Pennsylvania 1819 House of Representatives, Philadelphia City

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1819 House of Representatives, Philadelphia City
Date:: 1819
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: William J. Duane, William Lehman, Josiah Randall, James Thackara, Richard Povall, Alexander S. Coxe, Thomas MacEuen, George Emlen, Benjamin R. Morgan, Henry Solomon

Candidates:	William J. Duane [1]	William Lehman [2]	Josiah Randall [3]	James Thackara [4]	Richard Povall [5]	Alexander S. Coxe	Thomas MacEuen	George Emlen	Benjamin R. Morgan	Henry Solomon
Affiliation:	Democrat	Federalist	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat	Democrat	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [6]	3012	2543	2511	2494	2380	2349	2346	2315	2285	2123
City of Philadelphia[7][8]	3012	2543	2511	2494	2380	2349	2346	2315	2285	2123
Ward Cedar	307	131	288	284	287	285	118	125	114	118
Ward Chesnut	137	136	109	105	99	95	129	127	121	107
Ward Dock	93	125	74	74	69	73	121	121	122	105
Ward High Street	137	161	83	83	83	79	149	145	144	116
Ward Locust	312	269	266	253	235	225	273	236	226	230
Ward Lower Delaware	186	195	146	147	146	142	181	180	182	165
Ward Middle	204	162	155	153	140	141	139	150	147	139
Ward New Market	156	190	138	133	134	129	175	180	176	178
Ward North	294	310	211	218	290	196	273	264	270	238
Ward North Mulberry[9]	343	155	328	326	305	303	130	132	129	135
Ward South	145	187	103	97	99	90	180	171	172	144
Ward South Mulberry	401	239	359	362	351	351	220	225	223	208
Ward Upper Delaware	198	163	175	182	175	173	147	152	158	140
Ward Walnut	99	120	76	77	68	67	111	107	101	100

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), October 27, lists James Thackara as "old-school" and Josiah Randall as "Binnite."

[7]Most sources list 2519 votes for Josiah Randall, 2277 for Benjamin R. Morgan, and 2115 for Henry Solomon. The ward votes given, however, add up to 2511 for Josiah Randall, 2285 for Benjamin R. Morgan, and 2123 for Henry Solomon.

[8]The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) lists 3380 votes for Richard Povall.

[9]The Democratic Press lists 308 votes for Josiah Randall and 383 votes for Alexander S. Coxe.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1819.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1819.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1819.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1819.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 16, 1819.

Franklin Gazette (For the Country) (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1819.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 26, 1819.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 27, 1819.

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