Mapping Early American Elections

3rd Congress: Pennsylvania 1792

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Pennsylvania voters elected eight Democratic-Republicans and five Federalists to the Third Congress.

Pennsylvania returned to a state-wide at-large system for electing members to Congress. Following the 1790 Census, Pennsylvania gained five seats in the House of Representatives.

Congressional election results, 3rd Congress: Pennsylvania 1792
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large William Findley Democratic-Republican 33,314 7.9% ✓ Elected
At-large Frederick A. Muhlenberg Democratic-Republican 32,460 7.7% ✓ Elected
At-large Daniel Heister Democratic-Republican 32,322 7.7% ✓ Elected
At-large William Irvine Democratic-Republican 31,205 7.4% ✓ Elected
At-large John W. Kittera Federalist 29,844 7.1% ✓ Elected
At-large Thomas Hartley Federalist 28,612 6.8% ✓ Elected
At-large Peter Muhlenberg Democratic-Republican 24,971 6% ✓ Elected
At-large Thomas Fitzsimons Federalist 18,108 4.3% ✓ Elected
At-large James Armstrong Federalist 17,431 4.2% ✓ Elected
At-large Andrew Gregg Democratic-Republican 17,272 4.1% ✓ Elected
At-large John Smilie Democratic-Republican 16,818 4% ✓ Elected
At-large William Montgomery Democratic-Republican 16,776 4% ✓ Elected
At-large Thomas Scott Federalist 16,657 4% ✓ Elected
At-large Charles Thompson 16,388 3.9% Not elected
At-large Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 15,612 3.7% Not elected
At-large Jonathan D. Sergeant Democratic-Republican 15,485 3.7% Not elected
At-large John Barclay Democratic-Republican 14,953 3.6% Not elected
At-large William Bingham Federalist 14,481 3.5% Not elected
At-large Henry Wynkoop Federalist 14,239 3.4% Not elected
At-large Other candidates 12,104 2.7% Not elected

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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“3rd Congress: Pennsylvania 1792,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress03.pa.county.html