1806 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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On February 14, 1806, Representative Michael Leib of the 1st district resigned[1] from his seat. A special election was held on November 27, 1806 to fill his seat.

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%

The second session of the 9th Congress began December 1, 1806, thus, Porter was able to attend all of the second session.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf
  2. ^ http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/rep/Congress%201804.pdf
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