Pennsylvania 1805 House of Representatives, Luzerne County
- Office:
- House of Representatives (State)
- Title:
- State Representative
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1805 House of Representatives, Luzerne County
- Date:
- 1805
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- House of Representatives/State Representative
- Candidates:
- Rosewell Welles, Nathan Beach, John Jenkins, Nathan Palmer, Moses Coolbaugh, Reed Brockway, Benjamin Carpenter, Justus Gaylord, Jr., Lawrence Myers, Nathan Jackson, Thomas Park, Benjamin Perry, James Scovell, Jonathan Stevens
| Candidates: | Rosewell Welles[1] | Nathan Beach[2] | John Jenkins | Nathan Palmer | Moses Coolbaugh | Reed Brockway | Benjamin Carpenter | Justus Gaylord, Jr. | Lawrence Myers | Nathan Jackson | Thomas Park | Benjamin Perry | James Scovell | Jonathan Stevens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | ||||||||||
| Final Result: | 662 | 509 | 392 | 273 | 214 | 87 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Luzerne County[3][4] | 662 | 509 | 392 | 273 | 214 | 87 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Braintrim | 45 | 45 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Exeter | 2 | - | 49 | 1 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Huntington | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kingston | 54 | 35 | 57 | 20 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pittston | 46 | 29 | 34 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rindaw[5] | 44 | 4 | 31 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunkhannock | 48 | 42 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wilkes-Barre | 139 | 122 | 15 | 41 | 1 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Willingborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wyalusing | 50 | 50 | 12 | 12 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wysox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) from October 22, 1805, lists Rosewell Welles with a total of 682 votes in Luzerne County.
[4]The Luzerne Federalist: and Susquehannah Intelligencer (Wilkes-Barre, PA) from October 11 provides partial returns for individual townships, but the numbers do not reflect an accurate depiction of all the votes.
[5]Rindaw township was also known as Rush township.
References:
Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
The Luzerne Federalist: and Susquehannah Intelligencer (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 11, 1805.
The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1805.
The Freeman's Journal, and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1805.
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