Pennsylvania 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Pennsylvania 1820 U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
Date:: 1820
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: Samuel Moore, Thomas J. Rogers, Daniel W. Dingman, Mathias Morris

Candidates:	Samuel Moore [1]	Thomas J. Rogers [2]	Daniel W. Dingman	Mathias Morris
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result:	7418	6904	5092	4739
District of Six	7418	6904	5092	4739
Bucks County	2479	2025	1906	1619
Falls	84	79	38	37
Lehigh County[3][4]	1652	1644	1164	1143
District of Allentown	653	648	588	581
Hanover	93	93	44	44
North Whitehall	137	139	102	105
Northampton	78	78	124	124
Sallsburg	68	65	108	105
Saucon[5]	151	149	85	83
South Whitehall	126	124	125	120
Grimm's	152	152	253	253
District of Heidelberg	334	333	60	59
Heidelberg	276	275	16	15
Lowhill	58	58	44	44
District of Millerstown	510	508	253	250
Macungie[6]	288	288	129	128
Upper Milford	222	220	124	122
Northampton County	2675	2629	1709	1680
Anthony's	139	139	69	69
Bushkill	104	104	67	67
Butz's[7]	117	117	216	214
Easton	616	616	589	589
Hamilton	157	157	37	37
Hood's	103	103	18	18
Lehighton	107	107	19	19
Mensch's	120	115	151	146
Moore	166	160	74	66
Mount Bethel	402	398	160	151
Pocono	48	47	8	7
Ross	94	94	24	24
Saucon[8]	213	207	110	104
Smithfield	104	102	41	41
Stroud	76	55	97	100
Towamensing	109	108	29	28
Pike County[9][10]	239	234	259	244
Wayne County	373	372	54	53
Buckingham	19	19	-	-
Canaan	35	38	21	21
Damascus	43	43	-	-
Dyberry	124	124	1	1
Mount Pleasant	82	82	-	-
Palmyra	16	12	6	6
Salem	31	31	10	10
Sterling	23	23	16	15

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Several newspaper sources report 1649 votes for Samuel Moore, 1641 votes for Thomas J. Rogers, and 1154 votes for Daniel W. Dingman in Lehigh County, including the October 14th edition of The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA), the October 14th edition of The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), the October 19th edition of the American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA), and the October 20th edition of The Easton Centinel (Easton, PA). The township votes listed here add up to these totals, though the official returns report 1652 votes for Samuel Moore, 1644 for Thomas J. Rogers, and 1164 for Daniel W. Dingman.

[4]The Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), October 24, reports 1145 votes for Daniel W. Dingman.

[5]Der Friedens Bothe, October 12, lists these returns from "Upper Saucon" rather than Saucon.

[6]Der Friedens Bothe, October 12, reports 120 votes for Daniel Dingman.

[7]The populated place known as Butz's refers to an area located within present day Bethlehem Township.

[8]Der Northampton Correspondent and The Easton Centinel (Easton, PA) list these votes under Hellerstown rather than Saucon.

[9]The American Sentinel, October 19, and the Lancaster Intelligencer, October 28, report 339 votes for Samuel Moore and 239 votes for Daniel W. Dingman.

[10]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), October 17, reports 339 votes for Samuel Moore.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1820.

Der Friedens-Bothe und Lecha. Northampton, Bucks und Montgomery Caunties wochentlicher Anzeiger (Allentown, PA). October 12, 1820.

Spirit of Pennsylvania (Easton, PA). October 13, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1820.

Erie Gazette (Erie, PA). October 14, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1820.

The Examiner (Washington, PA). October 16, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1820.

The Genius of Liberty (Uniontown, PA). October 17, 1820.

Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA). October 17, 1820.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 17, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1820.

The Republican Advocate (Huntingdon, PA). October 19, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1820.

The Easton Centinel (Easton, PA). October 20, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1820.

The Mountaineer (Easton, PA). October 20, 1820.

Der Northampton Correspondent (Easton, PA). October 20, 1820.

Spirit of Pennsylvania (Easton, PA). October 20, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1820.

Erie Gazette (Erie, PA). October 21, 1820.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 21, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 24, 1820.

Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA). October 24, 1820.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 24, 1820.

The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA). October 25, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 26, 1820.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 28, 1820.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 4, 1820.

The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA). November 8, 1820.

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