Pennsylvania 1809 State Senate, District 20

Office:
State Senate (State)
Title:
State Senator
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Pennsylvania 1809 State Senate, District 20
Date:
1809
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:
Wilson Smith, Joseph Shannon, Alexander W. Foster
Candidates: Wilson Smith[1]Joseph ShannonAlexander W. Foster
Affiliation:RepublicanRepublicanFederalist
Final Result: [2]1083860635
District of Twenty1094860640
Crawford County[3]417190212
Beaver3618-
Connicutt2915
Fairfield735529
Meadville3936105
Neguses152-
Oil Creek3283
Rockdale4391
Sadsbury292335
Shenango1092810
Venango341014
Erie County[4]29250166
Mercer County291449157
Venango County[5]94171105

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA) reports 1083 total votes for Wilson Smith, 860 total votes for Joseph Shannon, and 635 total votes for Alexander W. Foster. October 19, 1809. Though these are not the totals reported by most papers and the county totals do not add up to these numbers, they are the totals listed in the Official Election Returns.
[3]The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA) reports 220 votes for Alexander W. Foster in Crawford county. October 19, 1809.
[4]There were two different sets of results reported from Erie County. One reports 292 votes for Wilson Smith, 50 votes for Joseph Shannon, and 166 votes for Alexander W. Foster. The other reports 281 votes for Wilson Smith, 50 votes for Joseph Shannon, and 153 votes for Alexander W. Foster.
[5]The votes from Warren County are included in the returns of Venango County.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1809.
The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). November 1, 1809.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). August 31, 1809.
The Crawford Weekly Messenger (Meadville, PA). October 19, 1809.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 20, 1809.
The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1809.
The Huntingdon Gazette (Huntingdon, PA). October 26, 1809.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 31, 1809.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 7, 1809.

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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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