Pennsylvania 1820 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1820 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Date:: 1820
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: George Gernand, Samuel Jones, Joseph Good, Jacob Rahn, Jacob Snyder, Godfrey Rohrer, Jacob Gehr, William Audenried, John Kohler, Tobias Bickel, John Kepner, William Clymer

Candidates:	George Gernand [1]	Samuel Jones [2]	Joseph Good [3]	Jacob Rahn [4]	Jacob Snyder [5]	Godfrey Rohrer	Jacob Gehr	William Audenried	John Kohler	Tobias Bickel	John Kepner	William Clymer
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [6]	5249	5104	4958	4800	3796	3646	3607	3493	3445	3139	1623	377
District of Berks and Schuylkill	5249	5104	4958	4800	3796	3646	3607	3493	3445	3139	1623	377
Berks County[7][8][9][10]	4319	4182	4037	3896	3036	2921	2912	2817	2717	2513	1386	377
Albany	39	38	38	38	122	122	122	123	91	19	19	-
Bethel[11]	104	93	107	99	106	122	100	105	100	57	40	-
Croll's	58	39	39	40	157	153	158	158	128	19	20	-
District	59	59	57	58	21	19	19	19	20	26	33	-
Earl[12]	43	43	42	39	97	98	103	99	98	38	3	-
Forrest	223	226	219	182	174	162	157	160	161	149	55	69
Hamburg	275	235	228	236	207	207	206	221	161	161	32	-
Huff's	88	88	87	87	131	131	132	132	132	49	38	-
Keely's	15	15	15	14	80	80	80	80	80	13	2	-
Kutztown	243	210	209	208	289	287	293	273	301	80	105	-
Longswamp[13]	152	152	151	151	63	70	70	70	70	56	95	-
Morgantown	56	58	54	16	57	55	50	43	55	43	8	73
Muthart's	71	70	71	71	86	86	86	86	86	65	6	-
Oley[14]	154	148	140	90	90	91	124	78	78	87	51	-
Pike	54	53	53	52	45	44	47	42	45	46	7	-
Pricetown[15]	136	127	128	118	51	53	61	51	48	86	39	-
District of Reading[16]	1582	1572	1453	1458	695	545	553	541	523	852	580	233
Rockland	100	100	103	102	74	71	73	70	71	50	53	-
Shartle's	242	241	246	239	71	76	69	56	63	166	51	-
Tulpehocken	194	182	190	187	179	192	177	174	178	135	54	-
White Horse	156	157	156	138	167	161	164	163	161	112	43	2
Womelsdorf	275	276	251	273	74	96	68	73	67	204	52	-
Schuylkill County	930	922	921	904	760	725	695	676	728	626	237	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]"Jacob Snyder, on the democratic ticket, is elected, occasioned by an opposition made by many of the friends of reform in Schuylkill county, to the candidate taken up at the county meeting." The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 21, 1820.

[7]The Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA) reports 3042 votes for Jacob Snyder.

[8]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 2812 votes for Jacob Gehr.

[9]The Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) reports 3036 votes for Jacob Snyder.

[10]The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA) reports 4329 votes for George Gernand.

[11]The Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), October 17, reports 126 votes for Jacob Snyder.

[12]The Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA) does not report these votes under Earl Township, but rather under "Pannebecker's."

[13]The Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA) reports 69 votes for Jacob Snyder.

[14]Der Readinger Postbothe, October 14, reports 194 votes for George Gernand.

[15]Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA), October 14, reports 117 votes for Samuel Jones.

[16]Der Readinger Postbothe, October 14, reports 532 votes for John Kohler.

References:

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 14, 1820.

Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 14, 1820.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1820.

American Sentinel (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1820.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1820.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 17, 1820.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 21, 1820.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 21, 1820.

The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA). October 25, 1820.

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