Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Washington County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Washington County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Joseph Lawrence, Joseph Ritner, John Reed, Thomas MacCall, Parker Campbell, Walter Craig, Joseph Barr, Dickerson Roberts, James Keys

Candidates:	Joseph Lawrence [1]	Joseph Ritner [2]	John Reed [3]	Thomas MacCall [4]	Parker Campbell	Walter Craig	Joseph Barr	Dickerson Roberts	James Keys
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [5][6]	1843	1748	1739	1701	1193	1116	839	534	502
Washington County	1843	1748	1739	1701	1193	1116	839	534	502
Amity	58	53	57	55	30	24	20	-	24
Buffalo	127	130	134	123	18	14	6	3	5
Burgettstown	196	173	198	189	50	41	35	6	52
Canonsburg[7]	266	246	257	251	56	60	47	-	84
East Bethlehem	52	26	17	40	46	42	33	72	20
Finley	38	45	38	28	28	25	11	24	11
Ginger Hill[8]	67	169	45	37	225	207	198	14	55
Hanover	66	63	66	65	7	6	6	-	9
Middletown[9]	115	115	141	145	69	162	92	76	85
Morris[10]	131	97	141	142	40	27	8	2	6
Mount Pleasant	73	81	75	64	35	32	31	2	15
Pike Run[11]	12	-	9	11	79	68	58	23	24
Robinson	62	58	61	61	12	8	7	6	4
Somerset[12]	83	90	90	88	50	45	43	54	6
Stevenson's	47	70	44	48	80	70	45	57	4
Washington[13]	303	240	271	267	267	214	162	124	93
West Bethlehem	121	74	80	83	56	49	3	56	3
West's	26	18	15	4	45	22	34	15	2

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]"We are authorised to state that Dickerson Roberts, was not a candidate, for assembly, with his consent -- not being put upon the ticket by the convention of delegates. He had no knowledge of his name being put into tickets, until the evening before the election -- and then it was thought to be too late to counteract. And had we have known this fact before the general return was put into type, we should have omitted Mr. Robert's name, because it is evident that his name was made use of for particular purposes, by his political opponents. We are also warranted in stating, that Col. Joseph Barr's name was used by the federal party, in their meeting at Mr. Jackson's, without his knowledge or consent, and had he known it in season, he would have published a declination as Mr. Keys did." The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 15, 1821.

[6]The Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA) reports 1791 votes for Thomas MacCall. October 25, 1821.

[7]The Reporter (Washington, PA), October 15, reports 64 votes for James Keys.

[8]The area titled "Ginger Hill" is also referred to as "Hamilton's".

[9]The area titled "Middletown" is also referred to as "Urie's".

[10]The area titled "Morris" is also referred to as "Goble's".

[11]The area titled "Pike Run" is also referred to as "Greer's".

[12]The area titled "Somerset" is also referred to as "MacElwaine's".

[13]The Reporter (Washington, PA), October 15, reports 23 votes for James Keys.

References:

The Examiner (Washington, PA). October 15, 1821.

The Reporter (Washington, PA). October 15, 1821.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 19, 1821.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 23, 1821.

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 24, 1821.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 24, 1821.

Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA). October 25, 1821.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 26, 1821.

York Gazette (York, PA). October 26, 1821.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 27, 1821.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 27, 1821.

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