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1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania gained three seats in reapportionment following the 1820 United States census. Pennsylvania elected its members October 8, 1822.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[1]
Pennsylvania 1 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Pennsylvania 2 Joseph Hemphill
Redistricted from the 1st district
Federalist 1800
1802 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 3 Thomas Forrest
Redistricted from the 1st district
Federalist 1822 (Special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 4
Plural district with 3 seats
James Buchanan
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Federalist 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
William Darlington
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Democratic-Republican 1814
1816 (Lost)
1818
Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Samuel Edwards
Redistricted from the 1st district
Federalist 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 5 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
  • Philip S. Markley (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 52.5%
  • John Hughes (Federalist) 47.5%
Pennsylvania 6 John Phillips
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Federalist 1820 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 7
Plural district with 2 seats
Ludwig Worman Federalist 1820 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Incumbent then died October 17, 1822, and winner was also elected December 10, 1822, to begin term early.
None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 8
Plural district with 2 seats
Samuel D. Ingham
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic-Republican 1822 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Thomas J. Rogers
Redistricted from the 6th district
Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 9
Plural district with 3 seats
None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
  • William Cox Ellis (Jackson Federalist) 18.1%
  • Samuel McKean (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 17.4%
  • George Kremer (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 17.3%
  • Joseph Wood (Democratic-Republican) 16.7%
  • Henry Welles (Independent Democratic-Republican) 15.0%
  • Henry Yearwick (Independent Democratic-Republican) 10.5%
  • Ethan Baldwin (Independent Democratic-Republican) 3.6%
  • Nicholas Middlesworth (Democratic-Republican) 1.5%
None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 10 James S. Mitchell
Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 11
Plural district with 2 seats
John Findlay
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic-Republican 1821 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.
James McSherry
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 12 John Brown
Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
  • John Brown (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 100%
Pennsylvania 13 John Tod
Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
  • John Tod (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 100%
Pennsylvania 14 Andrew Stewart
Redistricted from the 13th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Andrew Stewart (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 60.8%
  • Joseph Houston (Independent Democratic-Republican) 39.2%
Pennsylvania 15 Thomas Patterson
Redistricted from the 12th district
Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Thomas Patterson (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 67.8%
  • Walter Craig (Independent Democratic-Republican) 32.2%
Pennsylvania 16
Plural district with 2 seats
Walter Forward
Redistricted from the 14th district
Democratic-Republican 1822 (Special) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
  • Walter Forward (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 30.2%
  • James Allison Jr. (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 28.2%
  • John A. Scroggs (Independent Democratic-Republican) 21.3%
  • Joel Lewis (Independent Democratic-Republican) 20.2%
None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 17 George Plumer
Redistricted from the 11th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
  • George Plumer (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 54.1%
  • Alexander W. Foster (Independent Democratic-Republican) 45.9%
Pennsylvania 18 Patrick Farrelly
Redistricted from the 15th district
Democratic-Republican 1820 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Patrick Farrelly (Jackson Democratic-Republican) 71.4%
  • Samuel Williamson (Independent Democratic-Republican) 28.6%

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Changed parties.

References

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  1. ^ Cox, Harold (January 14, 2007). "Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006" (PDF). The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. Retrieved February 24, 2019.