Pennsylvania 1806 Commissioner, Adams County

Office:: Commissioner (County)
Title:: Commissioner
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1806 Commissioner, Adams County
Date:: 1806
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Commissioner/Commissioner
Candidates:: John Boner, John Miley

Candidates:	John Boner [1]	John Miley
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [2]	1368	330
Adams County	1368	330
District of One	560	48
District of Two	288	46
District of Three	250	79
District of Four	180	46
District of Five	90	111

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"The following is the correct return of the election of this county-- Districts. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. Tot: Congress... Assembly... Coroner... Sheriff... Commissioner.... And it will also be seen, by the above statement, that Adams county still perseveres in her 'steady habits,' and that democracy gradually advances backwards. -- In fact, we cannot perceive how the democrats (republicans they call themselves) can hope to gain the ascendency when they nominate such men as William Cooper, for the Assembly, and John Miley, ESQUIRE, for Commissioner -- What little talents belong to the party have uniformly been kept in the back ground. And for this there is a very obvious reason--perhaps there is not a county in the state, where the leaders of the democratic party so justly and cordially despise each other, and hate and are hated by their followers, as they are in this county. From hence arises the necessity of their supporting ignoramuses for office, or suffering a total dissolution of the faction." The Centinel (Gettysburg, PA). October 22, 1806.

References:

The Centinel (Gettysburg, PA). October 18, 1806.

The Centinel (Gettysburg, PA). October 22, 1806.

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