Pennsylvania 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Robert Whitehill, David Baird, John Glonninger, William Alexander, Sr.
Candidates: | Robert Whitehill[1] | David Baird[2] | John Glonninger | William Alexander, Sr. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist |
Final Result: [3] | 8807 | 8774 | 3228 | 3165 |
District of Four | 8807 | 8774 | 3228 | 3165 |
Cumberland County[4][5] | 2712 | 2701 | 1211 | 1217 |
District of Buffalo | 72 | 72 | 23 | 23 |
District of Carlisle | 662 | 665 | 400 | 405 |
District of Kritzer | 353 | 350 | 131 | 129 |
District of Landisburgh | 273 | 273 | 114 | 114 |
District of Millerstown | 232 | 232 | 118 | 118 |
District of Newville | 491 | 490 | 185 | 185 |
District of Petersburgh | 81 | 81 | 69 | 69 |
District of Shippensburgh | 338 | 336 | 109 | 111 |
District of Toboine | 211 | 212 | 62 | 63 |
Dauphin County | 3065 | 3043 | 894 | 860 |
Anville | 212 | 212 | 33 | 32 |
East Hanover | 185 | 185 | 12 | 12 |
Halifax | 164 | 164 | 37 | 37 |
Harrisburg | 546 | 539 | 84 | 78 |
Hummelstown | 161 | 153 | 64 | 52 |
Jonestown | 120 | 120 | 8 | 8 |
Lebanon | 331 | 323 | 140 | 131 |
Meck's (Upper Paxton) | 121 | 122 | 42 | 41 |
Middle Paxton | 101 | 101 | 23 | 23 |
Middletown | 145 | 145 | 198 | 197 |
Myerstown | 262 | 262 | - | - |
Palmyra | 134 | 134 | 146 | 146 |
Shaefferstown | 117 | 117 | 37 | 37 |
Stumpstown | 177 | 177 | 6 | 7 |
Upper Paxton (Snyder's) | 116 | 115 | 8 | 7 |
West Hanover | 173 | 174 | 53 | 52 |
Huntingdon County[6][7][8] | 1418 | 1424 | 911 | 867 |
Alexandria | 147 | 147 | 122 | 120 |
Coffee-Run | 95 | 95 | 88 | 88 |
Dublin | 63 | 65 | 89 | 93 |
Frankstown | 193 | 194 | 70 | 71 |
Huntingdon | 183 | 186 | 208 | 206 |
Shaver's Creek | 229 | 229 | 42 | 42 |
Shirley | 72 | 72 | 175 | 175 |
Tuckaho | 57 | 57 | 15 | 15 |
Warriors Mark | 242 | 242 | 56 | 54 |
Williamsburg | 137 | 137 | 46 | 46 |
Mifflin County | 1612 | 1606 | 215 | 221 |
Armagh | - | - | - | - |
Derry | - | - | - | - |
Fermanagh | 236 | 236 | - | - |
Greenwood | - | - | - | - |
Lack | - | - | - | - |
Mifflin | - | - | - | - |
Millford | 239 | 239 | - | - |
Union | 136 | 135 | - | - |
Wayne | 203 | 199 | 68 | 69 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) reports 3235 total votes for John Glonninger and 3208 total votes for William Alexander, Sr. November 15, 1808.
[4]The Reporter (Washington, PA) reports 1212 votes for William Alexander, Sr. in Cumberland County. October 24, 1808.
[5]The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA) reports 1210 votes for William Alexander, Sr. in Cumberland County. October 26, 1808.
[6]The Huntingdon Gazette (Huntingdon, PA) reports 915 total votes for John Glonninger and 910 votes for William Alexander, Sr. in Huntingdon County. October 15, 1808.
[7]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) reports 915 votes for John Glonninger and 910 votes for William Alexander, Sr. in Huntingdon County. November 15, 1808.
[8]The Der Freymuthige Libanoner (Lebanon, PA) reports 910 votes for John Glonninger and 915 votes for William Alexander, Sr. in Huntingdon County. October 26, 1808.
References:
Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Original Election Returns. The National Archives, Washington, DC.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1808.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1808.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 14, 1808.
The Huntingdon Gazette (Huntingdon, PA). October 15, 1808.
The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October 15, 1808.
The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 17, 1808.
Dauphin Guardian (Harrisburg, PA). October 18, 1808.
Der Freymuthige Libanoner (Lebanon, PA). October 19, 1808.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1808.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1808.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1808.
The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 24, 1808.
The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). October 26, 1808.
Der Freymuthige Libanoner (Lebanon, PA). October 26, 1808.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 1, 1808.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 2, 1808.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1808.
The Reporter (Washington, PA). November 7, 1808.
The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). November 9, 1808.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 15, 1808.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). November 16, 1808.
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