Pennsylvania 1811 House of Representatives, Cumberland County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1811 House of Representatives, Cumberland County
Date:: 1811
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John B. Gibson, Jacob Alter, John Davis, John A. Scroggs, James Lamberton, John Wormley

Candidates:	John B. Gibson [1]	Jacob Alter [2]	John Davis [3]	John A. Scroggs	James Lamberton	John Wormley
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [4]	2105	1620	1469	1232	610	355
Cumberland County	2105	1620	1469	1232	610	355
Buffalo	42	37	41	4	-	1
Carlisle	694	462	553	314	125	52
Kritzer	190	142	66	114	2	66
Landisburg	226	141	71	191	39	53
Millerstown	144	41	132	118	106	35
Newville	380	459	278	119	170	25
Petersburg	93	44	58	71	29	10
Shippensburg	146	145	252	129	109	83
Toboyne	180	149	28	172	30	30

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]The Carlisle Herald (Carlisle, PA) from October 18 and Kline's Weekly Carlisle Gazette (Carlisle, PA) from October 11, list John B. Gibson with 2095 votes and John Davis with 1479 votes. The vote total listed here is taken from the Original Returns. Individual township totals are only reported in the Carlisle Herald (Carlisle, PA) and Kline's Weekly Carlisle Gazette (Carlisle, PA), and therefore the township totals listed here add up to a total which does not match the Original Returns.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Kline's Weekly Carlisle Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 11, 1811.

Carlisle Herald (Carlisle, PA). October 18, 1811.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 22, 1811.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 26, 1811.

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