Pennsylvania 1822 Commissioner, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County

Office:
Commissioner (District)
Title:
Commissioner
Jurisdiction:
District
Label:
Pennsylvania 1822 Commissioner, Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County
Date:
1822
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Commissioner/Commissioner
Candidates:
Jeremiah Peirsol, John Simmons, Samuel Hodgdon
Candidates: Jeremiah Peirsol[1]John SimmonsSamuel Hodgdon
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: 61883363850
District of Philadelphia City and County[2][3]61883363850
City of Philadelphia22411763672
Philadelphia County[4][5]39471600178
District of Blockley and Kingsessing91776
Blockley---
Kingsessing---
Bristol6735-
Bustleton160151-
Frankford97157-
Germantown2793665
District of Kensington4321002
Moyamensing153338
Northern Liberties143168224
Passyunk10332
Penn4217110
Rose Hill58401
Roxborough9939-
District of Southwark55317660

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The October 18th edition of The Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA) and the October 23rd edition of The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) both report 6165 votes for Jeremiah Peirsol, 3263 votes for John Simmons, and 851 votes for Samuel Hodgdon.
[3]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) of October 15, The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 12 and the Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) of October 19 all list 6188 votes for Jeremiah Peirsol.
[4]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) and the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) in their October 10 editions, print all of the township totals in Philadelphia County for Jeremiah Peirsol and John Simmons and list the totals for the county as 3924 and 1500 votes for the candidates, respectively, when the sums for the township totals as they list them are actually 3944 and 1600.
[5]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) of October 15, The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) of October 12 and the Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) of October 19 all list 3947 votes for Jeremiah Peirsol in Philadelphia County.

References:

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 9, 1822.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1822.
The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1822.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1822.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1822.
The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1822.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1822.
Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 18, 1822.
Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1822.
Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 23, 1822.
The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October, 1822.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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