Pennsylvania 1822 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1822 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Date:: 1822
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John Gehr, William Addams, David Hottenstein, Godfrey Rehrer, William Audenried, Jacob Huntzinger, John Neikirch, Daniel Ruth, Jacob Levan, Francis S. Muhlenberg

Candidates:	John Gehr [1]	William Addams [2]	David Hottenstein [3]	Godfrey Rehrer [4]	William Audenried [5]	Jacob Huntzinger	John Neikirch	Daniel Ruth	Jacob Levan	Francis S. Muhlenberg
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result:	2873	2870	2810	2809	2736	2388	2386	2356	2289	2235
District of Berks and Schuylkill[6][7]	2873	2870	2810	2809	2736	2388	2386	2356	2289	2235
Berks County[8][9]	2323	2321	2263	2275	2229	1904	1962	1939	1875	1838
Albany	93	93	93	93	93	20	20	20	20	20
Amity	82	83	82	81	84	48	50	49	49	47
Bethel	78	76	77	84	76	23	30	30	29	25
Colebrookdale[10]	66	67	67	67	67	34	34	34	34	34
District	28	28	28	28	28	21	21	21	21	21
Douglass[11]	63	63	63	63	63	7	7	7	7	7
Earl[12]	62	63	63	63	63	17	17	17	17	17
Forrest	59	62	58	60	60	73	72	75	74	72
Greenwich[13]	130	128	127	128	128	30	30	30	29	29
Hamburg	152	154	147	151	153	36	41	37	28	35
Hereford[14]	94	96	94	94	94	42	43	42	42	38
Kutztown	266	259	264	255	249	146	145	145	141	141
Longswamp	76	74	75	73	73	72	72	72	68	70
Maidencreek	31	30	29	30	27	73	81	77	74	76
Morgantown	25	26	24	25	25	34	33	34	34	33
Oley	61	59	59	60	57	76	81	78	74	76
Pike	24	24	24	24	25	23	25	24	25	24
District of Reading	488	505	462	470	461	713	716	727	707	687
Rockland	50	48	48	48	48	66	66	66	59	66
Ruscombmanor[15]	57	55	55	56	54	67	68	68	63	66
Tulpehocken[16]	118	119	119	113	113	47	46	40	43	38
Union	8	8	7	7	8	16	18	16	16	16
Upper Bern[17]	90	76	80	85	60	50	70	51	50	31
Upper Tulpehocken[18]	62	64	62	58	62	24	29	24	24	20
Womelsdorf[19]	59	62	56	59	58	146	147	155	147	149
Schuylkill County[20]	550	549	547	534	507	484	424	417	414	397
Blue's[21]	54	48	48	48	49	28	19	20	12	13
Bolich's[22]	14	15	15	15	14	12	10	10	10	10
Friedensburg[23]	51	52	52	38	49	77	66	63	66	62
Lower Mahantongo[24]	1	1	1	1	1	48	48	48	48	47
McKeansburg[25]	119	117	118	116	119	30	29	29	27	25
Orwigsburg	167	171	169	170	130	146	107	106	108	101
Pine Grove[26]	17	19	17	17	17	46	46	46	46	44
Pottsville	23	24	24	24	19	32	33	33	33	32
Union	45	44	45	41	41	13	3	3	3	3
Upper Mahantongo[27][28][29]	6	6	6	12	3	32	39	37	37	37
West Penn	53	52	52	52	65	20	24	22	24	23

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) reports 2870 total votes for John Gehr in the district.

[7]The Chronicle of the Times, and Berks and Schuylkill Advertiser (Reading, PA) lists Williams Addams with 2860 total votes, however the sum of the totals it lists for Berks and Schuylkill counties is 2870.

[8]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2253 votes for David Hottenstein.

[9]The American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA), the Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) and the Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) list Francis S. Muhlenberg with 1839 votes.

[10]These votes are frequently listed under "Muthart's" rather than Colebrookdale.

[11]These votes are frequently listed under "Keely's" rather than Douglass.

[12]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) lists John Gehr with 63 votes and William Addams with 62 votes.

[13]These votes are frequently listed under "Croll's" rather than Greenwich.

[14]These votes are frequently listed under "Huff's" rather than Hereford, or Hoof's in the case of Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA).

[15]These votes are frequently listed under "Pricetown" rather than Ruscombmanor.

[16]These votes are frequently listed under "Rehrersburg" rather than Tulpehocken.

[17]These votes are frequently listed under "Shartle's" rather than Upper Bern.

[18]Some sources spell the name Upper "Tulpehocken" as Upper "Tulpehoccon."

[19]The Chronicle of the Times, and Berks and Schuylkill Advertiser (Reading, PA) lists John Neikirch with 157 votes and Daniel Ruth with 145 votes.

[20]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 reports 547 votes for John Gehr and 503 votes for William Audenried.

[21]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 lists Daniel Ruth with 30 votes.

[22]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 lists Bolich's as Bolig's.

[23]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 reports 42 votes for William Audenried.

[24]Lower Mahantongo Township is also referred to as "Artz's".

[25]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 lists William Addams with 118 votes.

[26]Pine Grove Township is also referred to as "Baer's" and is also sometimes listed as Pinegrove.

[27]Upper Mahantongo Township is also referred to as "Hartlein's".

[28]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) of October 19 reports 3 votes for John Gehr and 6 votes for William Audenried.

[29]The Chronicle of the Times, and Berks and Schuylkill Advertiser (Reading, PA) lists Godfrey Rehrer with 11 votes and spells his last name as Roehrer.

References:

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). September 11, 1822.

Chronicle of the Times, and Berks and Schuylkill Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 10, 1822.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 12, 1822.

Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 12, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1822.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 15, 1822.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1822.

Chronicle of the Times, and Berks and Schuylkill Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 17, 1822.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 18, 1822.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 18, 1822.

American Sentinel and Mercantile Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1822.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 19, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1822.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1822.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1822.

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 23, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1822.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 26, 1822.

The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October, 1822.

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