5th Congress U. S. Congressional Election 11 October 1796 1797-1798 Name Party Vote Name Party Vote Name Party Vote 1st District: 6th District: 12th District: John Swanwick Dem-Rep 1,507 John A. Hanna Dem-Rep 898 Albert Gallatin Dem-Rep 2,522 Died 1 August 1798 John Carson Federalist 255 John Woods Federalist 1,079 Edward Tilghman Federalist 1,432 Samuel Maclay Dem-Rep 56 Thomas Stokeley Federalist 486 2nd District: 7th District: Blair McClenachan Dem-Rep 1,182 John Wilkes Kittera Federalist 1,679 Robert Waln Federalist 795 William Webb Federalist 77 Special Election - 10 October 1797 8th District: 5th District: 3rd District: Thomas Hartley Federalist 1,502 Joseph Heister Dem-Rep 1,259 Richard Thomas Federalist 1,282 Replaced a Federalist, thereby giving a 9th District: William Gibbons Dem-Rep 1,143 majority of the delegation to the Federal- Andrew Gregg Dem-Rep 1,141 ists, 7 to 6. 4th District (2 elected): William Irvine Dem-Rep 678 Samuel Sitgreaves Federalist 3,752 James Wallace Federalist 168 Special Election - 9 October 1798 Resigned 29 August 1798. Robert Whitehill Dem-Rep 86 1st District: John Chapman Federalist 2,214 Thomas Kennedy Federalist 49 Peter Muhlenberg Dem-Rep 1,148 Robert Waln Federalist 866 10th District: John Richards Dem-Rep 1,081 Replaced Democratic-Republican. David Bard Dem-Rep 1,581 Robert Lollar Dem-Rep 604 Samuel Miles Dem-Rep 380 Abraham Smith Dem-Rep 1,062 5th District: William M. Brown Federalist 862 4th District - 9 October 1798 George Ege Federalist 2,028 11th District: Robert Brown Dem-Rep 5,109 Resigned October 1797. William Findley Dem-Rep 2,090 Jacob Everly Federalist 3,120 Joseph Hiester Dem-Rep 1,538 James Findley Federalist 546 Replaced Federalist. Boldface indicates winner. Italics indicate incumbent. 5th Congress: 1797-1799 Democratic-Republican - 7 Federalist - 6 NORTHUMBERLAND LUZERNE ALLEGHENY 6 5 4 MIFFLIN NORTHAMPTON 12 2 seats 5 HUNTINGDON 9 BERKS BUCKS WESTMORELAND DAUPHIN MONTGOMERY 11 CUMBERLAND WASHINGTON 10 LANCASTER CHESTER PHILA. BEDFORD 2 FAYETTE 8 7 DELAWARE PHILA. FRANKLIN YORK 3 1CITY Source: Dubin, Congressional Elections, pp. 15-17. 13 January 2007.