1796_Pennsylvania's_5th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district on October 11, 1796 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester (DR) on July 1, 1796^[1]

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
George Ege	Federalist	2,039	56.8%
Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1,553	43.2%

George Ege also won the 5th district in the general election.

^ "Fourth Congress March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012.
^ Cox, Harold E. (January 13, 2007). "4th Congress 1795–1797" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.