1826 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1826.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[1]
Pennsylvania 1	John Wurts	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y Joel B. Sutherland (Jacksonian) 55.8% Samuel Breck (Anti-Jacksonian) 26.7% William J. Duane (Jacksonian) 17.5%
Pennsylvania 2	Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian	1800 1802 (Lost) 1818	Incumbent resigned before October 10, 1826. New member not elected due to tie vote between the top two candidates, leading to an October 9, 1827 special election. Jacksonian loss.	Henry Horn (Jacksonian) 34.8% John Sergeant (Anti-Jacksonian) 34.8% Thomas Kittera (Anti-Jacksonian) 30.3%
Pennsylvania 3	Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Daniel H. Miller (Jacksonian) 72.1% John Harrison 25.4% Jacob Sommert 2.5%
Pennsylvania 4 Plural district with 3 seats	James Buchanan	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Buchanan (Jacksonian) 18.5% Y Samuel Anderson (Anti-Jacksonian) 17.8% Y Charles Miner (Anti-Jacksonian) 17.6% Joshua Evans Jr. (Jacksonian) 15.5% John McCamant (Jacksonian) 15.3% George G. Leiper (Jacksonian) 15.2%
	Samuel Edwards	Jacksonian	1818	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Anti-Jacksonian gain.
	Charles Miner	Anti-Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 5	Philip S. Markley	Anti-Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y John B. Sterigere (Jacksonian) 55.0% Philip S. Markley (Anti-Jacksonian) 45.0%
Pennsylvania 6	Robert Harris	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y Innis Green (Jacksonian) 62.2% John M. Forster 37.8%
Pennsylvania 7 Plural district with 2 seats	William Addams	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.	Y William Addams (Jacksonian) 31.9% Y Joseph Fry Jr. (Jacksonian) 29.0% Henry W. Conrad 21.2% James Dongan 17.9%
Pennsylvania 7 Plural district with 2 seats	Henry Wilson	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent died August 14, 1826. New member elected. Jacksonian hold. Successor not elected the same day to finish the current term.
Pennsylvania 8 Plural district with 2 seats	George Wolf	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.	Y George Wolf (Jacksonian) 50.4% Y Samuel D. Ingham (Jacksonian) 49.6%
Pennsylvania 8 Plural district with 2 seats	Samuel D. Ingham	Jacksonian	1812 1818 (Resigned) 1822 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 9 Plural district with 3 seats	George Kremer	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Samuel McKean (Jacksonian) 33.8% Y Espy Van Horne (Jacksonian) 33.5% Y George Kremer (Jacksonian) 32.6%
	Espy Van Horne	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.
	Samuel McKean	Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 10	James S. Mitchell	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y Adam King (Jacksonian) 54.6% John Garnder (Ind. Rep.) 45.4%
Pennsylvania 11 Plural district with 2 seats	James Wilson	Anti-Jacksonian	1822	Incumbent re-elected.	Y James Wilson (Anti-Jacksonian) 34.7% Y William Ramsey (Jacksonian) 28.0% James Dunlop 23.7% Samuel Alexander 13.6%
Pennsylvania 11 Plural district with 2 seats	John Findlay	Jacksonian	1821 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.
Pennsylvania 12	John Mitchell	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Mitchell (Jacksonian) 45.4% Robert Allison 30.0% John Brown (Jacksonian) 24.7%
Pennsylvania 13	Alexander Thomson	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent resigned May 1, 1826. New member elected. Jacksonian hold. Successor was also elected the same day to finish the current term.	Y Chauncey Forward (Jacksonian) 65.3% William Piper 34.7%
Pennsylvania 14	Andrew Stewart	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent re-elected to a different party. Anti-Jacksonian gain.	Y Andrew Stewart (Anti-Jacksonian) 75.2% Joshua Hart 24.8%
Pennsylvania 15	Joseph Lawrence	Anti-Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joseph Lawrence (Anti-Jacksonian) 100%
Pennsylvania 16 Plural district with 2 seats	Robert Orr Jr.	Jacksonian	1825 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Robert Orr Jr. (Jacksonian) 50.3% Y James S. Stevenson (Jacksonian) 49.7%
Pennsylvania 16 Plural district with 2 seats	James S. Stevenson	Jacksonian	1824	Incumbent re-elected.
Pennsylvania 17	George Plumer	Jacksonian	1820	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Jacksonian hold.	Y Richard Coulter (Jacksonian) 59.4% James Clarke (Jacksonian) 40.6%
Pennsylvania 18	Thomas H. Sill	Anti-Jacksonian	1826 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Jacksonian gain.	Y Stephen Barlow (Jacksonian) 57.8% Thomas H. Sill (Anti-Jacksonian) 36.6% John Findley 5.5%

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↑ Wilkes University Elections Statistics Project

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