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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]

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]

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-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>.
+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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 ==References==
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 [[Category:Special elections to the 9th United States Congress|Pennsylvania 1806 01]]
 [[Category:United States House of Representatives special elections|Pennsylvania 1806 01]]