Mapping Early American Elections

5th Congress: Pennsylvania 1796

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Pennsylvania elected seven Democratic-Republicans and six Federalists to the Fifth Congress.

Pennsylvania continued to use a district system for electing members to Congress. Each district elected one member of Congress except District 4, which elected two members.

In October 1798, Pennsylvania held a special election in which Robert Wain was elected to replace John Swanick, who died in office. In October 1798, Pennsylvania held a special election in which Robert Brown was elected to replace Samuel Sitgreaves, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 5th Congress: Pennsylvania 1796
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Swanwick Democratic-Republican 1,502 51.2% ✓
1 Edward Tilghman Federalist 1,432 48.8%
2 Blair MacClenachan Democratic-Republican 1,182 56.5% ✓
2 Robert Waln Federalist 910 43.5%
3 Richard Thomas Federalist 1,282 52.9% ✓
3 William Gibbons Democratic-Republican 1,143 47.1%
4 Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 3,752 62.9% ✓
4 John Chapman Federalist 2,214 37.1% ✓
5 George Ege Federalist 2,028 56.9% ✓
5 Joseph Hiester Democratic-Republican 1,538 43.1%
6 John A. Hanna Democratic-Republican ✓
7 John W. Kittera Federalist 1,679 95.6% ✓
8 Thomas Hartley Federalist 1,142 unopposed ✓
9 Andrew Gregg Democratic-Republican 1,141 53.8% ✓
9 William Irvine Federalist 678 32%
9 James Wallace Federalist 168 7.9%
9 Other candidates 135 6.4%
10 David Bard Democratic-Republican ✓
11 William Findley Democratic-Republican 2,090 79.3% ✓
11 James Findlay Federalist 546 20.7%
12 Albert Gallatin Democratic-Republican 2,522 61.7% ✓
12 John Woods Federalist 1,079 26.4%
12 Thomas Stokeley Federalist 486 11.9%

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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“5th Congress: Pennsylvania 1796,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress05.pa.county.html