Pennsylvania 1815 Sheriff, Lehigh County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1815 Sheriff, Lehigh County
Date:: 1815
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: George Klotz, Anthony Musick, Peter Snider, John Jackel, Jacob Hauck, John Schuler, John More, George S. Eisenhart

Candidates:	George Klotz [1]	Anthony Musick [2]	Peter Snider	John Jackel	Jacob Hauck	John Schuler	John More	George S. Eisenhart
Affiliation:
Final Result: [3]	473	372	323	323	276	198	168	144
Lehigh County	473	372	323	323	276	198	168	144
District of Allentown	307	139	251	156	159	42	48	18
Grimms	33	29	15	29	15	31	89	57
Heidelberg	68	51	31	1	76	53	8	29
Millerstown	89	164	26	137	26	72	23	40

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]The county totals reported for George Klotz and Anthony Musick are taken from the Orginal Election Returns. These totals do not match the sum of the township returns as listed in the Northampton Correspondent of October 13, 1815. There is either a mistake in the township returns for Sheriff or some votes may have been rejected from what was reported in the Der Northampton Correspondent (Easton, PA).

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Der Northampton Correspondent (Easton, PA). October 13, 1815.

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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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