Pennsylvania 1809 Sheriff, Lancaster County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1809 Sheriff, Lancaster County
Date:: 1809
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: James Humes, William Bird Ross, Philip Messenkope, Henry Carpenter, Jr., John Reitzel, Henry Swentzel, Henry Reigart

Candidates:	James Humes [1]	William Bird Ross	Philip Messenkope	Henry Carpenter, Jr.	John Reitzel	Henry Swentzel	Henry Reigart
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [2][3]	2250	1759	1477	1413	1294	401	179
Lancaster County	2250	1759	1477	1413	1294	401	179
Bart	83	10	59	10	8	1	-
Churchtown	85	164	77	132	28	-	-
Elizabeth	147	89	133	7	95	7	-
Kennedy's	135	141	96	148	2	-	1
Lancaster	760	552	648	248	563	206	31
Manheim	155	130	139	124	72	29	-
Martic	38	60	38	53	4	-	-
Maytown	186	51	96	34	48	18	-
New Holland	144	192	125	321	93	43	132
Reamstown	165	8	-	69	147	40	14
Strasburg	79	168	50	93	44	-	-
Unicorn	208	146	16	130	78	20	1
Withers's	65	48	-	44	112	37	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA) lists the name Henry Zimmerman, Jr. in place of Henry Carpenter, Jr. October 17, 1809.

[3]Der Libanoner Morgenstern (Lebanon, PA) reports 1750 total votes for William Bird Ross and 1224 total votes for John Reitzel. October 25, 1809.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1809.

Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA). October 17, 1809.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 17, 1809.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 17, 1809.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1809.

United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1809.

Der Americanische Staatsbothe, und Lancaster Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Lancaster, PA). October 18, 1809.

The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1809.

United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1809.

The Freeman's Journal and Columbian Chronicle (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1809.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 24, 1809.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 24, 1809.

Der Libanoner Morgenstern (Lebanon, PA). October 25, 1809.

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