Pennsylvania 1805 State Senate, District 18

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1805 State Senate, District 18
Date:
1805
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
William M. MacArthur, Alexander Brown
Candidates: William M. MacArthur[1]Alexander Brown
Affiliation:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: 14201213
District of Eighteen[2]14201213
Crawford County417334
Erie County373264
Mercer County[3]421390
French Creek4121
Mercer93118
District of Neshannock, Mahoning, and Shenango7964
Mahoning--
Neshannock--
Shenango--
Pymatuning2844
District of Salem and West Salem6959
Salem--
West Salem--
Sandy Lake1522
Slippery Rock5526
Wolf Creek[4]4136
Venango County[5]209225

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The returns listed here are higher than what are often reported for this district. The difference is accounted for by the votes from Wolf Creek in Mercer County. Officially, the votes were either rejected or not returned in time and not included in official vote totals. However, the votes are incuded in these totals in order to recount, as accurately as possible, the voters' intention in this election. Without including Wolf Creek, William MacArthur received 1379 total votes and Alexander Brown received 1177 total votes.
[3]The Official Returns at the time of this election report William MacArthur with 380 votes and Alexander Brown with 354 votes. The vote total reported here includes votes from Wolf Creek though many published totals are lower because these votes were either rejected or not returned in time and not included in official vote totals.
[4]These votes were either rejected or not returned in time and were not included in official vote totals, however they have been included here to show the voters' intention in this election as accuartely as possible.
[5]The returns for Venango County include the votes from Warren County.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). October 16, 1805.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1805.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 18, 1805.
American Eagle (Easton, PA). October 19, 1805.
The Bedford Gazette (Bedford, PA). October 19, 1805.
The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). October 19, 1805.
Aurora, for the Country (Philadelphia, PA). October 23, 1805.
Aurora, for the Country (Philadelphia, PA). October 28, 1805.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). November 1, 1805.
United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). November 4, 1805.

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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).
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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