Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, York County

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, York County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Peter Storm, Jonas Dierdorff, John Livingston, William Nes, Christian Lanius, George Ebert, Henry Ensminger, George Mitchell, Jr.

Candidates:	Peter Storm [1]	Jonas Dierdorff [2]	John Livingston [3]	William Nes [4]	Christian Lanius	George Ebert	Henry Ensminger	George Mitchell, Jr.
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [5][6][7]	2419	2412	2396	2329	1805	1801	1753	1679
York County	2419	2412	2396	2329	1805	1801	1753	1679
Codorus	210	215	214	204	24	19	16	16
Dover	169	170	170	170	35	35	35	35
Fawn	21	21	16	20	72	71	71	78
Hanover	332	332	330	322	166	181	142	158
Hopewell	63	63	59	62	104	105	105	107
Lower Chanceford	59	60	54	60	49	48	48	53
Monaghan	152	155	155	155	77	79	76	83
Newberry[8]	119	113	118	116	210	211	221	210
Peach Bottom	61	67	65	68	50	47	50	56
Shrewsbury	139	132	132	108	85	78	69	79
Upper Chanceford	52	52	50	51	62	62	62	63
Warrington	23	22	24	24	113	113	115	114
Washington	22	22	22	22	78	78	78	78
Windsor	125	125	125	124	52	51	51	51
District of York[9]	873	863	870	822	628	623	604	599
Conewago	40	36	38	37	43	53	52	50
Hellam	87	87	90	83	56	53	52	52
Manchester	89	90	90	87	91	90	89	89
Paradise	56	55	55	51	12	12	11	11
West Manchester	92	92	93	39	56	55	54	56
York	310	313	314	292	300	301	289	292
York	189	190	190	183	60	50	57	49

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]The township votes reported in the October 16th edition of The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA) add up to 2420 for Peter Storm, 2404 for John Livingston, 2327 for William Nes, 1743 for Henry Ensminger, and 1780 for George Mitchell. The township returns in the October 12th edition of the York Gazette (York, PA) add up to the same totals, with the exception of 2328 votes for Nes. Both of these newspapers, and several others that do not provide a breakdown of votes by township, report the vote totals as 2419 for Storm, 2396 for Livingston, 2329 for Nes, 1753 for Ensminger, and 1679 for Mitchell.

[6]Several newspaper sources report 1753 votes for George Ebert and 1801 votes for Henry Ensminger, including The October 27th edition of The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA), the October 24th edition of The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA), and the October 19th edition of The Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA).

[7]The Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA) reports 1753 votes for George Ebert and 1804 votes for Henry Ensminger.

[8]The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA), October 16, reports 115 votes for William Nes.

[9]The township votes reported for York District in the October 12th edition of the York Gazette (York, PA) add up to 863 for Peter Storm, 772 for William Nes, 618 for Christian Lanius, and 614 for George Ebert. York Gazette (York, PA), and several others that do not provide a breakdown of York District votes by township, report the vote totals as 873 for Storm, 822 for Ness, 628 for Lanius, and 623 for Ebert.

References:

York Gazette (York, PA). October 12, 1821.

The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA). October 16, 1821.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1821.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 19, 1821.

York Gazette (York, PA). October 19, 1821.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1821.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 20, 1821.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 23, 1821.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1821.

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 24, 1821.

Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA). October 25, 1821.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 27, 1821.

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