Pennsylvania 1811 Auditor, Luzerne County

Office:: Auditor (County)
Title:: Auditor
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1811 Auditor, Luzerne County
Date:: 1811
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Auditor/Auditor
Candidates:: Cornelius Cortright, George Scott, Myron Kasson, William Thompson, Joze Rogers, John Taylor

Candidates:	Cornelius Cortright	George Scott	Myron Kasson	William Thompson	Joze Rogers	John Taylor
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Federalist
Final Result: [1]	933	905	890	882	875	873
Luzerne County	933	905	890	882	875	873
Abington	23	32	23	32	32	21
Braintrim	52	28	52	28	28	51
Bridgewater	55	64	54	64	64	55
Canton	20	5	20	5	4	20
Clifford	2	28	2	26	28	2
Exeter	10	51	10	51	51	10
Harford	10	23	10	23	23	10
Huntington	63	78	62	79	75	63
Kingston	90	111	85	117	118	84
Nescopeck	31	6	31	6	6	31
Newport	23	47	23	47	47	23
Nicholson[2]	15	17	15	17	16	16
Orwell[3]	19	14	19	13	13	20
Pittston	66	42	63	41	40	61
Rush[4]	13	42	13	42	42	13
Salem	37	18	37	18	18	37
Sugarloaf	-	33	-	33	33	-
Towanda	20	58	20	59	59	21
Tunkhannock	84	12	81	10	11	83
Wilkes-Barre	168	75	162	75	73	155
Willingborough	44	42	44	41	41	44
Wyalusing	34	36	34	36	35	35
Wysox	54	43	30	19	18	54

Notes:

[1]"In the Tickets for Auditors, 873 votes were given for John Taylor, Wyalusing, and 47 votes for John Taylor, without designating his place of residence," The Gleaner, and Luzerne Advertiser (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1811.

[2]"Nicholson returned 16 votes for 'John Taylor' inseatd of 'John Taylor, Wyalusing." The Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1811.

[3]"Orwell returned 20 votes for 'John Taylor' instead of 'John Taylor, Wyalusing." The Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1811.

[4]Rush is also known as Rindaw township.

References:

The Gleaner, and Luzerne Advertiser (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1811.

The Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1811.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 26, 1811.

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