Pennsylvania 1821 Sheriff, Lancaster County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 Sheriff, Lancaster County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Frederick Hambright, John Hamilton, Adam Diller, Joel Lightner, Jacob Swope

Candidates:	Frederick Hambright [1]	John Hamilton	Adam Diller	Joel Lightner	Jacob Swope
Affiliation:	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result:	2505	2167	1796	1596	135
Lancaster County[2]	2505	2167	1796	1596	135
Bart[3]	2	100	31	50	-
Brecknock	20	13	64	2	2
Churchtown	147	68	86	61	-
Colerain	22	89	50	31	-
Columbia	165	107	76	90	20
Drumore	28	60	31	78	2
Elizabeth	61	108	113	58	5
Erb's[4]	51	33	84	54	7
City of Lancaster[5]	1147	276	203	249	33
Conestoga	43	13	7	16	5
Ward East	347	77	45	68	6
East Hempfield	148	9	15	33	4
Lampeter	85	44	9	53	6
Lancaster	39	6	7	1	1
Manheim	92	21	29	17	4
Manor	30	20	12	13	2
Ward West	363	86	79	48	5
Leacock	31	222	26	111	15
Lititz	82	59	129	56	3
Little Britain	89	55	32	99	2
Manheim	78	36	86	54	6
Marietta	40	107	49	65	-
Martic	40	33	30	49	3
Maytown[6]	39	85	72	40	3
Mount Joy	24	61	33	31	11
New Holland	178	198	220	131	-
Reamstown	59	109	262	22	8
Sadsbury	44	47	13	21	-
Salisbury	112	141	82	108	4
Strasburg	46	160	24	136	11

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA), October 20, reports 1642 votes for Joel Lightener, the Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), October 23, reports 1634 votes, and the Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), October 13, reports 1632 votes. The township votes reported, however, add up to 1596 total votes for Joel Lightener.

[3]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) reports 60 votes for Joel Lightner.

[4]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) lists these votes under "Winter's" rather than "Erb's".

[5]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), October 13, and the Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA), October 20, report 285 votes for Joel Lightener.

[6]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) reports 28 votes for Joel Lightner.

References:

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 13, 1821.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 13, 1821.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1821.

York Gazette (York, PA). October 19, 1821.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 20, 1821.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 23, 1821.

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