Pennsylvania 1808 State Senate, District 9

Office:: State Senate (State)
Title:: State Senator
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1808 State Senate, District 9
Date:: 1808
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: State Senate/State Senator
Candidates:: Nathan Palmer, John Kelly

Candidates:	Nathan Palmer [1]	John Kelly
Affiliation:	Republican	Federalist
Final Result:	5196	2007
District of Nine	5196	2007
Luzerne County[2][3]	953	1010
Abington	11	34
Braintrim	17	90
Bridgewater	39	61
Clifford	47	2
Exeter	56	6
Harford	20	15
Huntington	57	95
Kingston	217	14
Nicholson	11	29
Orwell	6	36
Pittston	55	100
Rush	45	29
Salem	13	121
Sugarloaf	32	3
Towanda	49	68
Tunkhannock	22	70
Wilkes-Barre	138	169
Willingboro	19	43
Wyalusing	66	6
Wysox	34	32
Northumberland County[4][5][6][7]	4233	997
Beaver	146	-
Berlin	219	-
Brier Creek and Bloom	161	134
Catawissa	121	133
Chillisquaque	180	36
Danville	253	38
Derry	358	43
East Buffalo	312	66
Fishing Creek	223	20
Lower Mahanoy	105	25
Mahantongo	167	5
Mifflin	49	39
Milton	467	120
Northumberland	82	101
Selinsgrove	251	22
Shamokin	292	40
Sunbury	220	99
Swineford	166	7
Upper Mahanoy[8]	152	2
West Buffalo	309	67

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]The Republican Argus (Northumberland, PA) reports 835 total votes for Nathan Palmer and 911 total votes for John Kelly in Luzerne County. October 19, 1808.

[3]The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA) reports 1080 total votes for John Kelly in Luzerne County. November 9, 1808.

[4]The Lycoming Gazette (Williamsport, PA) reports 4247 votes for Nathan Palmer and 977 votes for John Kelly in Northumberland County. October 19, 1808.

[5]The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 4206 votes for Nathan Palmer in Northumberland County. October 19, 1808.

[6]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 4243 votes for Nathan Palmer in Northumberland County. October 18, 1808.

[7]The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 4243 votes for Nathan Palmer in Northumberland County. October 19, 1808.

[8]The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA) reports 105 votes for Nathan Palmer and 25 votes for John Kelly in Upper Mahanoy. In Lower Mahanoy, it reports 152 votes for Nathan Palmer and 2 votes for John Kelly. October 21, 1808.

References:

Original Election Returns. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 18, 1808.

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1808.

Lycoming Gazette (Williamsport, PA). October 19, 1808.

Pennsylvania Herald, and Easton Intelligencer (Easton, PA). October 19, 1808.

The Republican Argus (Northumberland, PA). October 19, 1808.

The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 19, 1808.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1808.

The Luzerne Federalist: and Susquehannah Intelligencer (Wilkes-Barre, PA). October 21, 1808.

The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). November 2, 1808.

The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh, PA). November 9, 1808.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). November 15, 1808.

Linn, John Blair, ed. Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania: 1755-1855. Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1877. 373.

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