Pennsylvania 1818 Sheriff, Dauphin County

Office:: Sheriff (County)
Title:: Sheriff
Jurisdiction:: County

Label:: Pennsylvania 1818 Sheriff, Dauphin County
Date:: 1818
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Peter Wenrich, Thomas Walker, George Roberts, Philip Youngblood, James Maginnes

Candidates:	Peter Wenrich [1]	Thomas Walker	George Roberts	Philip Youngblood	James Maginnes
Affiliation:
Final Result:	1253	992	741	91	84
Dauphin County[2]	1253	992	741	91	84
Halifax[3]	245	43	49	1	2
City of Harrisburg	294	283	193	6	44
Hummelstown	128	189	107	15	11
Lower Paxton	86	53	34	1	8
Lykens	86	99	68	2	-
Middletown	88	120	78	52	10
Middle Paxton	48	43	87	1	2
Upper Paxton	152	117	99	6	5
West Hanover	126	45	26	7	2

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Oracle of Dauphin lists 85 votes for James Maginnes.

[3]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 45 votes for Thomas Walker.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October 17, 1818.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1818.

The Chronicle, and Harrisburg Advertiser (Harrisburg, PA). October 19, 1818.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 20, 1818.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 24, 1818.

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