Pennsylvania 1811 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1811 House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Date:: 1811
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Peter Frailey, Conrad Feger, Daniel Rose, David Kirby, Charles Shoemaker, Adam Ruth, George Shell, D. Hottenstone, John Weiser, Jacob Krebs

Candidates:	Peter Frailey [1]	Conrad Feger [2]	Daniel Rose [3]	David Kirby [4]	Charles Shoemaker [5]	Adam Ruth	George Shell	D. Hottenstone	John Weiser	Jacob Krebs
Affiliation:	Constitutionalist	Constitutionalist	Constitutionalist	Constitutionalist	Republican	Constitutionalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [6][7][8]	3272	2830	2697	2665	2509	2459	2374	2367	2082	1725
District of Berks and Schuylkill	3272	2830	2697	2665	2509	2459	2374	2367	2082	1725
Berks County	2615	2271	2179	2180	2108	2054	2044	2100	1864	1560
Bethel	14	58	24	22	112	24	110	110	73	112
Colebrookdale	152	93	94	95	161	78	168	161	161	100
Croll's	201	179	175	196	69	173	47	79	49	64
Forrest	111	108	108	109	154	109	158	153	153	146
Hamburg	340	132	118	133	269	122	257	253	237	84
Hereford	113	99	98	98	33	98	32	33	33	18
Kutztown	308	226	229	236	220	196	230	257	208	141
District of Reading	1027	1008	981	935	703	889	674	672	603	563
Alsace	168	156	155	153	43	150	45	47	37	25
Bern	46	44	34	31	127	33	126	125	113	111
Cumru	142	127	126	127	129	124	121	123	113	104
Exeter	91	93	88	83	45	82	44	39	39	35
Heidelberg	43	38	29	37	77	39	81	72	66	70
Maidencreek	52	42	43	44	19	44	19	20	17	11
Oley	72	72	70	68	34	65	32	33	29	27
City of Reading	340	374	376	328	214	291	191	194	176	172
Ruscombmanor	70	62	60	64	15	61	15	19	13	8
Tulpehocken	72	101	95	95	152	100	149	150	129	169
Whitehorse	127	120	120	120	141	119	126	141	140	131
Womelsdorf	150	147	137	141	94	146	93	91	78	82
Schuylkill County[9][10]	657	559	518	485	401	405	330	267	218	165
Mahantango	35	24	27	24	48	16	38	36	35	28
Orwigsburg	449	369	355	294	267	250	224	162	124	73
Pine Grove	82	77	85	79	62	74	65	65	56	63
West Penn	91	89	51	88	24	65	3	4	3	1

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) from October 17 and the Freeman's Journal and Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser from October 16 list the Republican candidates as Snyderites.

[7]Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) refers to George Shell as George Schall which is the German spelling.

[8]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA) from October 18 and the Freeman's Journal and Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser from October 16 list candidates Ephraim Kirby and Adam Ruth as being elected.

[9]Schuylkill County was formed in 1811 from Berks and Northampton Counties.

[10]Votes for George Shell and John Weiser in Schuylkill County as reported in The True American from October 17, 1811 are mistakes due to type setting errors.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 15, 1811.

The Freeman's Journal and Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1811.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1811.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 18, 1811.

Der unabhangige Republikaner (Allentown, PA). October 25, 1811.

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

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