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1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1820.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[1]
Pennsylvania 1
Plural district with 4 seats
Joseph Hemphill Federalist 1800
1802 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent re-elected.
Samuel Edwards Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
Thomas Forrest Federalist 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
John Sergeant Federalist 1815 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 2
Plural district with 2 seats
William Darlington Democratic-Republican 1814
1816 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent re-elected.
Samuel Gross Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3
Plural district with 2 seats
James M. Wallace Democratic-Republican 1815 (Special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Jacob Hibshman Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Pennsylvania 4 Jacob Hostetter Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 5
Plural district with 2 seats
Andrew Boden Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
David Fullerton Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor was not a candidate in the same day's election to finish the term.
Successor resigned in April 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election.
Pennsylvania 6
Plural district with 2 seats
Samuel Moore Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Samuel Moore (Democratic-Republican) 30.7%
  • Thomas J. Rogers (Democratic-Republican) 28.6%
  • Daniel W. Dingman (Federalist) 21.1%
  • Matthais Morris (Federalist) 19.6%
Thomas J. Rogers Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 7 Joseph Hiester Democratic-Republican 1798
1804 (Retired)
1814
Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Incumbent then resigned in December 1820 when elected Governor of Pennsylvania and successor lost the December 10, 1820 special election to finish the term.
Pennsylvania 8 Robert Philson Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 9 William P. Maclay Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 10
Plural district with 2 seats
George Denison Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
John Murray Democratic-Republican 1817 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Incumbent resigned July 20, 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election.
Pennsylvania 11 David Marchand Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
  • George Plumer (Democratic-Republican) 54.7%
  • Alexander W. Foster (Federalist) 45.3%
Pennsylvania 12 Thomas Patterson Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 67.3%
  • Thomas McGiffen (Federalist) 32.7%
Pennsylvania 13 Christian Tarr Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 14 Henry Baldwin Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 15 Robert Moore Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ John Sergeant was also supported by the Democratic-Republicans.
  2. ^ a b c Changed parties

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Harold (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821-1823" (PDF). Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006 The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.