Pennsylvania 1823 Sheriff, Berks County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1823 Sheriff, Berks County
Date:: 1823
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Daniel Kerper, John Bickel, Henry Bowman, Jeremiah Shappell, Andrew Kepner, John Miller, William Green, Jr.

Candidates:	Daniel Kerper [1]	John Bickel	Henry Bowman	Jeremiah Shappell	Andrew Kepner	John Miller	William Green, Jr.
Affiliation:	Democrat	Federalist	Federalist	Democrat	Federalist	Democrat	Democrat
Final Result: [2][3][4]	3425	3314	1658	1277	966	562	550
Berks County	3425	3314	1658	1277	966	562	550
Albany	153	35	21	81	10	19	14
Amity	75	88	47	34	11	6	13
Bethel	137	90	38	16	30	17	49
Colebrookdale	119	88	55	10	13	1	3
District	60	39	2	1	26	-	-
Douglass	81	13	12	42	9	1	2
Earl	87	51	22	23	5	7	3
Forest	131	154	100	13	96	53	34
District of Greenwich	154	40	15	110	23	11	23
Hamburg	161	98	35	159	10	20	7
Hereford	150	94	32	8	20	3	15
Kutztown	188	146	51	104	65	77	13
Longswamp	130	120	39	49	17	13	7
Maidencreek	35	83	42	54	27	11	2
Morgantown	85	55	54	-	11	32	27
Oley	43	153	32	54	24	10	8
Pike	64	51	27	8	8	7	16
District of Reading	682	1110	622	142	404	182	120
Richmond	64	18	25	100	16	7	3
Rockland	27	74	16	71	12	10	11
Ruscomanor	49	97	17	101	17	1	12
Tulpehocken	187	148	48	29	22	17	50
Tulpehocken, Upper	132	71	38	9	15	23	34
Union	36	50	40	4	22	8	1
Upper Bern	152	156	116	28	28	10	12
Womelsdorf	173	192	112	27	25	97	71

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]"Mr. Daniel Kerper, a sterling Democrat, is elected sheriff, by a majority over Col. Bickel of 111 votes; he was the sheriff of this county some years ago, and acquitted himself with honor and to the entire satisfaction of the people, as he will unquestionably again do. There were 7 candidates for this office, and all clever fellows; but it is well known that our predilections were for Mr. Kerper and we are of course glad that he is elected. The contest between the sheriff candidates was more close than it otherwise would have been, from the influence of Mr. Kerper's friends being too much embarked in the cause of Mr. Shulze, to his neglect." Chronicle of the Times (Reading, PA). October 15, 1823.

[3]The Chronicle of the Times (Reading, PA) and the Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) both list Daniel Kerper with 3425 votes though the township totals add up to 3355 votes.

[4]The Chronicle of the Times (Reading, PA) and the Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) both list John Miller with 562 votes though the township totals add up to 643 votes.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Chronicle of the Times (Reading, PA). October 15, 1823.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 21, 1823.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 22, 1823.

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