1818 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Last updated September 16, 2023

Pennsylvania elected its members October 13, 1818.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[1]
Pennsylvania 1 Plural district with 4 seats	John Sergeant	Federalist	1815 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Sergeant (Federalist) 14.2% √ Joseph Hemphill (Federalist) 14.2% √ Samuel Edwards (Federalist) 13.8% √ Thomas Forrest (Federalist) 13.2% Nicholas Biddle (Democratic-Republican) 11.7% John Connelly (Democratic-Republican) 10.9% George G. Leiper (Democratic-Republican) 10.7% Jacob Somner (Democratic-Republican) 10.7% Charles Hare (Democratic-Republican) 0.5%
	Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	1808 1814 (Lost) 1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.
	William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	1808 1814 (Lost) 1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.
	Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	1814	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold.
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats	Levi Pawling	Federalist	1816	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ William Darlington (Democratic-Republican) 27.0% √ Samuel Gross (Democratic-Republican) 26.5% Levi Pawling (Federalist) 23.4% James Kelton (Federalist) 23.1%
Pennsylvania 2 Plural district with 2 seats	Isaac Darlington	Federalist	1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats	James M. Wallace	Democratic-Republican	1815 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jacob Hibshman (Democratic-Republican) 26.6% √ James M. Wallace (Democratic-Republican) 26.3% James Montgomery (Federalist) 23.6% John Whiteside (F^{[lower-alpha 1]}) 23.4%
Pennsylvania 3 Plural district with 2 seats	John Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 4	Jacob Spangler	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected to finish the current term.	√ Jacob Hostetter (Democratic-Republican) 100%
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats	Andrew Boden	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Fullerton (Democratic-Republican) 30.3% √ Andrew Boden (Democratic-Republican) 29.4% Alexander Cobean (Federalist) 20.6% John P. Helfenstein (Federalist) 19.8%
Pennsylvania 5 Plural district with 2 seats	William Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel D. Ingham	Democratic-Republican	1818 (Special)	Incumbent resigned July 6, 1818. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Successor also elected the same day to finish the current term.	√ Samuel Moore (Democratic-Republican) 50.6% √ Thomas J. Rogers (Democratic-Republican) 49.4%
Pennsylvania 6 Plural district with 2 seats	Thomas J. Rogers	Democratic-Republican	1818 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 7	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1798 1804 (Retired) 1814	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Hiester (Democratic-Republican) 65.7% Jonathan Hudson (Democratic-Republican) 34.3%
Pennsylvania 8	Alexander Ogle	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Robert Philson (Democratic-Republican) 59.6% John A. Bard (Federalist) 40.4%
Pennsylvania 9	William P. Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William P. Maclay (Democratic-Republican) 77.6% John Brown (Democratic-Republican) 22.4%
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats	William Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1814	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Murray (Democratic-Republican) 50.4% √ George Denison (Democratic-Republican) 49.6%
Pennsylvania 10 Plural district with 2 seats	John Murray	Democratic-Republican	1817 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 11	David Marchand	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David Marchand (Democratic-Republican) 52.6% James Kelly (Federalist) 47.4%
Pennsylvania 12	Thomas Patterson	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 64.2% Joseph Pentecost (Federalist) 35.8%
Pennsylvania 13	Christian Tarr	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Christian Tarr (Democratic-Republican) 78.7%^{[lower-alpha 2]} Henry Heaton (Democratic-Republican) 21.3%
Pennsylvania 14	Henry Baldwin	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry Baldwin (Democratic-Republican) 55.1% Samuel Douglas (Democratic-Republican) 44.9%
Pennsylvania 15	Robert Moore	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Moore (Democratic-Republican) 53.3% Thomas Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 46.7%

Notes

↑ Changed parties
↑ Based on incomplete data.

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References

↑ Cox, Harold (January 31, 2007). "U. S. Congressional Election 13 October 1818" (PDF). The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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