Pennsylvania 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1794 U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
- Date:
- 1794
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- John Swanwick, Thomas Fitzsimons
Candidates: | John Swanwick[1] | Thomas Fitzsimons |
---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist |
Final Result: | 1240 | 1182 |
District of One | 1240 | 1182 |
City of Philadelphia[2] | 1122 | 894 |
Ward Chestnut | 22 | 37 |
Ward Dock | 76 | 125 |
Ward High | 35 | 36 |
Ward Lower Delaware | 43 | 32 |
Ward Middle | 120 | 114 |
Ward New Market | 166 | 165 |
Ward North | 160 | 128 |
Ward North Mulberry | 177 | 59 |
Ward South | 43 | 49 |
Ward South Mulberry | 217 | 80 |
Ward Upper Delaware | 46 | 35 |
Ward Walnut | 17 | 34 |
Military Camp Vote | 118 | 288 |
Anthony's, Ashmead's, Baynton's, Cusack's, Dunlap's, MacEuen's, Nelson's, Price's, Rushe's, Singer's, and Woelpert's Companies[3][4][5] | 46 | 177 |
Guy's Company (Artillery) | 10 | 1 |
Lawrence's Company (Infantry)[6] | - | 10 |
MacConnell's Troop (Horse)[7] | 3 | 30 |
Scidel's Company (Artillery)[8] | 9 | 1 |
Scott's Company (Infantry) | - | 7 |
Skerret's Company (Artillery) | 32 | 2 |
Taylor's Company (Infantry) | - | 53 |
Thompson's Company (Artillery)[9] | 18 | 7 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) lists the "total of votes exclusive of army return" for the city of Philadelphia as 1142 votes for John Swanswick.
[3]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the name Ashmeal for Ashmead, Baymon for Baynton, Nielson for Nelson, and Rush for Rushe.
[4]The General Advertiser uses the name McEwen for McEuen, Nielson for Nelson, Rush for Rushe, and Woolpert for Woelpert.
[5]Dunlap and Claypoole's Daily American Advertiser identifies the companies of Woelpert, Anthony, Nelson, Cusack, Rushe, Ashmead, Price, Baynton, and McEuen as infantry, and those of Dunlap and Singer as horse.
[6]Dunlap and Claypoole's Daily American Advertiser uses the spelling Laurence for Lawrence.
[7]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) uses the spelling McConnel for McConnell.
[8]The Aurora General Advertiser (Phildelphia) uses the name Seidel for Scidel.
[9]The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) issues of November 5 and 6 list a different breakdown of the military vote from that given in the issue of November 10. The issue of November 5 had the polling places of Gurney's (Swanwick 43, Fitzsimons 84), Cowperthwait's (Fitzsimons 1), Philadelphia Horse (Swanwick 40, Fitzsimons 100), McPherson's Artillery (Swanwick 40, Fitzsimons 80), and Taylor's Artillery (Swanwick 100, Fitzsimons 20). The issue of November 6 had Philadelphia Horse (Swanwick 4, Fitzsimons 83), McPherson's battalion and Taylor's corps (Swanwick 1, Fitzsimons 118), and Gurney's battalion (Swanwick 43, Fitzsimons 88).
References:
George Latimer to Henry Latimer. October 26, 1794. Latimer Family Papers. MS 117, Box 4, Folder 3, Item 217. University of Delaware.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 10, 1794.
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1794.
Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 31, 1794.
General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 5, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 6, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 7, 1794.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 10, 1794.
Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 12, 1794.
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 12, 1794.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 13, 1794.
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