Pennsylvania 1789 Coroner, Mifflin County

Office:: Coroner (County)
Title:: Coroner
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1789 Coroner, Mifflin County
Date:: 1789
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Coroner/Coroner
Candidates:: James Taylor, John Wilson

Candidates:	James Taylor	John Wilson
Affiliation:
Final Result: [1][2]	532	525
Mifflin County	532	525

Notes:

[1]There were two sets of returns reported for Mifflin County as there was some dispute about the legality of the elections held in certain places. These totals include the votes from the disputed polling locations.

[2]"There was also received this day returns of elections held at the house of the Widow Stackpole, for the township of Lack, and of an election for Greenwood township, in this county, held at the house of Henry McConnol. The legality of holding elections at these places being disputed by part of the Judges, the law for authorising said elections not being present, we have thought proper to forward to your Honorable Body a statement of the election, both with and without the returns of these townships of Lack and Greenwood." Minutes of the First Session of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

References:

Minutes of the First Session of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1789. 5-6.

The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA). October 24, 1789.

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