Pennsylvania 1824 State Senate, District 8, Special

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1824 State Senate, District 8, Special
Date:
1824
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Special
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Adam Ritcher, John Wolfersberger
Candidates: Adam Ritcher[1]John Wolfersberger
Affiliation:DemocratFederalist
Final Result: [2]27581624
District of Eight27581624
Dauphin County[3][4][5]17691129
Halifax199113
Hanover20930
Harrisburg420337
Hummelstown222131
Lower Paxton11769
Lykens11092
Middle Paxton12526
Middletown109166
Mifflin10087
Upper Paxton15878
Lebanon County[6][7]989495
Anville8535
Campbellstown10467
East Hanover5796
Jonestown9836
Lebanon14468
Lebanon13586
Meyerstown13047
Shaefferstown12617
Stumpstown11043

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]For two years, in place of John Harrion, resigned.
[3]The Bradford Settler lists 1784 votes for Adam Ritcher.
[4]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) and the Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) list 1119 votes for John Wolfersberger.
[5]York Gazette (York, PA) lists 1120 votes for John Wolfersberger.
[6]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), The Pennsylvanian (Harrisburg, PA) and Harrisburg Chronicle (Harrisburg, PA) list 1027 votes for Adam Ritcher and 493 votes for John Wolfersberger.
[7]York Gazette (York, PA) lists 1057 votes for Adam Ritcher and 497 votes for John Wolfersberger.

References:

The Pennsylvanian (Harrisburg, PA). October 16, 1824.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1824.
Harrisburg Chronicle (Harrisburg, PA). October 18, 1824.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1824.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1824.
Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 22, 1824.
Der Unpartheyische Berichter (Lebanon, PA). October 22, 1824.
York Gazette (York, PA). October 22, 1824.
The Pennsylvanian (Harrisburg, PA). October 23, 1824.
Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 24, 1824.
Harrisburg Chronicle (Harrisburg, PA). October 25, 1824.
Bradford Settler (Towanda, PA). October 28, 1824.
The Reporter (Washington, PA). November 8, 1824.

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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).
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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).
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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