Pennsylvania 1821 Sheriff, Dauphin County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 Sheriff, Dauphin County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: Christian Gleim, Henry Wolf, John Machesney, David Doebler, William Foulke, Peter Diddy

Candidates:	Christian Gleim [1]	Henry Wolf	John Machesney	David Doebler	William Foulke	Peter Diddy
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist
Final Result:	1014	985	978	603	273	197
Dauphin County[2][3]	1014	985	978	603	273	197
Halifax	90	71	123	102	13	28
Hanover	107	73	68	26	27	2
District of Harrisburg[4]	303	262	368	195	83	13
Box	218	140	306	148	36	7
Susquehanna	53	73	37	27	37	1
Swatara	31	48	24	20	10	5
Hummelstown	101	94	62	67	16	1
Lower Paxton	64	72	21	37	20	1
Lykens	85	88	73	36	13	4
Middle Paxton	73	9	22	26	76	4
Middletown	57	125	146	76	11	4
Mifflin	37	99	34	13	2	34
Upper Paxton	97	92	61	25	11	106

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The October 12th edition of The Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA) and the October 17th edition of The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) both report 984 votes for Henry Wolf, 641 votes for David Doebler, 261 votes for William Foulke, and 130 votes for Peter Diddy. "The official returns may vary a few votes. We shall give a complete return in our next [issue]."

[3]The York Recorder, and Independent Republican (York, PA), October 16, reports 984 votes for Henry Wolf and 641 votes for David Doebler in Dauphin County.

[4]The Intelligencer (Harrisburg), October 19, reports 84 votes for William Foulke in Harrisburg.

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.

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

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