Pennsylvania 1816 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1816 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County
Date:: 1816
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: William Rogers, John R. Neff, Robert MacMullin, Andrew French, George F. Goodman, Michael Leib, John Holmes, Jacob G. Tryon, Daniel Groves, George Morton, Jacob Holgate, J. B. Sutherland

Candidates:	William Rogers [1]	John R. Neff [2]	Robert MacMullin [3]	Andrew French [4]	George F. Goodman [5]	Michael Leib [6]	John Holmes	Jacob G. Tryon	Daniel Groves	George Morton	Jacob Holgate	J. B. Sutherland
Affiliation:	Old School Republican	Old School Republican	Old School Republican	Old School Republican	Old School Republican	Old School Republican	New School Republican	New School Republican	New School Republican	New School Republican	New School Republican	New School Republican
Final Result: [7]	2926	2881	2871	2809	2794	2760	2099	2068	2035	2028	2023	2019
Philadelphia County[8][9][10]	2926	2881	2871	2809	2794	2760	2099	2068	2035	2028	2023	2019
District of Blockley and Kingsessing	150	122	120	122	122	109	114	114	112	86	115	111
Bustleton[11]	149	150	152	144	149	135	195	162	159	159	161	179
District of Germantown and Bristol[12]	170	165	163	160	169	165	295	301	295	294	297	294
Northern Liberties[13]	1248	1234	1218	1202	1168	1183	881	870	863	875	867	866
Oxford[14][15]	160	170	159	149	158	155	100	102	98	99	105	89
Penn[16]	208	206	209	202	206	203	139	139	136	137	140	135
Roxborough[17]	42	43	42	40	42	38	117	118	118	116	79	117
District of Southwark, Moyamensing, and Passyunk	797	789	801	793	788	770	256	260	254	259	259	249

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]"An inspection of the election returns for this county shows that where the Federalists ran a ticket of their own it had an average vote of more than 1600, and in the same way the Old School candidates average about 1200. If the votes of the Federalists and Old School be put together they give an average vote of about 2800, which will be found to be the average vote which the Old School Assembly received in the county. It will be borne in mind that this year so perfect and entire was the confidence and so well understood the contract between these parties that the Federal delegates did not even form an assembly ticket for fear that certain of the Federalists would vote it, and thus endanger the success of the Old School ticket. It is thus manifest as the light of Heaven at mid-day, that the Leib ticket is elected by all the Federal votes of the county, and that without those votes it would have had little more than half as many votes as the Democratic ticket." The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1816.

[8]Several newspaper sources which include individual vote totals in Philadelphia County report 2935 votes for William Rogers, 2876 votes for John R. Neff, 2851 votes for Robert MacMullin, 2828 votes for Andrew French, 2802 votes for George F. Goodman, 2758 votes for Michael Leib, 2097 votes for John Holmes, 2066 votes for Jacob G. Tryon, 2035 votes for Daniel Groves, 2025 votes for George Morton, 2023 votes for Jacob Holgate, and 2040 votes for J. B. Sutherland, including the October 10th edition of Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and the October 11th edition of The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA).

[9]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2935 votes for William Rogers, 2879 votes for John R. Neff, 2851 votes for Robert MacMullin, 2828 votes for Andrew French, 2802 votes for George F. Goodman, 2758 votes for Michael Leib, 2097 votes for John Holmes, 2066 votes for Jacob G. Tryon, 2035 votes for Daniel Groves, 2023 votes for George Morton, 2023 votes for Jacob Holgate, and 2040 votes for J. B. Sutherland. October 10, 1816.

[10]The United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2935 votes for William Rogers, 2870 votes for John R. Neff, 2851 votes for Robert MacMullin, 2828 votes for Andrew French, 2802 votes for George F. Goodman, 2758 votes for Michael Leib, 2097 votes for John Holmes, 2066 votes for Jacob G. Tryon, 2035 votes for Daniel Groves, 2025 votes for George Morton, 2023 votes for Jacob Holgate, and 2040 votes for J. B. Sutherland. October 12, 1816.

[11]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 150 votes for Robert MacMullin in Bustleton. October 10, 1816.

[12]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 160 votes for Robert MacMullin and 162 votes for Andrew French in the district composed of Germantown and Bristol. October 10, 1816.

[13]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1218 votes for William Rogers and 1185 votes for Michael Leib in Northern Liberties. October 10, 1816.

[14]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 152 votes for Robert MacMullin in Oxford. October 10, 1816.

[15]The United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) reports 179 votes for John R. Neff in Oxford. October 12, 1816.

[16]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 206 votes for Robert MacMullin and 208 votes for George F. Goodman in Penn. October 10, 1816.

[17]The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA) reports 43 votes for Robert MacMullin in Roxborough. October 10, 1816.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1816.

The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1816.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1816.

Relf's Philadelphia Gazette. And Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1816.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1816.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 12, 1816.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1816.

Relf's Philadelphia Gazette. And Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1816.

United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1816.

The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1816.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 19, 1816.

The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 21, 1816.

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