1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

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{{Elections in Pennsylvania}}

Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1820.

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! colspan=3 | Incumbent

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Member

! Party

! First elected

! Results

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| Joseph Hemphill

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1800
1802 (Lost)
1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

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Samuel Edwards

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

Thomas Forrest

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.

John Sergeant

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| 1815 (Special)

| Incumbent re-elected.

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{{Small|Plural district with 2 seats}}

| William Darlington

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1814
1816 (Lost)
1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

| rowspan=2 nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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Samuel Gross

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

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| James M. Wallace

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1815 (Special)

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.

| rowspan=2 nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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Jacob Hibshman

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.

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| Jacob Hostetter

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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{{Small|Plural district with 2 seats}}

| Andrew Boden

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| rowspan=2 nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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David Fullerton

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent resigned May 15, 1820.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Successor was not a candidate in the same day's election to finish the term.
Successor resigned in April 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election.

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| Samuel Moore

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

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  • Samuel Moore (Democratic-Republican) 30.7%
  • Thomas J. Rogers (Democratic-Republican) 28.6%
  • Daniel W. Dingman (Federalist) 21.1%
  • Matthais Morris (Federalist) 19.6%

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Thomas J. Rogers

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818 (Special)

| Incumbent re-elected.

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| Joseph Hiester

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1798
1804 (Retired)
1814

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Incumbent then resigned in December 1820 when elected Governor of Pennsylvania and successor lost the December 10, 1820 special election to finish the term.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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| Robert Philson

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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| William P. Maclay

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

}}

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{{Small|Plural district with 2 seats}}

| George Denison

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1818

| Incumbent re-elected.

| rowspan=2 nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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John Murray

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1817 (Special)

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Incumbent resigned July 20, 1821, leading to an October 9, 1821 special election.

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| David Marchand

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • George Plumer (Democratic-Republican) 54.7%
  • Alexander W. Foster (Federalist) 45.3%

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| Thomas Patterson

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

  • Thomas Patterson (Democratic-Republican) 67.3%
  • Thomas McGiffen (Federalist) 32.7%

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| Christian Tarr

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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| Henry Baldwin

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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| Robert Moore

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| 1816

| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist |

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See also

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