Pennsylvania 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 16

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Pennsylvania 1824 U.S. House of Representatives, District 16
Date:: 1824
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: James Allison, James S. Stevenson, Robert Moore, Walter Forward, John Negley, George Sutton

Candidates:	James Allison [1]	James S. Stevenson [2]	Robert Moore	Walter Forward	John Negley	George Sutton
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [3][4][5][6]	3327	3307	2931	2722	1469	1343
District of Seventeen	3327	3307	2931	2722	1469	1343
Allegheny County	1421	1524	1266	1316	190	399
Birmingham	91	41	34	91	48	1
Deer	88	17	12	74	4	13
District of East	53	3	5	46	4	11
District of West	35	14	7	28	-	2
Elizabeth	87	116	107	82	50	15
Fayette	81	124	108	48	27	3
Findlay	24	77	77	21	3	-
Franklin	-	42	42	-	-	-
Indiana	10	61	27	20	5	36
Mifflin	106	101	96	92	13	3
Moon	39	27	26	37	2	1
Ohio	18	59	60	16	4	1
Pine	14	85	80	11	3	1
Pitt	44	39	4	59	26	55
Pittsburgh	495	343	275	464	117	4
Ward East	232	162	129	222	56	1
Ward West	263	181	146	242	61	3
Plum	48	70	42	39	8	25
Robinson	82	44	29	66	11	6
Ross	49	104	98	54	6	10
Saint Clair	55	73	69	55	9	3
Versailles	45	28	9	22	57	7
Wilkins	67	73	71	65	8	6
Armstrong County	385	575	387	418	266	194
Beaver County[7][8][9]	1224	767	891	746	146	168
Butler County[10][11]	297	441	387	242	867	582
Buffalo	14	3	2	32	71	49
Butler	23	25	8	2	42	12
Butler	8	45	18	5	75	15
Centre	13	52	23	4	118	48
Clearfield	13	7	7	9	54	34
Connoquenssing	83	101	119	53	18	66
Cranberry	14	18	29	19	50	32
Donnegal	12	23	5	12	26	63
Mercer	12	-	10	21	41	64
Middlesex	35	10	27	30	70	28
Muddycreek	30	47	33	5	83	52
Parker	26	27	33	26	34	33
Slipperyrock	26	75	68	12	41	54
Venango	4	8	5	12	42	62

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]The American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA) lists James Allison as a Federalist.

[4]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) lists George Sutton as a Federalist and Walter Forward as a Democrat.

[5]The American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA) lists James S. Stevenson with 3306 votes.

[6]The American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA) lists Robert Moore with 2921 votes but the county totals add up to 2931 votes.

[7]The Bradford Settler (Towanda, PA) lists James S. Stevenson with 776 votes and George Sutton with 468 votes.

[8]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists James S. Stevenson with 776 votes and John Negley with 145 votes.

[9]The American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA) and Pittsburg Recorder (Pittsburgh, PA) list James S. Stevenson with 766 votes.

[10]The Bradford Settler (Towanda, PA) lists Walter Forward with 221 votes and John Negley with 865 votes.

[11]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), Butler Sentinel (Butler, PA) and Pittsburg Recorder (Pittsburgh, PA) list John Negley with 865 votes.

References:

Original Election Certificate. The National Archives, Washington, DC.

Pittsburgh Gazette, and Manufacturing and Mercantile Advertiser (Pittsburgh, PA). October 15, 1824.

Pittsburg Recorder (Pittsburgh, PA). October 19, 1824.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1824.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 22, 1824.

Pittsburgh Gazette, and Manufacturing and Mercantile Advertiser (Pittsburgh, PA). October 22, 1824.

Butler Sentinel (Butler, PA). October 23, 1824.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 25, 1824.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 28, 1824.

Bradford Settler (Towanda, PA). November 4, 1824.

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