Pennsylvania 1792 U.S. House of Representatives

Office:: U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
Title:: U.S. Congressman
Jurisdiction:: Federal

Label:: Pennsylvania 1792 U.S. House of Representatives
Date:: 1792
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
Candidates:: William Findley, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Daniel Heister, William Irvine, John W. Kittera, Thomas Hartley, Peter Muhlenberg, Thomas Fitzsimons, James Armstrong, Andrew Gregg, John Smilie, William Montgomery, Thomas Scott, Charles Thompson, Samuel Sitgreaves, Jonathan D. Sergeant, John Barclay, William Bingham, Henry Wynkoop, Israel Jacobs, John Wood, William MacClay, Jared Jacob, Robert Johnston, John Arndt, William Rawle, Moses MacClean, John MacDowell, Charles Pettit, John A. Hanna, James Ross, Edie, John Jacobs, Daniel Jacobs, Tilghman, scattering

Candidates:	William Findley [1]	Frederick A. Muhlenberg [2]	Daniel Heister [3]	William Irvine [4]	John W. Kittera [5]	Thomas Hartley [6]	Peter Muhlenberg [7]	Thomas Fitzsimons [8]	James Armstrong [9]	Andrew Gregg [10]	John Smilie [11]	William Montgomery [12]	Thomas Scott [13]	Charles Thompson	Samuel Sitgreaves	Jonathan D. Sergeant	John Barclay	William Bingham	Henry Wynkoop	Israel Jacobs	John Wood	William MacClay	Jared Jacob	Robert Johnston	John Arndt	William Rawle	Moses MacClean	John MacDowell	Charles Pettit	John A. Hanna	James Ross	Edie	John Jacobs	Daniel Jacobs	Tilghman	scattering
Affiliation:					Federalist	Federalist		Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist		Federalist	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist							Federalist					Federalist
Final Result: [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]	33314	32460	32322	31205	29844	28612	24971	18108	17431	17272	16818	16776	16657	16388	15612	15485	14953	14481	14239	2627	2439	2168	1069	1032	574	522	329	148	146	143	62	14	1	1	1	828
Allegheny County[24]	1390	1342	1353	1448	972	943	419	941	1158	176	678	576	179	420	739	426	411	503	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bedford County[25]	1158	1173	918	1182	523	798	699	369	30	797	807	832	159	196	-	33	955	336	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Berks County[26][27][28][29]	1466	1460	1474	1332	1442	1469	1226	1332	689	713	659	1248	294	535	1081	1081	80	709	531	278	-	-	-	-	-	145	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bucks County[30]	1215	1197	1113	1194	1106	1172	796	973	902	188	286	303	916	63	1041	381	307	929	969	425	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chester County[31][32][33]	2003	2034	2009	2011	1999	1973	950	1843	1654	221	261	262	1787	519	1721	697	104	1285	1801	729	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cumberland County[34][35]	3097	3150	3054	3123	3125	2977	1130	194	858	2899	2870	2971	298	2908	111	2875	2700	116	198	-	72	777	-	73	-	-	37	-	80	143	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dauphin County[36][37]	936	1023	1110	548	1118	1115	1017	714	423	847	311	428	991	388	706	185	180	916	734	-	-	637	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Delaware County[38]	702	650	714	530	694	703	437	585	563	60	27	38	695	266	579	230	169	274	636	251	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fayette County[39][40]	778	728	780	767	713	677	769	17	1	767	787	773	28	758	4	747	755	17	1	-	36	98	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	-	-	-	-	62
Crossings	99	112	113	112	105	106	103	11	-	102	113	109	20	95	4	88	94	11	-	-	27	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Stone	286	222	273	262	260	226	278	-	-	277	286	274	3	275	-	273	272	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	-	-	-	-	-
Riffle's	195	195	195	195	193	191	194	1	1	194	194	195	1	194	-	194	194	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Uniontown	198	199	199	198	155	154	194	5	-	194	194	195	4	194	-	192	195	5	-	-	8	44	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54
Franklin County[41][42][43][44]	786	785	700	779	745	251	460	303	202	416	515	378	254	555	121	473	561	251	180	-	168	-	-	467	-	-	285	141	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Huntingdon County[45]	552	553	160	130	465	541	86	479	465	441	107	125	430	512	86	69	241	25	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lancaster County[46][47]	1243	1257	1232	1237	1237	1240	1213	1170	1114	137	134	112	1132	91	1142	50	61	1131	1138	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luzerne County[48][49][50]	308	327	290	305	327	305	284	319	315	60	86	46	315	25	201	7	1	314	318	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mifflin County[51][52]	2064	1952	2049	1780	1904	1998	1701	61	415	2065	1963	1393	78	2017	-	1911	1968	51	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montgomery County[53][54]	1550	1240	1539	1228	1390	1466	1062	875	659	1039	723	745	936	582	592	814	682	343	636	745	-	-	-	238	254	377	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northampton County[55][56]	800	762	800	813	812	727	735	339	311	372	508	454	394	381	573	393	502	293	379	112	-	-	-	-	311	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northumberland County	1172	945	1129	1012	1124	1139	517	383	187	1174	950	1077	353	1096	34	652	836	17	14	70	-	188	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
City of Philadelphia[57][58][59]	2179	2194	2173	2170	2180	2189	2095	1372	1297	915	816	937	1379	1040	1202	923	978	1297	1211	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philadelphia County[60][61]	1140	1150	1140	1135	1139	1144	1096	506	455	683	653	705	511	736	462	687	664	465	487	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Washington County[62]	1863	1600	1643	1563	1070	813	1587	272	684	1335	1613	1368	451	1345	224	1351	1339	287	141	1	665	139	-	14	9	-	7	7	20	-	-	14	1	1	1	-
Westmoreland County[63][64]	2054	2007	1958	2006	875	53	1778	181	138	1935	2009	2005	237	1948	-	1500	1459	-	-	-	1498	329	1069	236	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	766
York County[65][66]	4858	4931	4984	4912	4884	4919	4914	4880	4911	32	55	-	4840	7	4993	-	-	4922	4855	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

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[5]Elected.

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[7]Elected.

[8]Elected.

[9]Elected.

[10]Elected.

[11]Elected.

[12]Elected.

[13]Elected.

[14]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) and General Advertiser use the spelling Smiley for John Smilie.

[15]The Pennsylvania Journal uses the name W. Irwine for William Irvine, I.D. Sergeant for Jonathan D. Sergeant, C. Thomson for Charles Thompson and J. Jacobs for Israel Jacobs.

[16]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) uses the name W. Irwine for William Irvine and I.D. Sergeant for Jonathan D. Sergeant.

[17]The General Advertiser, Federal Gazette and Claypoole's Daily Advertiser use the spelling Thomson for Charles Thompson.

[18]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) uses I. Arndt for John Arndt.

[19]The Readinger Zeitung uses the following alternate names and spellings: Friederich A. Muhlenberg for Frederick A. Muhlenberg, William Irwin for William Irvine, Henrich Wynkoop for Henry Wynkoop, John Barcley for John Barclay, William Macley for William MacClay, and John Smiley for John Smilie.

[20]The letter to Albert Gallatin dated October 11, 1792 (Albert Gallatin Papers) lists John Woods for John Wood.

[21]The letter to Albert Gallatin from Alexander Addison dated October 11, 1792 (Albert Gallatin Papers) lists Charles Thomson for Charles Thompson, John Woods for John Wood, Moses McClain for Moses McClean, and Israel Arndt for John Arndt.

[22]Charles Thompson withdrew from the election.

[23]William Findley, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Daniel Heister, William Irvine, John W. Kittera, Thomas Hartley, and Peter Muhlenberg were nominated by both parties.

[24]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1274 votes for William Findley, 1223 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg, 1239 votes for Daniel Heister, 1250 votes for William Irvine, 853 votes for John W. Kittera, 824 votes for Thomas Hartley, 822 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons, 1039 votes for James Armstrong, 614 votes for John Smilie, and 620 votes for Samuel Sitgreaves.

[25]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) report 423 votes for John W. Kittera.

[26]The Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1330 votes for William Irvine, 1467 votes for Thomas Hartley, and 924 votes for Jonathan D. Sergeant.

[27]The Readinger Zeitung reports 1333 votes for William Irvine, 1467 votes for Thomas Hartley, and 924 votes for Jonathan D. Sergeant.

[28]The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1467 votes for William Findley and 581 votes for Henry Wynkoop.

[29]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1467 votes for William Findley.

[30]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 69 votes for Charles Thompson. The Independent Gazetteer of October 27 reports 63 votes for Charles Thompson.

[31]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1983 votes for Thomas Hartley and 679 votes for Jonathan D. Sergeant.

[32]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 321 votes for Andrew Gregg.

[33]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1845 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons.

[34]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) and Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 3152 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg and 2800 votes for John Smilie.

[35]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) reports 3152 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.

[36]The Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and the Federal Gazette (Philadelpha) report 914 votes for William Bingham.

[37]The Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA) reports 1022 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg, 914 votes for William Bingham, and 657 votes for William MacClay.

[38]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 597 votes for Samuel Sitgreaves.

[39]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) report 977 votes for Thomas Hartley.

[40]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's Daily Advertiser report 779 votes for Daniel Heister.

[41]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 308 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons, 578 votes for William Montgomery, and 253 votes for William Bingham.

[42]The Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 305 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons, 479 votes for Jonathan D. Sergeant, and 608 votes for William Montgomery.

[43]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) report 516 votes for John Smilie.

[44]The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) and The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 305 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons and 578 votes for William Montgomery.

[45]The Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 162 votes for Daniel Heister.

[46]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 92 votes for Charles Thompson.

[47]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1243 votes for Thomas Hartley.

[48]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 178 votes for Samuel Sitgreaves.

[49]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 179 votes for Samuel Sitgreaves and 2 votes for John Barclay.

[50]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 315 votes for William Bingham.

[51]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 62 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons and 2701 votes for Peter Muhlenberg.

[52]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) report 1902 votes for Frederick A. Muhlenberg.

[53]The Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1559 votes for Daniel Heister and 1490 votes for John W. Kittera.

[54]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1150 votes for William Findley.

[55]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA), Pennsylvania Herald, and Easton Intelligencer (Easton, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 293 votes for Henry Wynkoop.

[56]The Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 254 votes for J. Arndt and 238 votes for R. Johnston in Northampton County. These totals appear to have been placed in the incorrect column and were meant to appear under Montgomery County.

[57]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 2190 votes for John W. Kittera, 1302 votes for Samuel Sitgreaves, 1378 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons, 1321 votes for Henry Wynkoop, 1298 votes for William Bingham, 1294 votes for James Armstrong, 2084 votes for Peter Muhlenburg, 928 votes for Jonathan D. Sergeant, and 950 votes for William Montgomery.

[58]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1221 votes for Henry Wynkoop.

[59]The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA) report a combined total of 3310 votes for Daniel Heister in Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County; and a combined total of 1768 for Henry Wynkoop.

[60]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 1096 votes for William Irvine.

[61]The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) reports 478 votes for Henry Wynkoop.

[62]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), and The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA) report 1468 votes for William Montgomery.

[63]The votes for William MacClay, John Woods, Robert Johnston, Jared Jacob, and "Others" were not listed in the "Official" statement of votes. No breakdown of the 766 votes for "Others" is given and they may have been cast for some of the candidates that were voted for in the neighboring counties of Franklin and Cumberland.

[64]The letter dated October 11, 1792 from Alexander Addison to Albert Gallatin lists 1081 votes for Thomas Fitzsimons.

[65]The General Advertiser, Federal Gazette, Dunlap's Daily American Advertiser, the Pennsylvania Herald, and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) report 4818 votes for William Findley and 4904 votes for Daniel Heister.

[66]The General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 52 votes for Andrew Gregg.

References:

Albert Gallatin Papers. Microfilm Reel 1.

Alexander Addison to Albert Gallatin. October 11, 1792. Albert Gallatin Papers.

Pennsylvania Counties Election Returns. The James Madison Papers at the Library of Congress. Microfilm Reel 24. Series 1.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 11, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 12, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1792.

The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA). October 13, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1792.

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1792.

The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA). October 17, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1792.

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1792.

Pennsylvania Herald, and Easton Intelligencer (Easton, PA). October 17, 1792.

The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1792.

Neue Unpartheyische Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Nachrichten (Reading, PA). October 17, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1792.

The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1792.

The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 24, 1792.

The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 24, 1792.

The Independent Gazeteer and Agricultural Repository (Philadelphia, PA). October 27, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1792.

The Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1792.

General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 30, 1792.

The Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge (Carlisle, PA). October 31, 1792.

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 1, 1792.

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 2, 1792.

Baumann, Roland Milton. The Democratic-Republicans of Philadelphia: The Origins, 1776-1797. Dissertation, Penn. State, 1970.

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