Delaware 1820 U.S. House of Representatives
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Delaware 1820 U.S. House of Representatives
- Date:
- 1820
- State:
- Delaware
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Caesar A. Rodney, Louis MacLane, Willard Hall, John Mitchell, William Poole, David Houston, Caleb Kirk, Samuel H. Black, James Canby, Thomas Clayton, Thomas Mendenhall, J. Rice, Thomas Richardson, G. Willard, William Wood, Joshua Wollaston
Candidates: | Caesar A. Rodney[1] | Louis MacLane[2] | Willard Hall | John Mitchell | William Poole | David Houston | Caleb Kirk | Samuel H. Black | James Canby | Thomas Clayton | Thomas Mendenhall | J. Rice | Thomas Richardson | G. Willard | William Wood | Joshua Wollaston |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||
Final Result: [3][4][5] | 4029 | 3918 | 3525 | 3500 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kent County[6][7][8] | 989 | 913 | 1006 | 947 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duck Creek | 198 | 159 | 188 | 163 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Little Creek | 135 | 12 | 135 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mispillion | 172 | 367 | 199 | 355 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Murderkill[9] | 405 | 341 | 405 | 372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Saint Jones | 79 | 34 | 79 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Castle County[10][11] | 1682 | 1003 | 1458 | 823 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Appoquinimink | 136 | 151 | 132 | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Brandywine | 123 | 195 | 85 | 169 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Christiana | 536 | 264 | 445 | 204 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mill Creek | 195 | 86 | 190 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Castle | 159 | 169 | 88 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pencader | 147 | 17 | 143 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Red Lion | 66 | 11 | 66 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Saint Georges | 173 | 71 | 163 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
White Clay Creek | 147 | 39 | 146 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sussex County[12][13] | 1358 | 2002 | 1061 | 1730 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Baltimore | 136 | 189 | 21 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Broad Creek | 185 | 176 | 179 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Broadkill[14][15] | 188 | 316 | 148 | 279 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cedar Creek | 52 | 245 | 54 | 247 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dagsborough | 113 | 256 | 33 | 175 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Indian River | 75 | 135 | 68 | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lewes and Rehoboth | 135 | 83 | 110 | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Little Creek | 96 | 271 | 79 | 255 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nanticoke | 130 | 166 | 130 | 165 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
North West Fork | 248 | 165 | 239 | 158 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 20, 1820 lists Willard Hall with 3565 votes.
[4]The Republican Star and General Advertiser (Easton, MD) of October 17, 1820 and 111 of Niles' Weekly Register (Baltimore, MD) of October 14, 1820 list Caesar A. Rodney with 4026 votes, Willard Hall with 3529 votes, Louis MacLane with 3917 votes, and John Mitchell with 3501 votes.
[5]The Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) of October 13, 1820 lists Caesar A. Rodney with 4021 votes, Willard Hall with 3529 votes, Louis MacLane with 3917 votes, and John Mitchell with 3501 votes.
[6]Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 20, 1820 lists Caesar A. Rodney with 980 votes, but this is probably a typesetting error because he needs 989 votes in this county to get the state vote total (4029 votes) that this source gives him.
[7]The Republican Star and General Advertiser (Easton, MD) of October 17, 1820, and Philip Lampi's notes from the same source, show Caesar A. Rodney with 986 votes.
[8]The Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) of October 13, 1820, The Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 17, 1820 and 111 of Niles' Weekly Register (Baltimore, MD) of October 14, 1820 list Caesar A. Rodney with 986 votes.
[9]Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 17, 1820 lists Caesar A. Rodney with 402 votes.
[10]The original Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 10, 1820 lists Caesar A. Rodney with 1685 votes, but the votes for each Hundred add up to 1682.
[11]The Republican Star and General Advertiser (Easton, MD) of October 17, 1820, The Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) of October 13, 1820 and Page 111 of Niles' Weekly Register (Baltimore, MD) of October 14, 1820 list Caesar A. Rodney with 1632 votes, Willard Hall with 1462 votes, Louis MacLane with 1002 votes, and John Mitchell with 824 votes.
[12]Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 17, 1820 lists Willard Hall with 1101 votes.
[13]The Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) of October 13, 1820 lists Caesar A. Rodney with 1353 votes.
[14]Broadkill Hundred was also sometimes known as Broad Kiln Hundred.
[15]Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE) of October 17, 1820 lists Willard Hall with 188 votes.
References:
Original Election Certificate. Delaware Public Archives, Dover.
Original Tally Sheet for Murderkill Hundred, 1820.
Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE). October 10, 1820.
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC). October 13, 1820.
Niles' Weekly Register (Baltimore, MD). October 14, 1820. 111.
Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE). October 17, 1820.
Republican Star and General Advertiser (Easton, MD). October 17, 1820.
Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, DE). October 20, 1820.
Governor's Register: State of Delaware. Wilmington, DE: Press of the Star Publishing, 1926. 174-175.
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