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