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:RepublicanFederalist
Final Result: 51962007
District of Nine51962007
Luzerne County[2][3]9531010
Abington1134
Braintrim1790
Bridgewater3961
Clifford472
Exeter566
Harford2015
Huntington5795
Kingston21714
Nicholson1129
Orwell636
Pittston55100
Rush4529
Salem13121
Sugarloaf323
Towanda4968
Tunkhannock2270
Wilkes-Barre138169
Willingboro1943
Wyalusing666
Wysox3432
Northumberland County[4][5][6][7]4233997
Beaver146-
Berlin219-
Brier Creek and Bloom161134
Catawissa121133
Chillisquaque18036
Danville25338
Derry35843
East Buffalo31266
Fishing Creek22320
Lower Mahanoy10525
Mahantongo1675
Mifflin4939
Milton467120
Northumberland82101
Selinsgrove25122
Shamokin29240
Sunbury22099
Swineford1667
Upper Mahanoy[8]1522
West Buffalo30967

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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