Ohio 1803 House of Representatives, Jefferson County

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

Label:: Ohio 1803 House of Representatives, Jefferson County
Date:: 1803
State:: Ohio
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Rudolph Bear, George Humphrey, Thomas MacCune, Isaac Meeks, Beal, Thomas Ellicott, Zacheus Beatty, Boughman

Candidates:	Rudolph Bear	George Humphrey	Thomas MacCune	Isaac Meeks	Beal	Thomas Ellicott	Zacheus Beatty	Boughman
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Republican
Final Result: [1][2][3]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jefferson County	456	440	432	422	406	404	398	231

Notes:

[1]Both the Journal of the House of Representatives and The Annual Report of the Secretary of State list the winners as: Randolph Bear, Z.A. Beatty, Thomas Elliot and Isaac Meeks.

[2]"The speaker laid before the house, a memorial from George Humphreys and Thomas McCune, with sundry depositions, stating that they had the highest number of votes at an election held in the county of Jefferson, on the second Tuesday on January last pass, for members to represent the said county in the house of representatives; and that the prothonatory of said county did actually give unto Zacheus A. Beatty and Thomas Elliot, certificates of their having been duly elected, praying that the honorable the legislature will not recognize the said." Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Ohio, 6.

[3]"The report of the committee of the whole on the memorial of George Humphreys and Thomas McCune was read as follows: Resolved, That Zacheus A. Beatty and Thomas Elliot, Esquires, are legally entitled to their seats in this house as representatives from the county of Jefferson." Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Ohio, 16.

References:

Journal of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1803. 6, 16.

The Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, OH). January 22, 1803.

Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio, Including the Statistical Report to the General Assembly, for the year 1875. Columbus, OH: Nevins and Myers, 1875.

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