Pennsylvania 1822 Sheriff, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County

Office:: Sheriff (County)
Title:: Sheriff
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1822 Sheriff, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County
Date:: 1822
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Jacob G. Tryon, John Douglass, Sr., Lewis Rush, William Milnor, Thomas Elliott, Isaac Worrell, John Shaw, George Taylor, Jr.

Candidates:	Jacob G. Tryon [1]	John Douglass, Sr.	Lewis Rush	William Milnor	Thomas Elliott	Isaac Worrell	John Shaw	George Taylor, Jr.
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Federalist
Final Result: [2][3][4]	4539	3908	3760	2786	2047	344	223	91
City of Philadelphia[5][6]	1041	2133	871	1499	1400	58	50	81
Ward Cedar	31	317	-	87	99	-	-	-
Ward Chesnut	47	126	-	66	64	-	-	-
Ward Dock	12	103	-	56	83	-	-	-
Ward High Street	52	86	-	101	65	-	-	-
Ward Locust	50	237	-	154	182	-	-	-
Ward Lower Delaware	94	102	-	161	50	-	-	-
Ward Middle	55	145	-	76	132	-	-	-
Ward New Market	33	219	-	56	136	-	-	-
Ward North	91	226	-	222	207	-	-	-
Ward North Mulberry	179	152	-	98	63	-	-	-
Ward South	31	96	-	85	126	-	-	-
Ward South Mulberry	221	185	-	154	72	-	-	-
Ward Upper Delaware	123	50	-	141	46	-	-	-
Ward Walnut	22	89	-	42	75	-	-	-
Philadelphia County[7][8]	3483	1744	2889	1286	648	291	175	30
District of Blockley and Kingsessing	121	69	-	91	42	2	-	-
Bristol	70	27	-	26	3	2	-	-
Bustleton	177	40	-	131	69	30	4	-
Frankford	108	12	-	134	11	173	10	1
Germantown	268	124	-	51	14	6	2	7
District of Kensington	491	62	-	50	10	5	22	-
Moyamensing	32	173	-	19	45	1	1	3
Northern Liberties	1367	508	-	580	103	33	48	5
Passyunk	79	27	-	8	12	6	1	1
Penn	410	94	-	65	83	4	4	3
Rose Hill	92	9	-	29	4	14	2	-
Roxborough	106	22	-	39	9	-	-	-
District of Southwark	162	577	-	63	243	15	81	10

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA), The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 9 and 10 and the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) do not list Lewis Rush and The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 9 does not list Isaac Worrell, John Shaw or George Taylor, Jr. among the candidates.

[3]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) lists William Milnor as William Wilnor.

[4]Several sources or editions report 4539 total votes for Jacob G. Tryon, 3908 total votes for John Douglass, Sr., 2786 votes for William Milnor, 2047 votes for Thomas Elliott, 344 votes for Isaac Worrell, 223 votes for John Shaw, and 91 votes for George Taylor, Jr., including The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 12, the Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA) and the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) of October 15.

[5]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 9 and Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) are the only sources or editions that report individual ward totals for four of the candidates, they are Jacob G. Tryon, John Douglass, Jr., William Milnor and Thomas Elliott.

[6]Several sources, which do not list individual ward totals, report 2162 votes for John Douglass, Sr., including The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 12, the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) of October 16, the Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) and the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) of October 15.

[7]Sources which only included total votes for Philadelphia County, and not township totals, reported Jacob G. Tryon with 3498 total votes, John Douglass, Sr. with 1746, Lewis Rush (who is not listed at all by some sources or editions) with 2889, William Milnor with 1287, Thomas Elliott with 647, Isaac Worrel with 285, John Shaw with 173, and George Taylor, Jr. with 10 total votes in Philadelphia County.

[8]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) and the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) report 3483 votes for Jacob G. Tryon, 1744 votes for John Douglass, Sr., 1286 votes for William Milnor, 648 votes for Thomas Elliott, 291 votes for Isaac Worrell, 175 votes for John Shaw, 30 votes for George Taylor, Jr. and do not list Lewis Rush.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1822.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1822.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1822.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1822.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1822.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1822.

The National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1822.

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

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

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

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1822.

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

Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA). October 22, 1822.

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

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

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