Pennsylvania 1814 U.S. Senate, Special
- Office:
- U.S. Senate (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1814 U.S. Senate, Special
- Date:
- 1814
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. Senate/U.S. Senator
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Roberts, Thomas Sergeant, Horace Binney, Horatio Gates Jones, John Steele, Isaac Wayne
| Candidates: | Jonathan Roberts[1] | Thomas Sergeant | Horace Binney | Horatio Gates Jones | John Steele | Isaac Wayne |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | ||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | 82 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| General Assembly | 82 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| House of Representatives[5] | 61 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Adams County | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| William Miller[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Robinette | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| District of Allegheny and Butler | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Courtney | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Marks, Jr. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Potts | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Scott[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Armstrong, Indiana, and Jefferson Counties | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James MacComb | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Beaver County | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Lawrence | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedford County | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Hart | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph S. Morrison | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Berks and Schuylkill | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John Addams | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conrad Feger | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Hudson | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Krebs | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Marx | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Bradford, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga Counties | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John Forster | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Welles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bucks County | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph Clunn | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Fackenthall | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William H. Rowland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Smith | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Cambria and Somerset Counties | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James Mitchell | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Daniel Stoy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Centre, Clearfield, and McKean Counties | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Bollinger | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chester County | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Brooke | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edward Darlington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Harris | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Hindman | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Reed | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Crawford, Erie, and Warren Counties | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Burchfield | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Weston | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cumberland County | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John Maclay[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Metzger | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Moses Watson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Dauphin and Lebanon | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amos Ellmaker | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Ferguson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Shindel | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delaware County | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| William Cheyney | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Thomson | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Fayette County | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Heaton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John Shreve | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John St. Clair | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin County | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Dechert | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Maclay | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Smith | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greene County | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| William T. Hays | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Huntingdon County | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Crum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. James Law | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lancaster County | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| John Graff | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jacob Grosh | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Henry Hambright[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joel Lightner[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Maxwell | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Emanuel Reigart | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| District of Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jabez Hyde, Jr. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph Pruner | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Mercer and Venango | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Hays | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Herrington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mifflin County | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James Milliken | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Rothrock | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Montgomery County | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jesse Bean | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wiliam Powell | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benjamin Reiff | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philip Reed | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Northampton, Lehigh, Wayne and Pike | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Daniel W. Dingman | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Hays | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abraham Rinker | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philip Sellers | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Winter | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Northumberland, Union and Columbia | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Bond | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Kremer | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Murray, Jr. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leonard Rupert | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philadelphia County | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| John Carter | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Isaac Heston | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Holmes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Souder | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph Starne | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Joel B. Sutherland | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Philadelphia | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| John Connelly | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William J. Duane | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph MacCoy | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Mitchell | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Sergeant[11] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington County | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Joshua Dickerson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Donaldson[12] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Kerr | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas MacCall | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Westmoreland County | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Allshouse | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Plumer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Wallace | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| York County | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| George Frysinger | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Heckert | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Archibald Steele Jordan | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James S. Mitchell | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Senate[13] | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| District of One[14] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Barclay[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Biddle[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacob Shearer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph Worrell | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Two[17] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Gemill | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Newbold[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Three[19] | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| William Erwin | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| District of Four[20] | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| William Hamilton | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nathaniel Watson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Five[21] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Frailey | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Shoemaker, Jr. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Six[22] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Melchior Rahm | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Seven[23] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Gross | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Eight[24] | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Henry Jarrett | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Ralston | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| District of Nine[25] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Laird | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Ross | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Ten[26] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Burnside | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Eleven[27] | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| James MacSherry | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Stroman | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| District of Twelve[28] | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| William Beale | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| District of Thirteen[29] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Isaiah Graham | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Fourteen[30] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Tod | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Fifteen[31] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Poe | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Sixteen[32] | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| James Brady | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| District of Seventeen[33] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Presley Carr Lane | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Eighteen[34] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abel MacFarland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Isaac Weaver | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Nineteen[35] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Baird | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Walter Lowrie | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Twenty[36] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joseph Shannon | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]This election took place February 24, 1814. "So Jonathan Roberts was duly elected, in the place of Michael Leib, resigned." The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). February 28, 1814.
[3]"This being the day appointed for the choice of a senator of the United States, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Michael Leib, at 12 o'clock both branches of the legislature met in convention in the representative chamber, 116 members being present, and proceeded to the election, the result of which is as follows:" The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). February 28, 1814.
[4]"The members of both branches of the Legislature met on Thursday last in the Representatives' chamber, and elected Jonathan Roberts, Esq. to represent this state in the Senate of the United States, in the room of Michael Leib, resigned...It may be proper to mention, that the choice of Mr. Roberts was not a "hocus pocus business," as some folks predicted--it was not produced by "under-work" or "caucus-sing"; but the "members of the Legislature performed their duty in an open and fair way." Pennsylvania Republican (Harrisburg, PA). March 1, 1814.
[5]Seven members of the State House of Representatives failed to cast a vote.
[6]William Miller did not cast a vote.
[7]Samuel Scott did not cast a vote.
[8]John Maclay did not cast a vote.
[9]Henry Hambright did not cast a vote.
[10]Joel Lightner did not cast a vote.
[11]Thomas Sergeant did not cast a vote.
[12]Richard Donaldson did not cast a vote.
[13]Three members of the State Senate failed to cast a vote.
[14]District One is composed of Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County.
[15]John Barclay did not cast a vote.
[16]Charles Biddle did not cast a vote.
[17]District Two is composed of Chester County and Delaware County.
[18]John Newbold did not cast a vote.
[19]District Three is composed of Bucks County.
[20]District Four is composed of Lancaster County.
[21]District Five is composed of Berks County and Schuylkill County.
[22]District Six is composed of Dauphin County.
[23]District Seven is composed of Montgomery County.
[24]District Eight is composed of Northampton County, Wayne County, and Lehigh County.
[25]District Nine is composed of Northumberland County and Luzerne County.
[26]District Ten is composed of Lycoming County, Centre County, Clearfield County, McKean County, Tioga County, and Potter County.
[27]District Eleven is composed of York County and Adams County.
[28]District Twelve is composed of Mifflin County and Huntingdon County.
[29]District Thirteen is composed of Cumberland County.
[30]District Fourteen is composed of Bedford County, Cambria County, and Somerset County.
[31]District Fifteen is composed of Franklin County.
[32]District Sixteen is composed of Westmoreland County, Armstrong County, Indiana County, and Jefferson County.
[33]District Seventeen is composed of Fayette County.
[34]District Eighteen is composed of Washington County and Greene County.
[35]District Nineteen is composed of Allegheny County, Beaver County, and Butler County.
[36]District Twenty is composed of Crawford County, Erie County, Venango County, Mercer County, and Warren County.
References:
Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1813. 376-377.
Journal of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). February 28, 1814.
Pennsylvania Republican (Harrisburg, PA). March 1, 1814.
Kline's Weekly Carlisle Gazette (Carlisle, PA). March 4, 1814.
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