Pennsylvania 1801 Commissioner, Northampton County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1801 Commissioner, Northampton County
Date:: 1801
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Commissioner/Commissioner
Candidates:: Christian Butz, Jacob Weygandt

Candidates:	Christian Butz [1]	Jacob Weygandt
Affiliation:
Final Result: [2][3][4][5]	1265	1167
Northampton County	1265	1167
Allen	47	274
Anthony's	15	152
Easton	634	24
Heller's	84	20
Millerstown	8	332
Mount Bethel	195	2
Ohl's[6]	33	360
Shaener's	186	3
Stroud's	63	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the name Burtz for Christian Butz.

[3]Jacob Weygandt was also a candidate for Senate in District 9.

[4]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), American Eagle (Easton, PA), and Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) list Christian Butz with 1264 total votes but the township totals provided in the Aurora and the American Eagle add up to 1265 total votes.

[5]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), American Eagle (Easton, PA), and Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) list Jacob Weygandt with 1173 total votes but the township totals provided in the Aurora and the American Eagle add up to 1167 total votes.

[6]Ohl's is listed as Och's in the Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) from October 23, 1801.

References:

American Eagle (Easton, PA). October 17, 1801.

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1801.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). November 3, 1801.

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