1806 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election

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]

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%

Porter took his seat December 8, 1806^[1]

See also

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