Pennsylvania 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1

Office:
U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Pennsylvania 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
Date:
1794
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:
John Swanwick, Thomas Fitzsimons
Candidates: John Swanwick[1]Thomas Fitzsimons
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: 12401182
District of One12401182
City of Philadelphia[2]1122894
Ward Chestnut2237
Ward Dock76125
Ward High3536
Ward Lower Delaware4332
Ward Middle120114
Ward New Market166165
Ward North160128
Ward North Mulberry17759
Ward South4349
Ward South Mulberry21780
Ward Upper Delaware4635
Ward Walnut1734
Military Camp Vote118288
Anthony's, Ashmead's, Baynton's, Cusack's, Dunlap's, MacEuen's, Nelson's, Price's, Rushe's, Singer's, and Woelpert's Companies[3][4][5]46177
Guy's Company (Artillery)101
Lawrence's Company (Infantry)[6]-10
MacConnell's Troop (Horse)[7]330
Scidel's Company (Artillery)[8]91
Scott's Company (Infantry)-7
Skerret's Company (Artillery)322
Taylor's Company (Infantry)-53
Thompson's Company (Artillery)[9]187

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) lists the "total of votes exclusive of army return" for the city of Philadelphia as 1142 votes for John Swanswick.
[3]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the name Ashmeal for Ashmead, Baymon for Baynton, Nielson for Nelson, and Rush for Rushe.
[4]The General Advertiser uses the name McEwen for McEuen, Nielson for Nelson, Rush for Rushe, and Woolpert for Woelpert.
[5]Dunlap and Claypoole's Daily American Advertiser identifies the companies of Woelpert, Anthony, Nelson, Cusack, Rushe, Ashmead, Price, Baynton, and McEuen as infantry, and those of Dunlap and Singer as horse.
[6]Dunlap and Claypoole's Daily American Advertiser uses the spelling Laurence for Lawrence.
[7]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the spelling McConnel for McConnell.
[8]The Aurora General Advertiser (Phildelphia) uses the name Seidel for Scidel.
[9]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) issues of November 5 and 6 list a different breakdown of the military vote from that given in the issue of November 10. The issue of November 5 had the polling places of Gurney's (Swanwick 43, Fitzsimons 84), Cowperthwait's (Fitzsimons 1), Philadelphia Horse (Swanwick 40, Fitzsimons 100), McPherson's Artillery (Swanwick 40, Fitzsimons 80), and Taylor's Artillery (Swanwick 100, Fitzsimons 20). The issue of November 6 had Philadelphia Horse (Swanwick 4, Fitzsimons 83), McPherson's battalion and Taylor's corps (Swanwick 1, Fitzsimons 118), and Gurney's battalion (Swanwick 43, Fitzsimons 88).

References:

George Latimer to Henry Latimer. October 26, 1794. Latimer Family Papers. MS 117, Box 4, Folder 3, Item 217. University of Delaware.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1794.
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1794.
Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 31, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 6, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 7, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 10, 1794.
Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 12, 1794.
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 12, 1794.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 13, 1794.

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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).
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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