Pennsylvania 1816 State Senate, District 9
- Office:
- State Senate (State)
- Title:
- State Senator
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1816 State Senate, District 9
- Date:
- 1816
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- State Senate/State Senator
- Candidates:
- Charles Fraser, Adam Light, Cornelius Courtright, John Baldy
Candidates: | Charles Fraser[1] | Adam Light | Cornelius Courtright | John Baldy |
---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Republican |
Final Result: [2][3] | 2846 | 2365 | 1341 | 78 |
District of Nine | 2846 | 2365 | 1341 | 78 |
Columbia County[4] | 928 | 372 | 50 | 50 |
Luzerne County[5] | 730 | - | 697 | - |
Abington | 31 | - | 35 | - |
Braintrim | 20 | - | 23 | - |
Exeter | 43 | - | 9 | - |
Hanover | 54 | - | 35 | - |
Huntington | 52 | - | 77 | - |
Kingston | 83 | - | 59 | - |
Nescopeck | 46 | - | 6 | - |
Newport | 41 | - | 14 | - |
Nicholson | 17 | - | 12 | - |
Pittston | 12 | - | 49 | - |
Plymouth | 88 | - | 26 | - |
Providence | 31 | - | 50 | - |
Salem | 12 | - | 59 | - |
Sugarloaf | 60 | - | 15 | - |
Tunkhannock | 32 | - | 64 | - |
Union | 21 | - | 28 | - |
Wilkes-Barre | 37 | - | 109 | - |
Windham | 35 | - | 27 | - |
Northumberland County[6] | 330 | 814 | 261 | 21 |
Little Mahanoy | 1 | 28 | - | - |
Lower Mahanoy | 31 | 62 | - | - |
Milton | 121 | 232 | 107 | - |
Northumberland | 54 | 36 | 94 | - |
Shamokin | 18 | 203 | - | - |
Sunbury | 37 | 217 | 60 | 21 |
Upper Mahanoy | 68 | 36 | - | - |
Susquehanna County | 425 | - | 258 | 6 |
Bridgewater | 153 | - | 28 | 1 |
Choconut | 21 | - | 37 | - |
Clifford | 56 | - | 13 | - |
Gibson | 26 | - | 12 | - |
Great Bend | 32 | - | 32 | - |
Harford | 43 | - | 34 | - |
New Milford | 12 | - | 13 | - |
Rush | 54 | - | 11 | 5 |
Springville | 28 | - | 78 | - |
Union County | 433 | 1179 | 75 | 1 |
Bieber[7] | - | 148 | - | - |
East Buffalo | - | 225 | - | - |
Hartleton | 110 | 32 | - | - |
New Berlin | 3 | 253 | - | - |
Perry | 4 | 72 | - | - |
Selinsgrove | 179 | 5 | - | - |
Straupstaun[8] | 96 | 50 | - | - |
Swinefordstown | 1 | 183 | - | - |
West Buffalo | 7 | 178 | - | - |
White Deer | 33 | 33 | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Charles Fraser is also listed as Charles Frazier.
[3]The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, PA) reports 2486 total votes for Charles Fraser.
[4]The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, PA) reports 60 votes for Cornelius Courtright in Columbia County. October 18, 1816.
[5]The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, PA) reports 425 votes for Charles Fraser in Luzerne County. October 18, 1816.
[6]The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, PA) reports 264 votes for Cornelius Courtright and 51 votes for John Baldy in Northumberland County. October 18, 1816.
[7]The name of "Bieber" comes from a German-language newspaper source. It is unclear where this area is located, or how it might have been titled in the English sources.
[8]The name of "Straupstaun" comes from a German-language newspaper source. It is unclear where this area is located, or how it might have been titled in the English sources.
References:
Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Northumberl. Republicaner, und Northumberland, Union und Columbia Counties Adverteiser (Sunbury, PA). October 11, 1816.
The Susquehanna Centinel (Montrose, PA). October 15, 1816.
The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 18, 1816.
Northumberl. Republicaner, und Northumberland, Union und Columbia Counties Adverteiser (Sunbury, PA). October 18, 1816.
The Susquehanna Centinel (Montrose, PA). October 22, 1816.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1816.
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