Pennsylvania 1807 Sheriff, Cumberland County

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

Label:: Pennsylvania 1807 Sheriff, Cumberland County
Date:: 1807
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Sheriff/Sheriff
Candidates:: William Ramsey, John Carothers, Nicholas Kritzer, William Cook, Thomas Clark, John Delancey, John Armor

Candidates:	William Ramsey [1]	John Carothers [2]	Nicholas Kritzer	William Cook	Thomas Clark	John Delancey	John Armor
Affiliation:
Final Result: [3][4][5]	1636	1163	1110	651	270	250	103
Cumberland County	1636	1163	1110	651	270	250	103
Buffalo	46	39	19	15	-	8	4
Carlisle	486	327	324	229	25	127	92
Kritzer's[6]	155	198	114	70	-	5	1
Landisburg	167	137	146	94	9	3	-
Millerstown	146	90	111	36	-	10	-
Newville	349	192	101	50	204	54	7
Petersburg	100	66	78	21	-	15	2
Shippensburg[7]	161	62	116	107	27	10	2
Toboyne	126	52	101	29	5	18	2

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) from October 16 lists John Carothers with 1164 total votes, but the township and populated place totals therein add up to 1153 total votes for Cumberland County.

[4]The Die Harrisburger Morgenrothe (Harrisburg, PA) from October 24 lists John Carothers with 1164 total votes and does not list totals for townships and populated places.

[5]Township and populated place totals vary slightly by source.

[6]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) from October 16 lists John Delancey and John Armor as not receiving any votes.

[7]Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA) from October 16 lists Thomas Clark, John Delancey and John Armor as not receiving any votes.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). October 16, 1807.

The Cumberland Register (Carlisle, PA). October 20, 1807.

Die Harrisburger Morgenrothe (Harrisburg, PA). October 24, 1807.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 27, 1807.

Der Freymuthige Libanoner (Lebanon, PA). October 28, 1807.

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