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 HamiltonAdam DillerJoel LightnerJacob Swope
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanRepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 2505216717961596135
Lancaster County[2]2505216717961596135
Bart[3]21003150-
Brecknock20136422
Churchtown147688661-
Colerain22895031-
Columbia165107769020
Drumore286031782
Elizabeth61108113585
Erb's[4]513384547
City of Lancaster[5]114727620324933
Conestoga43137165
Ward East3477745686
East Hempfield148915334
Lampeter85449536
Lancaster396711
Manheim922129174
Manor302012132
Ward West3638679485
Leacock312222611115
Lititz8259129563
Little Britain895532992
Manheim783686546
Marietta401074965-
Martic403330493
Maytown[6]398572403
Mount Joy2461333111
New Holland178198220131-
Reamstown59109262228
Sadsbury44471321-
Salisbury112141821084
Strasburg461602413611

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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