1788 United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania
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An election to the United States House of Representatives was held in Pennsylvania on November 26, 1788, for the 1st Congress.
Background
The
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and then ratified by the States. Pennsylvania's legislature ratified the Constitution on December 12, 1787, by a vote of 46-23. On July 8, 1788, the Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution calling the first session of the 1st United States Congress for March 4, 1789, to convene at New York City and the election of senators
and representatives in the meanwhile by the States.
Election
Pennsylvania's legislature scheduled the election for November 26, 1788, and provided for the election to be held on an
German population in Pennsylvania tended to vote for German candidates, giving the Anti-Federalist Muhlenberg and Hiester enough votes to gain seats.[1]
Pro-Administration
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Anti-Administration
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Frederick Muhlenberg | 8,707 | 7.49% | Peter Muhlenberg | 7,417 | 6.38% |
Henry Wynkoop | 8,246 | 7.09% | Daniel Hiester | 7,403 | 6.37% |
Thomas Hartley | 8,163 | 7.02% | William Findley | 6,586 | 5.66% |
George Clymer | 8,094 | 6.96% | William Irvine
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6,492 | 5.58% |
Thomas Fitzsimons | 8,086 | 6.95% | Charles Pettit | 6,481 | 5.57% |
Thomas Scott | 8,068 | 6.94% | William Montgomery | 6,348 | 5.46% |
John Allison | 7,067 | 6.08% | Blair McClenachan | 6,223 | 5.35% |
Stephen Chambers | 7,050 | 6.06% | Robert Whitehall | 5,850 | 5.03% |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1788 and 1789
References
- Electoral data and information on districts are from the Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project