Pennsylvania 1797 House of Representatives, Montgomery County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1797 House of Representatives, Montgomery County
Date:: 1797
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Cadwallader Evans, Benjamin Brooke, Peter Muhlenberg, Nicholas Bellew, Henry Pawling, Joseph Tyson, Abraham Schultz, Seth Chapman

Candidates:	Cadwallader Evans	Benjamin Brooke	Peter Muhlenberg	Nicholas Bellew	Henry Pawling	Joseph Tyson	Abraham Schultz	Seth Chapman
Affiliation:	Federalist		Republican			Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [1][2]	1000	947	880	866	865	835	775	164
Montgomery County	1000	947	880	866	865	835	775	164

Notes:

[1]Alternate name for Nicholas Bellew is Nicholas Boileau, and for Henry Pawling is Henry Pollard.

[2]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) states that Peter Muhlenberg is a "firm republican" and that "we have good reason to believe that Benjamin Brooke and Nicholas Bellew are worthy to be his colleagues."

References:

Gazette of the United States, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1797.

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1797.

Der Unpartheyische Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 24, 1797.

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