1796 Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district special election

A special election was held in Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district on October 11, 1796, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester (DR) on July 1, 1796^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
George Ege	Federalist	2,039	56.8%
Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1,553	43.2%

George Ege also won the 5th district in the general election.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. "Fourth Congress March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012.
2. Cox, Harold E. (January 13, 2007). "4th Congress 1795–1797" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.