South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish

Office:
House of Representatives (State)
Title:
State Representative
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
South Carolina 1820 House of Representatives, Saint Andrew Parish
Date:
1820
State:
South Carolina
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:
John Rivers, Joseph Cole
Candidates: John Rivers[1]Joseph Cole
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3][4][5]5632
Saint Andrew's Parish5632
James Island--
On the Main, Elliot's--
On the Main, Middleton's--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The City Gazette and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC) lists 32 votes for both candidates. Discrepancies in vote totals are a result of partial returns and the dispute over the legality of Elliot's as a voting district; not all districts were accounted for at the time of publication.
[3]Voter list from the Chapel on James Island contain the names of 55 voters. Of these 3 did not vote for Assembly. - Signed by the Managers - John W. Holmes and Rawlin Rivers.
[4]"That twenty four Voters voted for Senator and a Member of the Legislature at the poll held by Samuel P. Elliot - that in the counting the votes after the close of the poll, there were twenty six votes and then the Managers destroyed two votes, to make them correspond with the number of Voters." Affidavit of Joseph Cole.
[5]"Your memorialist (Henry I. Chalmers) represents to your honorable body, that he himself had a majority of eleven over the said William Cattell" - 41 votes for Chalmers, 30 votes for Cattell. The above which was taken from the Memorial Petition of Mr. Chalmers contesting this election is based on the returns from the above two election precincts (James Island and The Main). A third place of election which Mr. Chalmers contends was illigal caused the election of John Rivers to the House. For this return see the Southern Patriot results of October 12th. As Rivers was listed in the Journals it appears that all three election precincts were counted.

References:

Original Election Returns. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
Affidavit of Joseph Cole. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
Charleston Courier (Charleston, SC). October 12, 1820.
Southern Patriot, and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). October 12, 1820.
Charleston Courier (Charleston, SC). October 13, 1820.
City Gazette and Commercial Advertiser (Charleston, SC). October 13, 1820.

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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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