Pennsylvania 1820 Commissioner, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County

Office:
Commissioner (County)
Title:
Commissioner
Jurisdiction:
County
Label:
Pennsylvania 1820 Commissioner, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County
Date:
1820
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Commissioner/Commissioner
Candidates:
Samuel Pancoast, Jr., Philip Peltz, Malcolm MacDonald, John Vallance, George Peters
Candidates: Samuel Pancoast, Jr.[1]Philip PeltzMalcolm MacDonaldJohn VallanceGeorge Peters
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistOld School RepublicanRepublican
Final Result: [2][3]35983280325866095
City of Philadelphia1762765172445095
Philadelphia County[4][5]183625151534210-
District of Blockley and Kingsessing731746411-
Bristol51511--
Bustleton[6]14417617--
Frankford13065762-
Germantown1222194216-
District of Kensington2903639120-
Moyamensing2957117--
Northern Liberties[7]75673344949-
Passyunk1103174-
Penn9922012772-
Roxborough5914291-
District of Southwark8221252435-

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), October 11, lists John Vallance as one of the "Radicals or Fragments of Factions."
[3]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), October 11; Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), October 12; and the Democratic Press, October 11, report 3609 votes for Samuel Pancoast, Jr., 3287 for Philip Petz, 3241 for Malcolm MacDonald, and 659 for John Vallance.
[4]The October 11th edition of The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) and the October 13th edition of The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) both report 1845 votes for Samuel Pancoast Jr., 2522 votes for Philip Peltz, 1517 votes for Malcolm MacDonald, and 209 votes for John Vallance.
[5]The October 11th edition of The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) and the October 12th edition of Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) both report 1847 votes for Samuel Pancoast Jr., 2522 votes for Philip Peltz, 1517 votes for Malcolm MacDonald, and 209 votes for John Vallance.
[6]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) lists no votes for Malcolm MacDonald.
[7]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) reports 765 votes for Samuel Pancoast Jr. and 740 votes for Philip Peltz.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1820.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1820.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1820.
The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1820.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1820.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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