Pennsylvania 1822 House of Representatives, Bucks County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1822 House of Representatives, Bucks County
Date:: 1822
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Solomon MacNair, William Purdy, Abraham Smith, Joshua B. Colvin, John Moore, Martin Funk, Charles Lambert, John W. Wynkoop

Candidates:	Solomon MacNair [1]	William Purdy [2]	Abraham Smith [3]	Joshua B. Colvin [4]	John Moore	Martin Funk	Charles Lambert	John W. Wynkoop
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [5][6][7]	2444	2380	2323	2320	1959	1886	1822	1808
Bucks County	2444	2380	2323	2320	1959	1886	1822	1808
Bedminster	115	115	115	118	51	49	52	51
Bensalem[8]	93	89	90	88	42	38	40	41
Bristol	92	92	88	88	89	89	83	93
Buckingham	71	73	71	73	125	151	155	128
Doylestown	138	140	136	128	103	102	97	94
Durham	50	51	53	52	6	-	7	7
Falls	65	67	70	68	118	118	138	120
Haycock	91	91	86	91	33	28	29	29
Hilltown	91	114	111	112	86	112	87	86
Lower Makefield	57	51	52	51	91	90	89	79
Middletown	99	90	95	92	125	106	55	119
New Britain	92	99	87	85	58	47	60	61
Newtown[9]	45	26	27	27	118	110	121	118
Nockamixon	107	102	102	111	22	20	7	21
Northampton[10]	91	78	93	91	59	47	45	46
Plumstead	84	78	74	86	134	145	147	148
Richland	181	183	146	164	160	139	139	140
Rockhill	147	147	150	147	45	45	44	42
Solebury	111	114	110	99	153	146	133	137
Southampton	97	107	78	77	36	33	12	8
Springfield	128	128	123	124	32	32	31	31
Tinicum	109	111	109	120	33	30	23	32
Upper Makefield[11]	69	43	41	40	97	91	97	70
Warminster[12]	74	71	76	76	15	15	13	13
Warrington[13]	29	32	28	28	25	25	20	23
Warwick	80	78	81	77	44	43	43	42
Wrightstown[14]	38	10	31	7	59	35	55	29

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]The Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA) of October 15 reports 2320 votes for William Purdy.

[6]Several newspapers report 2381 votes for William Purdy, 2322 votes for Abraham Smith, and 1807 votes for John W. Wynkoop, including The American Sentinel, The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA), the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA) and The Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA).

[7]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) lists John Moore with 1962 votes.

[8]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists William Purdy with 88 votes.

[9]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists Solomon MacNair with 4 votes and John W. Wynkoop with 111 votes.

[10]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists John W. Wynkoop with 56 votes.

[11]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists Solomon MacNair with 62 votes and John Moore with 87.

[12]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists John W. Wynkoop with 12 votes.

[13]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists John W. Wynkoop with 22 votes.

[14]The Expositor (Easton, PA) lists Solomon MacNair with 8 votes.

References:

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1822.

Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA). October 15, 1822.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1822.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 18, 1822.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 18, 1822.

Spirit of Pennsylvania (Easton, PA). October 18, 1822.

American Sentinel and Mercantile Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1822.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1822.

Expositor (Easton, PA). October 22, 1822..

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 23, 1822.

The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October, 1822.

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