Pennsylvania 1789 House of Representatives, York County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1789 House of Representatives, York County
Date:: 1789
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: Thomas Clingan, Joseph Reed, Jacob Smyser, John Stewart, Thomas Lilley, William Godfrey

Candidates:	Thomas Clingan [1]	Joseph Reed [2]	Jacob Smyser [3][4]	John Stewart [5]	Thomas Lilley [6]	William Godfrey [7]
Affiliation:
Final Result: [8]	4222	4177	3678	3662	3416	3055
York County	4222	4177	3678	3662	3416	3055

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Minutes of the General Assembly uses the spelling Schmyser for Jacob Smyser.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Elected.

[8]The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA) reports 3053 votes for William Godfrey.

References:

Minutes of the First Session of the Thirteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1788. 4.

The Independent Gazeteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1789.

The Pennsylvania Herald, and York General Advertiser (York, PA). October 21, 1789.

Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, ed. Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series. Vol. XI. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing, 1907. 454.

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