Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Lancaster County

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1821 House of Representatives, Lancaster County
Date:: 1821
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John Lightner, Matthew Henderson, Benjamin Owen, James Wright, Jr., James Hopkins, Henry Hibshman, Joseph S. Wallace, John Slaymaker, Jr., James Caldwell, Jacob S. Zell, Molton C. Rogers, Henry Haines, Jr.

Candidates:	John Lightner [1]	Matthew Henderson [2]	Benjamin Owen [3]	James Wright, Jr.[4]	James Hopkins [5]	Henry Hibshman [6]	Joseph S. Wallace	John Slaymaker, Jr.	James Caldwell	Jacob S. Zell	Molton C. Rogers	Henry Haines, Jr.
Affiliation:	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [7][8][9][10][11][12]	2856	2812	2802	2795	2699	2660	2609	2598	2593	2590	2490	2486
Lancaster County	2856	2812	2802	2795	2699	2660	2609	2598	2593	2590	2490	2486
Bart	31	30	27	28	27	99	99	101	89	25	97	99
Brecknock	30	29	31	31	29	54	51	51	51	31	50	51
Churchtown	146	146	146	142	146	84	77	74	77	163	82	51
Colerain	20	19	19	18	19	89	89	90	75	19	89	89
Columbia	198	195	193	242	191	97	109	94	101	164	90	69
Drumore	75	75	71	73	76	43	44	43	32	73	46	43
Elizabeth	68	68	68	68	69	111	112	111	111	68	106	112
Erb's[13][14]	101	101	99	89	90	51	44	42	42	98	37	39
City of Lancaster[15][16]	906	904	894	869	852	620	594	571	597	789	589	553
Conestoga	30	30	30	29	28	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Ward East	244	242	238	240	240	180	174	178	180	235	186	170
East Hempfield	142	142	144	113	105	50	49	26	47	90	23	22
Lampeter	116	118	116	118	115	42	42	42	42	112	42	43
Lancaster	35	35	35	35	25	9	9	9	9	35	9	9
Manheim	83	84	82	78	74	58	41	38	44	60	35	37
Manor	31	30	28	29	27	27	27	23	23	27	26	23
Ward West	225	223	222	227	228	224	222	225	222	200	238	219
Leacock	149	148	150	147	136	156	153	163	158	136	154	153
Lititz	88	85	87	88	90	100	109	109	112	75	111	107
Little Britain	124	124	125	124	123	62	62	62	54	124	59	62
Manheim	73	73	73	73	65	72	73	72	72	72	68	72
Marietta	56	54	51	55	65	97	98	92	101	74	76	105
Martic	46	46	44	46	45	38	38	38	37	45	39	38
Maytown	32	32	34	33	35	97	97	94	96	35	97	97
Mount Joy	37	37	36	35	35	57	57	60	59	19	58	58
New Holland[17]	302	284	308	295	272	188	157	156	153	267	152	154
Reamstown	60	61	59	53	42	264	258	255	259	48	202	258
Sadsbury	34	36	31	33	32	50	49	53	61	36	49	50
Salisbury	129	132	126	124	132	121	113	125	118	112	127	107
Strasburg	151	133	130	129	128	110	126	137	138	117	112	122

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]Benjamin Owen is also listed as Benjamin Ownes.

[8]The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA) from October 16, 1821 lists Henry Haines, Jr. with 2488 votes.

[9]The October 19th edition of the Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA) reports 2852 votes for John Lightner.

[10]The Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA) reports 2852 votes for John Lightner, 2669 votes for Henry Hibshman, and 2538 votes for John Slaymaker, Jr. October 25, 1821.

[11]The Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA) reports 2852 votes for John Lightner, 2699 votes for James Wright Jr., and 2436 votes for Henry Haines Jr. October 24, 1821.

[12]Several sources, including the October 19th edition of the Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA), the October 20th edition of The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA), and the October 13th edition of the Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), incorrectly report 2538 votes for John Slaymaker, Jr., which is the result of a newspaper printing error. These papers printed 2 votes for Slaymaker instead of 62 in Little Britain.

[13]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) lists these votes under "Winter's" rather than "Erb's".

[14]The Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) reports 111 votes for John Lightner and Matthew Henderson.

[15]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), October 13, reports 556 votes for Henry Haines, Jr.

[16]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), October 20, reports 576 votes for John Slaymaker, Jr.

[17]The Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), October 13, reports 252 votes for Molton C. Rogers.

References:

Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA). October 13, 1821.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 13, 1821.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 16, 1821.

Pennsylvania Intelligencer (Harrisburg, PA). October 19, 1821.

York Gazette (York, PA). October 19, 1821.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 20, 1821.

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

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 23, 1821.

Bellefonte Patriot (Bellefonte, PA). October 24, 1821.

Perry Forester (Landisburg, PA). October 25, 1821.

Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser (Doylestown, PA). November 6, 1821.

The Westmoreland Republican (Greensburgh, PA). November 9, 1821.

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