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A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Michael Leib (DR) on February 14, 1806^[1].

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
John Porter	Democratic-Republican	2,396	73.1%
Richard Falwell	Federalist	829	25.3%
Jonas Preston	Federalist	53	1.6%

Porter took his seat December 8, 1806^[1]

References

[roster-1] 9th Congress membership roster

[2] Election results for Pennsylvania for the 9th Congress

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-On February 14, 1806, Representative [[Michael Leib]] of the {{ushr|PA|1|1st district}} resigned<ref>http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf</ref> from his seat.  A special election was held on November 27, 1806 to fill his seat.
+A '''[[special election]]''' was held in '''{{ushr|PA|1}}''' on November 27, 1806 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of [[Michael Leib]] (DR) on February 14, 1806<ref name="roster">[http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf 9th Congress membership roster]</ref>.
 ==Election results==
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-! Votes<ref>http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201804.pdf</ref>
+! Votes<ref>[http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201804.pdf Election results for Pennsylvania for the 9th Congress]</ref>
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+Porter took his seat December 8, 1806<ref name="roster"/>
-The second session of the 9th Congress began December 1, 1806, thus, Porter was able to attend all of the second session.
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-[[Category:Special elections to the 9th United States Congress|Pennsylvania 01]]
+[[Category:Special elections to the 9th United States Congress|Pennsylvania 1806 01]]
-[[Category:United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|1806]]
+[[Category:United States House of Representatives special elections in Pennsylvania|1806 01]]
-[[Category:United States House of Representatives special elections in Pennsylvania|1806]]
 [[Category:United States House of Representatives elections, 1806|Pennsylvania 01]]