Pennsylvania 1814 House of Representatives, Crawford, Erie, and Warren Counties

Office:
House of Representatives (State)
Title:
State Representative
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1814 House of Representatives, Crawford, Erie, and Warren Counties
Date:
1814
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:
James Weston, James Burchfield, Daniel Williams
Candidates: James Weston[1]James Burchfield[2]Daniel Williams
Affiliation:RepublicanRepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [3][4]807436435
District of Crawford, Erie and Warren807436435
Crawford County348176228
Meadville934067
Erie County410214202
Warren County49465
Venango County[5]---

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]In this election, James Weston and James Burchfield were declared the winners. However, the Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1814 explains: "That they have taken the petition presented on this subject, together with the accompanying documents, into their consideration: that they heard the allegations of the parties, carefully examined the documents, and had the same corroborated by verbal evidence; from which it appears that James Burchfield had four hundred and thirty five legal votes, and that Daniel Williams had also four hundred and thirty five legal votes. Your committee, therefore, being of opinion that neither of them are duly elected, do declare and adjudge that the election of the said James Burchfield is illegal and invalid." Page 126.
[4]A new election was held on January 27, 1815 in which Daniel Williams was elected.
[5]Venango County attached to Warren County.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Journal of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1814. 126.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). October 12, 1814.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). October 19, 1814.
The Northern Centinel (Erie, PA). October 21, 1814.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). October 26, 1814.
The Northern Centinel (Erie, PA). October 28, 1814.

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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).
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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