Pennsylvania 1815 House of Representatives, Lancaster County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1815 House of Representatives, Lancaster County
Date:: 1815
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Jeremiah Mosher, Joel Lightner, Joel Carpenter, James Buchanan, Emanuel Reigart, Henry Hibshman, James Patterson, Jr., Molton C. Rogers, George Jenkins, James Jackson, George Thompson, Robert Maxwell, Jacob Grosh

Candidates:	Jeremiah Mosher [1]	Joel Lightner [2]	Joel Carpenter [3]	James Buchanan [4]	Emanuel Reigart [5]	Henry Hibshman [6]	James Patterson, Jr.	Molton C. Rogers	George Jenkins	James Jackson	George Thompson	Robert Maxwell	Jacob Grosh
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result: [7]	3156	3152	3104	3051	3010	2688	2622	2602	2582	2506	2349	1836	1544
Lancaster County	3156	3152	3104	3051	3010	2688	2622	2602	2582	2506	2349	1836	1544
Bart	18	18	18	18	18	75	75	75	75	74	75	18	-
Churchtown[8]	149	149	145	148	149	96	96	98	123	96	96	90	32
Colerain	24	24	23	24	24	87	88	88	88	81	88	24	-
Columbia	190	192	188	185	176	238	250	237	233	236	187	146	78
Drumore[9]	105	105	105	105	102	57	57	66	57	55	56	52	49
Lancaster[10]	919	906	892	905	827	782	728	802	732	712	611	343	684
Conestoga	36	37	35	37	32	78	74	81	75	74	68	16	30
Ward East	187	175	172	176	146	241	211	228	211	206	196	46	150
Hempfield	129	128	127	129	122	29	28	30	27	28	15	27	116
Lampeter	208	209	207	206	205	54	55	56	54	55	48	159	54
Lancaster	34	37	37	36	31	20	13	16	13	13	9	6	31
Manheim	83	83	81	84	76	62	54	55	55	52	35	27	72
Manor	74	72	72	73	71	51	50	65	49	48	27	15	71
Ward West	168	165	161	164	144	247	243	271	248	236	213	47	160
Lititz	154	153	154	151	157	80	70	69	71	69	59	19	142
Little Britain	159	157	159	158	159	74	74	75	74	75	75	131	29
Manheim	182	182	180	182	180	72	71	72	72	72	72	103	84
Marietta	71	76	54	70	36	65	122	76	60	49	56	9	110
Martic	98	98	98	98	98	55	55	54	55	55	55	96	-
Maytown	53	53	51	51	52	154	149	152	154	150	153	24	33
Mount Joy	71	69	71	53	70	140	129	69	126	126	125	104	29
New Holland	437	445	439	408	434	165	157	169	158	154	152	258	170
Reamstown	79	79	85	58	82	203	176	175	177	176	173	41	38
Sadsbury	30	30	30	30	30	56	55	56	56	56	56	28	2
Salisbury[11]	110	108	109	110	110	103	103	103	104	103	103	108	3
Strasburg	218	219	218	218	217	118	117	117	118	118	117	175	44
Winter's	89	89	85	79	89	68	50	49	49	49	40	67	17

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]"Captain Jacob Grosh, a Federalist, who had been one of our Representatives in the last Legislature, was also rejected by the Delegates of his Party. He, like Capt. Hambright, had marched a large Volunteer Corps from Marietta, for the defence of Philadelphia; and, like him, was supported by some of both Parties, who gave him 1544 Votes, as a Candidate for the House of Representatives." The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 21, 1815.

[8]Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA) from October 17, 1815 likely made a printing error in listing George Jenkins with 128 votes in Churchtown.

[9]Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA) refers to Drumore Township as "Unicorn." October 17, 1815.

[10]Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA) from October 17, 1815 likely made a printing error in listing George Jenkins with 632 votes in Lancaster Borough.

[11]Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA) refers to Salisbury Township as "Hendersons." October 17, 1815.

References:

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 13, 1815.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 14, 1815.

The Chronicle or Harrisburgh Visitor (Harrisburg, PA). October 16, 1815.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 16, 1815.

Pennsylvania Republican (Harrisburg, PA). October 17, 1815.

Der Volksfreund (Lancaster, PA). October 17, 1815.

Relf's Philadelphia Gazette. And Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1815.

Carlisle Herald (Carlisle, PA). October 19, 1815.

Political and Commercial Register (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1815.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1815.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 21, 1815.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). November 6, 1815.

The Reporter (Washington, PA). November 20, 1815.

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