Pennsylvania 1814 U.S. Senate

Office:
U.S. Senate (Federal)
Title:
U.S. Senator
Jurisdiction:
Federal
Label:
Pennsylvania 1814 U.S. Senate
Date:
1814
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Legislative
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
Candidates:
Jonathan Roberts, Samuel Sitgreaves, Jared Ingersoll
Candidates: Jonathan Roberts[1]Samuel SitgreavesJared Ingersoll
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]84321
General Assembly84321
House of Representatives[4]64231
Adams County-2-
William Miller-1-
James Robinette-1-
District of Allegheny and Butler4--
William Cochran1--
William Courtney1--
John Potts1--
Joseph Reed1--
District of Armstrong, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties1--
David Reed1--
Beaver County1--
Henry Thomas1--
Bedford County2--
Jacob Hart1--
Joseph S. Morrison1--
District of Berks and Schuylkill5--
Jacob Dreibelbis1--
Daniel Kerper1--
David Kirby1--
John Miller1--
Daniel Rhoads, Jr.1--
District of Bradford, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties2--
John MacMeens1--
Samuel Stewart1--
Bucks County31-
Michael Fackenthall1--
George Harrison1--
William H. Rowland1--
David Wynkoop-1-
District of Cambria and Somerset Counties2--
Thomas King1--
Joseph Reed1--
District of Centre, Clearfield, and McKean Counties1--
Jacob Kryder1--
Chester County-4-
Jacob Humphrey[5]---
John Menough-1-
Nathan Pennepacker-1-
Lea Pusey-1-
James Roberts-1-
District of Crawford, Erie, and Warren Counties2--
James Burchfield1--
James Weston1--
Cumberland County3--
William Anderson1--
Jacob Atler, Jr.1--
Andrew Boden1--
District of Dauphin and Lebanon3--
Jacob Bucher1--
Jacob Goodhart1--
Peter Shindel1--
Delaware County-2-
William Cheyney-1-
Samuel Edwards-1-
Fayette County3--
Thomas Boyd1--
William Davidson1--
Thamos MacKibben1--
Franklin County3--
Patrick Campbell1--
John Cox1--
Jacob Hyser1--
Greene County---
Reese Hill[6]---
Huntingdon County2--
John Crum1--
R. James Law1--
Lancaster County-6-
Christian Breneman-1-
James Buchanan-1-
Joel Carpenter-1-
Jacob Grosh-1-
Henry Hambright-1-
Emanuel Reigart-1-
District of Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties-2-
Putnam Catlin-1-
Benjamin Dorrance-1-
District of Mercer and Venango2--
David Dempsey1--
Jacob Herrington1--
Mifflin County2--
James Milliken1--
Jonathan Rothrock1--
Montgomery County21-
Samuel Baird-1-
John Hughes[7]---
William Powell1--
Benjamin Reiff1--
District of Northampton, Lehigh, Wayne and Pike2-1
Peter Hilliard1--
James Hollinshead--1
Abraham Rinker[8]---
Peter Wind1--
George Wolf[9]---
District of Northumberland, Union and Columbia4--
Joseph Hutchinson1--
David E. Owen1--
Henry Shaffer1--
Robert Willet1--
Philadelphia County5--
John Carter1--
John D. Goodwin1--
Jacob Holgate[10]---
John Holmes1--
George Morton1--
Joel B. Sutherland1--
City of Philadelphia-5-
Cadwallader Evans, Jr.-1-
Samuel Hodgdon-1-
Thomas MacEwen-1-
Benjamin R. Morgan-1-
Condy Raguet-1-
Washington County4--
Joshua Dickerson1--
Thomas Morgan1--
James Stevenson1--
Andrew Sutton1--
Westmoreland County3--
Henry Allshouse1--
George Plumer1--
Peter Wallace1--
York County3--
Archibald Steele Jordan[11]---
James S. Mitchell1--
Peter Small1--
Peter Storm1--
State Senate[12]209-
District of One[13]22-
Nicholas Biddle-1-
William Maghee-1-
Jacob Shearer1--
Joseph Worrell1--
District of Two[14]-2-
Abraham Baily-1-
Maskell Ewing-1-
District of Three[15]-1-
William Erwin-1-
District of Four[16]-1-
William Hamilton[17]---
John Hopkins-1-
District of Five[18]1--
Peter Frailey1--
Charles Shoemaker, Jr.[19]---
District of Six[20]-1-
John Forster-1-
District of Seven[21]1--
Samuel Gross1--
District of Eight[22]2--
Henry Jarrett1--
James Ralston1--
District of Nine[23]2--
Thomas Murray Jr.1--
William Ross1--
District of Ten[24]1--
Thomas Burnside1--
District of Eleven[25]11-
James MacSherry-1-
John Stroman1--
District of Twelve[26]1--
William Beale1--
District of Thirteen[27]1--
Isaiah Graham1--
District of Fourteen[28]1--
John Tod1--
District of Fifteen[29]1--
James Poe1--
District of Sixteen[30]-1-
James Brady-1-
District of Seventeen[31]1--
Presley Carr Lane1--
District of Eighteen[32]2--
Abel MacFarland1--
Isaac Weaver1--
District of Nineteen[33]2--
Thomas Baird1--
Walter Lowrie1--
District of Twenty[34]1--
Joseph Shannon1--

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"Harrisburg, December 13, 1813: This day the two houses of the Legislature, met in convention, in the chamber of the House of Representative, and proceeded to elect a Senator to represent this state in the Senate of the United States, for the ensuing six years." Hungtingdon Gazette. December 29, 1814.
[3]"On Tuesday, the 13th inst. the Legislature of this state proceeded to the election of a Senator, to represent this state in the Senate of the United States, for six years from the 4th of March next...Mr. Roberts was therefore duly chosen, he having a majority of 51 of all the votes given." The Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). December 30, 1814.
[4]Seven members of the State House of Representatives failed to cast a vote.
[5]Jacob Humphrey did not cast a vote.
[6]Reese Hill did not cast a vote.
[7]John Hughes did not cast a vote.
[8]Abraham Rinker did not cast a vote.
[9]George Wolf did not cast a vote.
[10]Jacob Holgate did not cast a vote.
[11]Archibald Steele Jordan did not cast a vote.
[12]Two members of the State Senate failed to cast a vote.
[13]District One is composed of Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County.
[14]District Two is composed of Chester County and Delaware County.
[15]District Three is composed of Bucks County.
[16]District Four is composed of Lancaster County.
[17]William Hamilton did not case a vote.
[18]District Five is composed of Berks County and Schuylkill County.
[19]Charles Shoemaker, Jr. did not case a vote.
[20]District Six is composed of Dauphin County.
[21]District Seven is composed of Montgomery County.
[22]District Eight is composed of Northampton County, Wayne County, and Lehigh County.
[23]District Nine is composed of Northumberland County, Luzerne County, Union County, Columbia County, and Susquehanna County.
[24]District Ten is composed of Lycoming County, Centre County, Clearfield County, McKean County, Tioga County, and Potter County.
[25]District Eleven is composed of York County and Adams County.
[26]District Twelve is composed of Mifflin County and Huntingdon County.
[27]District Thirteen is composed of Cumberland County.
[28]District Fourteen is composed of Bedford County, Cambria County, and Somerset County.
[29]District Fifteen is composed of Franklin County.
[30]District Sixteen is composed of Westmoreland County, Armstrong County, Indiana County, and Jefferson County.
[31]District Seventeen is composed of Fayette County.
[32]District Eighteen is composed of Washington County and Greene County.
[33]District Nineteen is composed of Allegheny County, Beaver County, and Butler County.
[34]District Twenty is composed of Crawford County, Erie County, Venango County, Mercer County, and Warren County.

References:

Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1814. 48-49.
Journal of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
The Chronicle or Harrisburgh Visitor (Harrisburg, PA). December 19, 1814.
American Watchman (Wilmington, DE). December 21, 1814.
The Huntingdon Gazette (Huntingdon, PA). December 29, 1814.
The Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). December 30, 1814.

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