Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 14, 1800, for the 7th Congress.
Background Thirteen Representatives (8 Democratic-Republicans and 7 Federalists) had been elected in the previous election
Congressional districts Pennsylvania was divided into 12 districts, one of which (the ) was a plural district, with 2 Representatives. This was the last election which used these districts. The consisted of the City of Philadelphia The consisted of Philadelphia County The consisted of Chester and Delaware Counties The (2 seats) consisted of Montgomery, Bucks and Northampton Counties The consisted of Berks and Luzerne County The consisted of Northumberland and Dauphin Counties The consisted of Lancaster County The consisted of York County The consisted of Mifflin and Cumberland County The consisted of Bedford, Huntingdon and Franklin Counties The consisted of Westmoreland and Fayette Counties The consisted of Allegheny and Washington Counties
The counties that made up the 5th district did not border each other. That district was therefore made up of two separate pieces rather than being a single contiguous entity
Note: Many of these counties covered much larger areas than they do today, having since been divided into smaller counties
Election results Nine incumbents (8 Democratic-Republicans and 1 Federalist) ran for re-election, all of whom won re-election. The incumbents Robert Waln (F) of the , Richard Thomas (F) of the , John W. Kittera (F) of the and Thomas Hartley (F) of the did not run for re-election. Ten Democratic-Republicans and three Federalists were elected, a net gain of 2 seats for the Democratic-Republicans.
+1800 United States House election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist William Jones 1,698 50.2% Francis Gurney 1,684 48.8% Michael Leib (I) 2,744 77.8% John Lardner 783 22.2% Joseph Shallcroft 2,389 46.7% Joseph Hemphill 2,732 53.3% 2 seats Peter Muhlenberg (I) 6,683 34.4% Cadwallader C. Evans 3,028 15.6% Robert Brown (I) 6,681 34.4% John Arndt 3,010 15.5% Joseph Hiester (I) 3,018 83.2% Roswell Wells 611 16.8% John A. Hanna (I) 4,295 74.6% Samuel Maclay 1,460 25.4% John Whitehill 1,927 45.9% Thomas Boude 2,274 54.1% John StewartAlso won special election to 6th Congress 2,263 54.8% John Eddie 1,866 45.2% Andrew Gregg (I) 2,383 72.6% David Mitchell 901 27.4% David Bard 967 46.4% Henry Woods (I) 1,118 53.6% John Smilie (I) 2,182 100% Albert Gallatin (I) 4,270 72.9% Presley Neville 1,590 27.1%
Special elections There were three special elections following the October elections, one of which was for the outgoing Congress.
In the , Peter Muhlenberg (DR) was elected to the Senate on November 27, 1800, while in the , Albert Gallatin (DR) was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in May, 1801. Neither served in the 7th Congress, and special elections were held in both districts on October 13, 1801
+1801 Special election results District Democratic-Republican Federalist Party Isaac Van Horne 4,687 100% William Hoge 4,687 82.6% Alexander Fowler 836 14.7% Isaac Weaver 154 2.7%
References Electoral data are from the Wilkes University Election Statistics Project