Mapping Early American Elections

16th Congress: Pennsylvania 1818

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Pennsylvania elected six Federalists and seventeen Democratic-Republicans to the Sixteenth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns in many areas.

Pennsylvania used a district system for electing members to Congress. Each district elected one member of Congress except District 1, which elected four members, and Districts 2, 3, 5, 6, and 10, which each elected two members. The votes cast in Warren County are included in the Venango County totals.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Thomas G. MacCullough was elected to replace David Fullerton, who had resigned from office.

In 1820, a special election was held in which Daniel Udree was elected to replace Joseph Hiester, who had resigned from office.

Congressional election results, 16th Congress: Pennsylvania 1818
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Sergeant Federalist 5,659 14.2% ✓
1 Joseph Hemphill Federalist 5,658 14.2% ✓
1 Samuel Edwards Federalist 5,485 13.8% ✓
1 Thomas Forrest Federalist 5,242 13.2% ✓
1 Nicholas Biddle Democratic-Republican 4,650 11.7%
1 John Connelly Democratic-Republican 4,316 10.9%
1 George G. Leiper Democratic-Republican 4,261 10.7%
1 Jacob Sommer Democratic-Republican 4,237 10.7%
2 William Darlington Democratic-Republican 4,811 27% ✓
2 Samuel Gross Democratic-Republican 4,729 26.5% ✓
2 Levi Pawling Federalist 4,178 23.4%
2 James Kelton Federalist 4,117 23.1%
3 Jacob Hibshman Democratic-Republican 4,477 26.6% ✓
3 James Wallace Democratic-Republican 4,426 26.3% ✓
3 James Montgomery Federalist 3,967 23.6%
3 John Whiteside Federalist 3,937 23.4%
4 Jacob Hostetter Democratic-Republican 2,967 unopposed ✓
5 David Fullerton Democratic-Republican 4,435 30.1% ✓
5 Andrew Boden Democratic-Republican 4,340 29.4% ✓
5 Alexander Cobean Federalist 3,040 20.6%
5 John P. Helfenstein Federalist 2,932 19.9%
6 Samuel Moore Democratic-Republican 4,577 50.6% ✓
6 Thomas J. Rogers Democratic-Republican 4,461 49.4% ✓
7 Joseph Hiester Federalist 2,282 56.1% ✓
7 Jonathan Hudson Democratic-Republican 1,785 43.9%
8 Robert Philson Democratic-Republican 1,880 59.6% ✓
8 John A. Burd Federalist 1,273 40.4%
9 William P. Maclay Democratic-Republican 4,454 77.9% ✓
9 John Brown Democratic-Republican 1,262 22.1%
10 John Murray Democratic-Republican 7,423 50.4% ✓
10 George Dennison Democratic-Republican 7,299 49.6% ✓
11 David Marchand Democratic-Republican 2,470 52.6% ✓
11 James M. Kelly Federalist 2,229 47.4%
12 Thomas Patterson Democratic-Republican 1,503 65.7% ✓
12 Joseph Pentecost Federalist 784 34.3%
13 Christian Tarr Democratic-Republican ✓
14 Henry Baldwin Federalist 2,305 55% ✓
14 Samuel Douglas Democratic-Republican 1,884 45%
15 Robert Moore Democratic-Republican 2,516 53.5% ✓
15 Thomas Wilson Democratic-Republican 2,185 46.5%

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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