawford 6,792 29.9% James Wilson (I) 4,657 20.5% William Ramsey (I) 6,667 29.3% George Chambers 4,635 20.4% PA 12 12th John Scott 3,203 44.3% William P. Maclay 2,265 31.3% David H. Huling 1,768 24.4% PA 13 13th Chauncey Forward (I) 2,934 51.9% William Piper 2,722 48.1% PA 14 14th Thomas Irwin 3,247 56.3% Andrew Stewart (I) 2,523 43.7% PA 15 15th William McCreery 2,689 64.8% Joseph Lawrence (I) 1,461 35.2% PA 16 16th2 seats John Gilmore 6,172 29.6% Robert Moore 3,813 18.3% William WilkinsAnti-Masonic 5,133 24.7% James S. Stevenson (I) 4,947 23.8% William AyersParty affiliation unknown 752 3.6% PA 17 17th Richard Coulter (I) 4,770 100% PA 18 18th Stephen Barlow (I) 3,128 45.7% Thomas H. Sill 3,718 54.3% Special elections Two special elections were held in 1829 for the 21st Congress. The first was held on October 13, 1829 in the PA 8 8th district to fill two vacancies caused by the resignations of Samuel D. Ingham (J) and George Wolf (J) before the first meeting of the 21st Congress. Wolf's resignation was due to his having been elected Governor of Pennsylvania.http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/21.pdf 21st Congress membership roster 2013-03-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025705/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/21.pdf 2016-03-04 dead The second was held on December 15, 1829 in the PA 16 16th district, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of William Wilkins (AM) on November 9, 1829, before the first session of the 21st Congress began. +1828 Special elections results District Jacksonian Anti-Masonic PA 8 8th2 seats Peter Ihrie, Jr. 5,602 27.2% Samuel A. Smith 5,168 25.1% Nathaniel B. Eldred 4,993 24.3% George Harrison 4,822 23.4% PA 16 16th James S. Stevenson 3,090 42.3% Harmar Denny 4,208 57.7% No seat changed parties after these special elections. References 1828 Wilkes University Election Statistics Project 1828 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives