1816 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Last updated September 16, 2023

Pennsylvania elected its members October 8, 1816.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[1]
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats	John Sergeant	Federalist	1815 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Adam Seybert (Democratic-Republican) 13.9% √ William Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 13.8% √ John Sergeant (Federalist) 12.5% √ Joseph Hopkinson (Federalist) 12.3% William Milnor (Federalist) 12.2% Samuel Edwards (Federalist) 12.1% Jacob Summer (Democratic-Republican) 8.8% John Conard (Democratic-Republican) 8.1% William J. Duane (Democratic-Republican) 6.3%
	Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	1814	Incumbent re-elected.
	William Milnor	Federalist	1806 1810 (Lost) 1814	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
	Thomas Smith	Federalist	1814	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats	William Darlington	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Levi Pawling (Federalist) 25.5% √ Isaac Darlington (Federalist) 25.1% William Darlington (Democratic-Republican) 25.1% John Hahn 24.3%
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats	John Hahn	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats	John Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Whiteside (Democratic-Republican) 39.4% √ James M. Wallace (Democratic-Republican) 39.0% Amos Slaymaker (Federalist) 21.6%
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats	James M. Wallace	Democratic-Republican	1815 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 4	Hugh Glasgow	Democratic-Republican	1812	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Jacob Spangler (Democratic-Republican) 67.1% Jacob Hay (Federalist) 32.9%
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats	William Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 31.0% √ Andrew Boden (Democratic-Republican) 27.8% James McSherry (Federalist) 19.8% John McClelland (Federalist) 18.1% William Crawford (Democratic-Republican) 3.3%
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats	William Crawford	Democratic-Republican	1808	Incumbent lost-re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel D. Ingham	Democratic-Republican	1812	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Ross (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% √ Samuel D. Ingham (Democratic-Republican) 49.2%
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats	John Ross	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 7	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1798 1804 (Retired) 1814	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 85.0% Charles Shoemaker (Democratic-Republican) 8.6% Daniel Udree (Democratic-Republican) 6.4%
Pennsylvania 8	William Piper	Democratic-Republican	1810	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Alexander Ogle (Democratic-Republican) 99.7%
Pennsylvania 9	Thomas Burnside	Democratic-Republican	1815 (Special)	Incumbent resigned in April 1816 to accept judicial appointment. New member elected October 8, 1816. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected, the same day, to finish the term.	√ William P. Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 75.7% James A. Banks (Federalist) 24.3%
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats	William Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 32.5% √ David Scott (Democratic-Republican) 31.5% William Buyers (Federalist) 14.8 George Kremer (Democratic-Republican) 8.8% Roswell Wells (Federalist) 8.8% Charles Maus 3.5%
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats	Jared Irwin	Democratic-Republican	1812	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor resigned before Congress started, leading to a special election.
Pennsylvania 11	William Findley	Democratic-Republican	1802	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ David Marchand (Democratic-Republican) 52.8% George Armstrong (Federalist) 47.2%
Pennsylvania 12	Aaron Lyle	Democratic-Republican	1808	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 87.2% John Hughes (Federalist) 12.8%
Pennsylvania 13	Isaac Griffin	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Christian Tarr (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% Presley C. Lane (Democratic-Republican) 19.7% Henry Heaton (Democratic-Republican) 14.2% Thomas McKibben (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% Thomas Hersey (Democratic-Republican) 3.6%
Pennsylvania 14	John Woods	Federalist	1814	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Henry Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) 61.6% Walter Lowrie (Democratic-Republican) 38.4%
Pennsylvania 15	Thomas Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1813 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Robert Moore (Democratic-Republican) 51.1% William Clark (Federalist) 48.9%

Notes

↑ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.

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↑ Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). "Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682-2006". The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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