1798_Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district on October 9, 1798 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of John Swanwick (DR) on August 1, 1798. The election was held on the same day as elections to the 6th Congress.

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
Robert Waln	Federalist	866	69.5%
Samuel Miles	Democratic-Republican	380	30.5%

^ Cox, Harold E. (January 13, 2007). "5th Congress 1797–1798" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.