1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Summary

Pennsylvania elected its members October 13, 1818.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[1]
Pennsylvania 1
Plural district with 4 seats
John Sergeant Federalist 1815 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. John Sergeant (Federalist) 14.2%
Joseph Hemphill (Federalist) 14.2%
Samuel Edwards (Federalist) 13.8%
Thomas Forrest (Federalist) 13.2%
Nicholas Biddle (Democratic-Republican) 11.7%
John Connelly (Democratic-Republican) 10.9%
George G. Leiper (Democratic-Republican) 10.7%
Jacob Somner (Democratic-Republican) 10.7%
Charles Hare (Democratic-Republican) 0.5%
Adam Seybert Democratic-Republican 1808
1814 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
William Anderson Democratic-Republican 1808
1814 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Joseph Hopkinson Federalist 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
Pennsylvania 2
Plural district with 2 seats
Levi Pawling Federalist 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William Darlington (Democratic-Republican) 27.0%
Samuel Gross (Democratic-Republican) 26.5%
Levi Pawling (Federalist) 23.4%
James Kelton (Federalist) 23.1%
Isaac Darlington Federalist 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 3
Plural district with 2 seats
James M. Wallace Democratic-Republican 1815 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. Jacob Hibshman (Democratic-Republican) 26.6%
James M. Wallace (Democratic-Republican) 26.3%
James Montgomery (Federalist) 23.6%
John Whiteside (F[a]) 23.4%
John Whiteside Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 4 Jacob Spangler Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor also elected to finish the current term.
Jacob Hostetter (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Pennsylvania 5
Plural district with 2 seats
Andrew Boden Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. David Fullerton (Democratic-Republican) 30.3%
Andrew Boden (Democratic-Republican) 29.4%
Alexander Cobean (Federalist) 20.6%
John P. Helfenstein (Federalist) 19.8%
William Maclay Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 6
Plural district with 2 seats
Samuel D. Ingham Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent resigned July 6, 1818.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term.
Samuel Moore (Democratic-Republican) 50.6%
Thomas J. Rogers (Democratic-Republican) 49.4%
Thomas J. Rogers Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 7 Joseph Hiester Democratic-Republican 1798
1804 (Retired)
1814
Incumbent re-elected. Joseph Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 65.7%
Jonathan Hudson (Democratic-Republican) 34.3%
Pennsylvania 8 Alexander Ogle Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Robert Philson (Democratic-Republican) 59.6%
John A. Bard (Federalist) 40.4%
Pennsylvania 9 William P. Maclay Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. William P. Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 77.6%
John Brown (Democratic-Republican) 22.4%
Pennsylvania 10
Plural district with 2 seats
William Wilson Democratic-Republican 1814 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
John Murray (Democratic-Republican) 50.4%
George Denison (Democratic-Republican) 49.6%
John Murray Democratic-Republican 1817 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 11 David Marchand Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. David Marchand (Democratic-Republican) 52.6%
James Kelly (Federalist) 47.4%
Pennsylvania 12 Thomas Patterson Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 64.2%
Joseph Pentecost (Federalist) 35.8%
Pennsylvania 13 Christian Tarr Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Christian Tarr (Democratic-Republican) 78.7%[b]
Henry Heaton (Democratic-Republican) 21.3%
Pennsylvania 14 Henry Baldwin Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Henry Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) 55.1%
Samuel Douglas (Democratic-Republican) 44.9%
Pennsylvania 15 Robert Moore Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected. Robert Moore (Democratic-Republican) 53.3%
Thomas Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 46.7%

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Changed parties
  2. ^ Based on incomplete data.

References edit

  1. ^ Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). "U. S. Congressional Election 13 October 1818" (PDF). The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.