Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Date:: 1818
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Joseph Good, Jacob Levan, John Newkirk, Michael Greaff, Jacob Greisemer, Charles Shoemaker Jr., Daniel Yost, John Kohler, Abraham Mengel, Abraham Guldin, Peter Nagle, Jr.

Candidates:	Joseph Good [1]	Jacob Levan [2]	John Newkirk [3]	Michael Greaff [4]	Jacob Greisemer [5]	Charles Shoemaker Jr.	Daniel Yost	John Kohler	Abraham Mengel	Abraham Guldin	Peter Nagle, Jr.
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist
Final Result:	2261	2265	2228	2211	2031	1807	1791	1790	1785	1657	221
District of Berks and Schuylkill	2261	2265	2228	2211	2031	1807	1791	1790	1785	1657	221
Berks County[6][7][8]	1925	1936	1901	1889	1713	1464	1441	1438	1446	1306	221
Bethel	36	35	36	35	33	28	28	28	27	15	-
Croll's	25	22	23	23	22	149	148	149	148	148	-
District	25	25	26	24	11	11	12	11	11	8	16
Earl	31	31	31	31	29	55	55	54	54	52	6
Forrest	48	55	52	64	52	70	61	68	82	51	19
Hamburg	89	84	85	82	86	126	122	115	115	114	-
Hoof's[9]	17	17	17	17	17	62	62	62	62	62	-
Keeley's	5	5	5	5	5	52	52	52	52	52	-
Kutztown	102	104	102	101	101	184	182	182	179	180	-
Long Swamp	64	62	64	63	25	33	32	31	31	32	38
Morgantown[10]	22	27	21	25	22	57	53	53	60	52	-
Mutharts	27	27	27	27	27	32	32	32	32	32	-
Oley	86	85	85	84	81	48	50	47	48	39	18
Pike	22	22	21	22	16	32	32	32	32	32	6
Pricetown	81	86	81	81	83	17	20	16	23	16	-
Reading	821	819	817	799	754	280	272	276	276	288	59
Rockland	61	60	61	61	60	39	39	39	39	39	-
Shartles's	104	105	104	103	105	31	34	34	34	26	-
Tulpehocken	66	72	55	50	43	64	64	64	53	30	-
White Horse	73	74	73	73	21	64	62	63	64	59	59
Wommelsdorf	120	119	115	119	120	30	29	30	27	29	-
Schuylkill County[11][12]	336	329	327	322	318	343	350	352	339	351	-
Barr's	42	42	41	42	42	9	7	8	8	8	-
Blue's	21	14	15	15	15	29	36	37	36	36	-
Friedenburg	50	50	50	49	50	29	29	29	29	29	-
Lower Mahantongo	28	28	28	27	23	3	5	7	3	3	-
McKeansburg	27	27	27	26	25	77	75	75	75	75	-
Orwigsburg	111	111	110	107	106	118	119	118	119	122	-
Union	1	1	1	1	1	39	39	39	39	39	-
Upper Mahantongo	32	32	31	32	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wehr's	24	24	24	23	24	39	40	39	30	39	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA) and the Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) list 1946 votes for Jacob Levan, 1911 votes for John Neikirk, 1449 for Abraham Mengle, and 1276 votes for Abraham Guldin.

[7]The Democratic Press lists 1449 votes for Abraham Mengle, 1936 for Joseph Good, and 1925 for Jacob Levan.

[8]The Readinger Postbothe lists 1893 votes for Michael Greaff.

[9]The Readinger Postbothe lists 92 votes for Daniel Yost.

[10]The Readinger Postbothe lists 29 votes for Micheal Greaf.

[11]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 350 votes for Abraham Guldin, 349 votes for Daniel Yost, 344 votes for Charles Shoemaker, Jr., 329 votes for John Newkirk, and 328 votes for Jacob Levan.

[12]Der Postbothe lists 339 votes for Joseph Good.

References:

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 17, 1818.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1818.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1818.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 20, 1818.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 24, 1818.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 24, 1818.

Der Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Advertiser (Reading, PA). October 24, 1818.

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