Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties

Office:
House of Representatives (State)
Title:
State Representative
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties
Date:
1818
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:
Jonah Brewster, James Reader, Asa C. Whitney
Candidates: Jonah Brewster[1]James Reader[2]Asa C. Whitney
Affiliation:
Final Result: [3][4]18971309809
District of Luzerne and Susquehanna18971309809
Luzerne County[5][6][7]1305729615
Abington422916
Braintrim30292
Blakeley32329
Exeter683931
Greenfield29313
Hanover705020
Huntington692151
Kingston15310148
Nescopeck613329
Newport63567
Nicholson332213
Pittston716112
Plymouth961284
Providence432222
Salem54469
Sugar Loaf622916
Tunkhannock946723
Union231013
Wilkes-Barre14015843
Windham492030
Susquehanna County592580194
Bridgewater17113474
Choconut45462
Clifford[8]25946
Gibson54534
Great Bend38353
Harford[9]542923
Lawsville[10]221114
Middletown28282
New Milford31229
Rush43403
Springville[11]685413
Waterford36691

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]Elected.
[3]The Susquehanna Democrat reports 1311 votes for James Reader.
[4]"Reader's majority in the two counties over Whitney, 502." Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 23, 1818.
[5]The Susquehanna Democrat lists 731 votes for James Reader.
[6]The district votes listed add up to 1304 for Jonah Brewster, and 731 votes for James Reader, though the original election returns list 1305 for Brewster and 729 for Reader.
[7]The Wyoming Herald lists 1384 votes for Jonah Brewster and 730 votes for James Reader.
[8]"In our statement last week of the Election in Susquehanna county, we gave Dr. Whitney 59 votes in Clifford, instead of 46--which leaves Mr. Reeder's majority in the two counties 502 votes." The Wyoming Herald (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 30, 1818.
[9]The Montrose Gazette (Montrose, PA) lists 55 votes for Jonah Brewster.
[10]The Susquehanna Democrat lists 13 votes for Asa C. Whitney.
[11]The Wyoming Herald, October 23, and the Susquehanna Democrat, October 23, list these returns as being from "Springville and Auburn."

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Susquehanna Democrat (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 23, 1818.
The Wyoming Herald (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 23, 1818.
Montrose Gazette (Montrose, PA). October 24, 1818.
The Wyoming Herald (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 30, 1818.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 14, 1818.

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handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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