Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Dauphin County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Dauphin County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Thomas Smith, William Cochran, Jacob Roop, Andrew Mitchel

Candidates:	Thomas Smith [1]	William Cochran [2]	Jacob Roop	Andrew Mitchel
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result:	1400	1356	1147	1107
Dauphin County[3]	1400	1356	1147	1107
Halifax	177	158	105	76
Hanover	145	133	61	52
District of Harrisburg[4][5]	386	376	367	375
Box[6]	276	269	228	241
Susquehanna	69	68	86	81
Swatara	37	35	52	52
Hummelstown	92	94	128	124
Lower Paxton	76	77	70	67
Lykens	93	85	86	84
Middle Paxton	105	114	25	22
Middletown	121	117	162	159
Mifflin	61	56	76	83
Upper Paxton	144	146	67	65

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA), October 17, and The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA), October 16, report 1396 votes for Thomas Smith, 1360 votes for William Cochran, 1143 votes for Jacob Roop, and 1110 votes for Andrew Mitchel. The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) notes: "The official returns may vary a few votes. We shall give a complete return in our next [issue]."

[4]The Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA), October 12, reports 366 votes for Jacob Roop.

[5]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) reports 366 votes for Jacob Roop in Harrisburg, though the township votes this newspaper lists add up to 359.

[6]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) reports 221 votes for Jacob Roop.

References:

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 12, 1821.

The Oracle of Dauphin (Harrisburg, PA). October 13, 1821.

Harrisburg Chronicle (Harrisburg, PA). October 16, 1821.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 16, 1821.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1821.

The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA). October 16, 1821.

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 17, 1821.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 19, 1821.

York Gazette (York, PA). October 19, 1821.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 20, 1821.

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 20, 1821.

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