Pennsylvania 1824 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

Office:
House of Representatives (State)
Title:
State Representative
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1824 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Date:
1824
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:
James Eisenhart, George Rahn, Jacob Gehr, Henry Boyer, George Odenheimer, Daniel A. Bertolet, Philip Fisher, Christian Brobst, Owen Brunner, Tobias Bichel
Candidates: James Eisenhart[1]George Rahn[2]Jacob Gehr[3]Henry Boyer[4]George Odenheimer[5]Daniel A. BertoletPhilip FisherChristian BrobstOwen BrunnerTobias Bichel
Affiliation:DemocratDemocratDemocratDemocratDemocratFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [6][7]2662263925912502224920851995189918731850
District of Berks and Schuylkill2662263925912502224920851995189918731850
Berks County[8][9][10]2140210220711991173316901578152515161501
Albany8281828181131091313
Amity87878582843228293130
Bethel59585861532021222020
District of Croll's115115114110962333202222
District15151514143635353535
Douglass5959595757-2---
Earl58595957133416161616
Forest75656666525251524352
Hamburg139135124138875454304338
Huff's78777876601913131413
Longswamp37353317324547394446
Kutztown1281251209615686106508682
Maidencreek27181922178269686772
Morgantown45383938364948484248
Muthart's76787666163222222322
Oley635765541810572697372
Pike4242374110381492115
Pricetown57555656415953505051
Reading462464465450423658641629644636
Richmond70715665542544152321
Rockland40414041154435353636
Schertel's81848685764137314034
Tulpehocken92918286874034373439
Tulpehocken, Upper64646264662122192221
Union17161514152322222021
Womelsdorf75727474745959565961
Schuylkill County[11][12]522537520511516395377374372334
District of Artz's434333838383841
District of Baer's31393022296765676275
District of Biddler's484848484844444
District of Blue's554955555564544
District of Bolich's119131212887810
Friedensburg43494242414646414644
District of Hartlein's12111212125353535353
McKeansburg97919696953426242524
Orwigsburg13114213013113110498979899
Pottsville24292424241414141310
West Penn66676666662121212120

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Elected.
[4]Elected.
[5]Elected.
[6]"Extract of a letter, dated Orwigsburg, October 15. 'I have the pleasure to inform you of the result of the election in Schuylkill County; the whole of the democratic ticket has a majority.' " Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1824.
[7]Most newspapers list Henry Boyer with 2502 votes, George Odenheimer with 2241 votes, Christian Brobst with 1896 votes, Owen Brunner with 1872 votes and Tobias Bichel with 1990 votes. The only two newspapers (Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) and Burks and Schuylkill Journal) which list township returns disagree with all of the other newspapers.
[8]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) and Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) list George Rahn with 2182 votes.
[9]York Gazette (York, PA) lists George Odenheimer with 1732 votes.
[10]All newspapers except Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) and Burks and Schuylkill Journal transpose the totals for Tobias Bichel and Christian Brobst.
[11]Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) lists Henry Boyer with 501 votes.
[12]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), York Gazette (York, PA) and Pennsylvanian list Tobias Bichell with 384 votes.

References:

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 16, 1824.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1824.
Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 19, 1824.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1824.
Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 22, 1824.
York Gazette (York, PA). October 22, 1824.
The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 23, 1824.
The Pennsylvanian (Harrisburg, PA). October 23, 1824.
Harrisburg Chronicle (Harrisburg, PA). October 25, 1824.
Bradford Settler (Towanda, PA). October 28, 1824.

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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).
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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